Unit name | Mobile Communication Systems |
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Unit code | EENG30010 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Doufexi |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The aim is to provide an insight into the choice of access techniques and design employed in future generation wireless networks. Analytical tools for describing information transfer, source compression and uncertainty are discussed and fundamental limits of communication systems are derived. The unit examines digital modulation schemes, and coherent and non-coherent detection techniques. A summary of the various frequency bands and systems in use today is provided. Radiowave propagation is then discussed, covering path-loss, antenna gain, multipath, shadowing and fast fading. System link budgets are developed.
Fast fading models are derived and, using the central limit theorem, Rayleigh and Rician distributions are derived. Diversity techniques are studied to improve fading performance. Cellular design is presented covering issues such as co-channel interference, frequency re-use, cluster size and handover.
Having completed this unit, students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures, practical activities supported by drop-in sessions, problem sheets and self-directed exercises.
The intended learning outcomes for the unit will be assessed through a coursework based assignment.
· Haykin, S. & Moher, M. Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications
· Jones, D.S., Elementary Information Theory
· Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas “Elements of Information Theory”, Second Edition, Wiley 2005
· David McKay “Information Theory inference and learning algorithms” Cambridge University Press,
2003
· Shannon, C.E. and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, University of Illinois
Press, 1963, ISBN:0 252 72548 4 (Q360 SHA)
· Parsons, J.D., The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel,2nd Edition, J. Wiley, 2000, ISBN:978-0-471-
98857-1 Highly Recommended for part 1.
· Proakis, J., Digital Communications, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN:0071181830.
· Sklar, B., Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001,
ISBN:0130847887.
· Haykin. S., Communication Systems, 4th Edition, John Wiley, 2000, ISBN:0471178691.
· Rappaport. T.S., Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, 2001, ISBN:0160422320.