Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Create a digital representation of an analogue signal, which is suitable for use in communications systems
- Compress the digital representation of an analogue signal and protect it from transmission errors.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Channel propagation and path-loss models.
- Source coding for compression.
- Channel coding for error correction.
- The techniques used to design and analyse the performance of a communications system.
- Antenna type, antenna array and modern antenna concepts.
- The principles of communications and related theories.
- Analogue and digital modulation
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Analyse and design simple communications systems.
- Understand the relevance of the frequency-domain analysis in communications system.
- Apply time and frequency domain techniques for the analysis of linear systems of any order.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use mathematical software for design and simulation.
- Use the communications point of view to analyse generic problems.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Completion of assessment task | 15 |
| Wider reading or practice | 45 |
| Revision | 17 |
| Tutorial | 12 |
| Lecture | 36 |
| Specialist Laboratory | 3 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 8 |
| Follow-up work | 18 |
| Total study time | 154 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Laboratory space and equipment required. Bespoke Laboratory Experiments
Software requirements. Matlab and toolboxes
Internet Resources
Website of the course: copy of the slides used by the lecturers.
Textbooks
Dorf R C & Bishop R H (5). Modern Control Systems. Pearson Prentice Hall.
L. Hanzo, S. X. Ng, W. T. Webb and T. Keller (2004). Quadrature Amplitude Modulation: From Basics to Adaptive Trellis-Coded, Turbo-Equalised and Space-Time Coded OFDM, CDMA and MC-CDMA Systems. New York, USA: John Wiley, IEEE Press.
I. Otung (2001). Communication Engineering Principles. Palgrave.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
This module is assessed by a combination of coursework, assessed laboratories and a final assessment in the form of a written examination.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 85% |
| Coursework | 10% |
| Laboratory | 5% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External