Module overview
This module will ensure that all students on the MSc Mobile Communications and Smart Networking programme have the skills and fundamental knowledge that is prerequisite to all the other modules in the programme. The focus will be on using Matlab as a simulation tool for implementing and characterising various wireless communication schemes.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The role and application of carrier and baseband simulation of analogue and digital modulation schemes
- Fundamental research methods and techniques used in Mobile Communications
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop sufficient skills in Matlab to implement and characterise wireless communication schemes
Syllabus
- Matlab programming
- Wireless Communication block diagram
- Analogue and digital modulation
- Constellation diagram
- Eye diagram
- Spectral analysis
- Baseband simulation
- Bit Error Ratio computation
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Equalisation
- Carrier simulation
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The module uses lectures to present the material and computer lab sessions to support Matlab programming.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Supervised time in studio/workshop | 9 |
| Lecture | 17 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 6 |
| Completion of assessment task | 74 |
| Wider reading or practice | 38 |
| Follow-up work | 6 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Andrea Goldsmith. Wireless Communications. Cambridge University Press.
David McMahon. MATLAB DeMYSTiFieD. McGraw-Hill.
David Baez-Lopez. MATLAB with Applications to Engineering, Physics and Finance. CRC Press.
Duane Hanselman and Bruce Littlefield. Mastering MATLAB 7. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 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 |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External