Module Descriptors
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ELEC70272
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Alison Griffiths
Email: A.L.Griffiths@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
- REPORT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 2 hour examination (50%) and a formal report (50%).
The Examination will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.
The laboratory based assignment and formal report (1,500 words approx) will assess Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4.
The Examination will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.
The laboratory based assignment and formal report (1,500 words approx) will assess Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4.
Module Indicative Content
* Information Theory, coding, channel capacity, Shannon Limit.
* Advanced Digital Communications (Turbo Codes).
* Noise, noise temperature, application to satellite communications, link budgets.
* Digital modulation including Phase Shift Keying (PSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), Minimal Shift Keying (MSK), Gaussian Minimal Shift Keying (GMSK).
* Demodulation, detection, probability of error.
* Media access control, Frequency and time division multiple access (FDMA/TDMA), ALOHA, Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA).
* Spread spectrum, frequency hopping, direct sequence, code division multiple access (CDMA).
* Mobile radio environment, multipath fading.
* Cellular mobile radio, cells and clusters, carrier-to-interface.
* Personal Radio Communications and '3G' Mobile Systems.
* Optical Communications, fibre types, dispersion, loss mechanisms, optical modulation, devices, technology and applications.
* Advanced Digital Communications (Turbo Codes).
* Noise, noise temperature, application to satellite communications, link budgets.
* Digital modulation including Phase Shift Keying (PSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), Minimal Shift Keying (MSK), Gaussian Minimal Shift Keying (GMSK).
* Demodulation, detection, probability of error.
* Media access control, Frequency and time division multiple access (FDMA/TDMA), ALOHA, Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA).
* Spread spectrum, frequency hopping, direct sequence, code division multiple access (CDMA).
* Mobile radio environment, multipath fading.
* Cellular mobile radio, cells and clusters, carrier-to-interface.
* Personal Radio Communications and '3G' Mobile Systems.
* Optical Communications, fibre types, dispersion, loss mechanisms, optical modulation, devices, technology and applications.
Module Learning Strategies
Learning on all aspects of the indicative content will be facilitated by:
* Classroom based lectures and tutorials, Laboratory based practical experimental and simulation work (36 hours)
* Directed reading, information gathering, student centred learning (114 hours)
(1:n)3 (1:20)1
* Classroom based lectures and tutorials, Laboratory based practical experimental and simulation work (36 hours)
* Directed reading, information gathering, student centred learning (114 hours)
(1:n)3 (1:20)1
Module Resources
Laboratory based pc and simulation packages
Laboratory based telecommunication tutor units and test equipment
Library
Laboratory based telecommunication tutor units and test equipment
Library
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Texts
Communication Systems by Simon Haykin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
4th Edition (May 15, 2000)
ISBN: 0471178691
Digital Communications by John g. Proakis
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Third Edition, 1995
ISBN: 0-07-051726-6
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
4th Edition (May 15, 2000)
ISBN: 0471178691
Digital Communications by John g. Proakis
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Third Edition, 1995
ISBN: 0-07-051726-6