Analogue, Digital and Wireless
Communications
EEC_6_896
Analogue, Digital and Wireless Communications

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Analogue, Digital and Wireless Communications 2

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Module Title:
Module Level: 6
Module Reference Number: EEC_6_896
Credit Value: 30
Student Study Hours: 192
Contact Hours: 96
Private Study Hours: 96
Pre-requisite Learning (If applicable): Fundamentals of Communication Theory &
Transmission Channel, Introduction to
Communication Systems and Networks
Co-requisite Modules (If applicable): None
Course(s): None
Year and Semester Year three, first and second semester
Module Coordinator: Prof. Mohammad Ghavami
MC Contact Details (Tel, Email, Room) 7196, ghavamim@lsbu.ac.uk
, BR-T704
Teaching Team & Contact Details
(If applicable):
Dr. Vincent Siyau
7507, siyaum@lsbu.ac.uk
, BR-T710
Mr. Ya Bao
7588, ( baoyb@lsbu.ac.uk
, BR-T701
Subject Area: Telecommunication
Summary of Assessment Method: Examinations: 70%
Coursework: 30%
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This module provides deeper understanding of communication theory, system performance analysis and wireless communication technologies. The areas covered are analogue, discrete and digital communication systems, modulation techniques, multiplexing, principles of digital modulation and wireless communication systems. Particular emphasis is given to current wireless technologies and architectures, design approaches and applications.
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The aims of this module are:
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To teach the principles of communication and system design techniques.
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To teach methods for system performance analysis and evaluation.
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To apply the above methodologies to wireless and mobile communication systems and networks.
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To understand the general principles of wired and wireless communication systems.
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To be familiar with the theories of analogue, digital and wireless communication systems and their application to system design.
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To analyse and evaluate the system impairments due to transmission channel characteristics in wired and wireless communication systems.
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To learn various techniques to combat these effects.
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In-depth knowledge of key concepts through mathematical models.
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Ability to assess system performance according to appropriate performance criteria, and evaluate ways of optimising it.
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Development of laboratory experimentation skills – parameter measurements, experimental data collection and meaningful presentation of measured data.
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Development of the abilities of employing general principles of engineering design and practice of wireless communication systems and network.
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Analytical skills and laboratory experimentation skills.
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Teamwork in laboratory environment.
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There are two main components: i) Examination (70%) ii) Coursework (30%)
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End of semester one exam is of the duration of 2 hours and covers the materials studied in semester one (35%).
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Coursework 1 is based on laboratory experimentation in semester 1 (15%). There will be
3 laboratory sessions in semester 1 in weeks 3, 5 and 7, each with the duration of 4 hours. Each student will be required to maintain an individual logbook, which will be produced during the lab sessions. In addition, each student will be required to produce an individual formal lab report on the experimental work. The logbooks and formal reports submission deadline is in week 10.
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Coursework 2 is based on wireless communication principles in semester 2 (15%). There will be 6 laboratory sessions in semester 2 week 1-6, each of duration 2 hours. Each student will be required to complete all experiments and produce an individual report on the experimental work. The report will be submitted semester 2 week 10.
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End of semester two exam is of the duration of 3 hours and covers the materials studied in semester two (35%).
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Feedback will normally be given to students soon after the submission of their course works. The students’ comments on the teaching organisation will be fed back as soon as possible; and the relevant measures will be taken to satisfy the student requirements.
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Analogue and digital communication systems i) Amplitude and angle modulations : amplitude modulation, double sidebandsuppressed carrier modulation, Costas receiver, quadrature-carrier multiplexing, single-sideband modulation, vestigial sideband modulation, baseband representation of modulated waves, amplitude modulation theme example, properties of angle-modulated waves, relationship between pm and fm waves, narrow-band frequency modulation, wide-band frequency modulation,
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transmission bandwidth of FM waves, generation of FM waves, demodulation of
FM signals, and angle modulation theme example ii) Pulse modulation : sampling process, pulse-amplitude modulation, pulse-position modulation, completing the transition from analogue and digital, quantization process, pulse-code modulation, delta modulation, differential pulse-code modulation, line codes, and theme examples. iii) Baseband data transmission : baseband transmission of digital data, the intersymbol interference problem, the Nyquist channel, raised-cosine pulse spectrum, baseband transmission of M-ary data, the eye pattern, computer experiment, eye diagrams for binary and quaternary systems, theme examples, and equalization. iv) Digital band-pass modulation techniques : some preliminaries, binary amplitudeshift keying, phase-shift keying, frequency-shift keying, noncoherent digital modulation schemes, M-ary digital modulation schemes, mapping of digital modulation waveforms onto constellations of signal points, and theme examples.
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Wireless communication systems i) Wireless Channel and Propagation Principles (Revisit): Antenna, transmission mode, free space path loss, Basic wireless channel impairments; multipath fading, Doppler effects, delay-spread, channel coherent time, intersymbol interferences, path loss, shadowing and noise. ii) Wireless Communication Technologies : detailed study of various wireless communication systems, transmission standards and multiple access techniques: spread-spectrum, CDMA, OFDM and multiple transceivers and
MIMO systems. iii) Advance Processing Techniques in Wireless Communications : receiver processing techniques to combat channel impairments, concept of space/time/frequency diversity, and diversity combining techniques, equalisation beamforming, multi-user cancellation, space-time processing and basic channel estimation techniques.
iv) Evolution of Mobile Wireless Communication Networks : evolution of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation mobile networks. Emphasis on wireless networks developments based on various wireless technologies involves. 2nd generation
(GSM) and 3rd generation networks (IMT-2000/UMTS) networks standards will also be introduced. v) Fundamental of Cellular Networks Design : concepts of cellular networks, cell planning and frequency-reuse for cell and capacity management of the mobile wireless system. Traffic analysis, channel assignment strategies and capacity enhancement techniques involving some engineering design elements.
vi) Wireless and Mobile Networks : wireless network technologies including infrared, spread spectrum and narrowband high frequency wireless LANs, wireless LAN standard with emphasis on medium access control (MAC) layer, introduction to
WAN, mobile WIMAX standard (IEEE 802.16) and mobile ad-hoc network technology (Bluetooth).
Lectures, tutorials and computer workshops
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Lectures: On average, two hours each week
Tutorials: On average, one hour each week
Workshops: Twelve hours in the each semester
You are expected to carry out a significant amount of self-managed learning, which will include going through the lecture notes on regular basis, further reading to enhance your understanding of the subject matter, solving tutorial examples, and preparing to participate in discussions during formal tutorial sessions. You are required to carry out 96 hours of self-managed study.
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Enhancing employability is an important issue this module should not ignore. Using the knowledge acquired in class to solve engineering problems will be stressed through teaching.
Some key issues associated to job hunting in the field of Analogue, Digital and Wireless
Communications will be advised.
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Module Calendar
Study Area
Semester 1
Introduction
Amplitude and angle modulations
Amplitude and angle modulations
Amplitude and angle modulations
Pulse modulation
Baseband data transmission
Digital band-pass modulation techniques
Revision and Examination 1
Semester 2
Wireless Channel and Propagation
Wireless Communication Technologies
Advance Processing Techniques
Wireless Communication Networks
Fundamental of Cellular Networks
Wireless and Mobile Networks
Revision
Final Examination
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Lecture and Tutorial
Workshop
Lecture and Tutorial
Workshop
Lecture and Tutorial
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Lecture and Tutorial
Lecture and Tutorial
Lecture, Tutorial and workshop
Lecture, Tutorial and workshop
Lecture, Tutorial and workshop
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Lecture and Tutorial
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This course is presented for the first time and a new lecturer in 2011-2012
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1. Haykin S, and Moher M, “Introduction to Analog & Digital Communications”, 2 nd Edition,
Wiley, 2007.
2. Stallings W., “Wireless Communications and Networks” 2 nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2005.
ISBN: 0-13-040864-6.
3. Rappaport T. S., “Wireless Communications: Principles & Practices”, 2 nd Edition,
Prentice-Hall, 2001.
1. Ziemer R E and Tranter W H, “Principles of Communications-Systems, Modulation, and
Noise”, 5 th Edition, Wiley, 2002.
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2. Proakis J G and Salehi M, “Communication Systems Engineering”, 2 nd Edition, Prentice
Hall, 2002
3. Couch, L W, “Digital and Analogue Communication Systems”, 6 th Edition, Prentice Hall,
2001.
4. Haykin S, “Communication Systems”, 4 th Edition, Wiley, 2000.
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