MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ELE4241

Communications systems I

S Jenvey

Objectives To impart to the student an understanding of the principles and systems used in radio communications.

Synopsis Satellite communications systems: positioning, encoding, modulation, multiplex and access schemes. Television: colour television theory. HF radio: structure of the ionosphere, IPS, multi-hop link calculations. Radio propagation VHF to microwave: point-to-point and area coverage predictions, system calculations. Personal communications systems. Radar: types of radars and system calculations.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 60% + Laboratory work and assignment: 40%

Recommended texts

• Kennedy G Electronic communication systems 4th edn, McGraw-Hill
• Dunlop J and Smith D G Telecommunications engineering 2nd edn, VNR, 1989