Unit information: Communication Systems 3 in 2014/15

Unit name	Communication Systems 3
Unit code	EENG32000
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	EENG22000
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

The aim is to provide an insight into the choice of access techniques employed in future generation wireless networks. Analytical tools for describing information transfer and uncertainty are discussed and applied to practical data and communication systems. The key parameters that govern transmission power and bandwidth of a communication network are introduced. The unit examines both analogue and digital modulation schemes, and coherent and non-coherent detection techniques.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will become familiar with the theoretical basis underlying all discrete communication systems and acquire the fundamental analysis skills required for modern communications networks.

Teaching Information

Lectures and Matlab exercises

Assessment Information

Name: Coursework

Type: Assignment

% of final mark: 10

Description: Matlab assignment

Name: Coursework

Type: Assignment

% of final mark: 10

Description: Information theory assignment

Name: Terminal Exam

Type: Exam

% of final mark: 80

Description: 2 hour written paper

Reading and References

• Information Theory

• Jones, D.S., Elementary Information Theory, Clarendon Press, 1979, ISBN 0 1985 4375

• MacKay, David J. C.: 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)

• Performance of Communications Systems

• Haykin, S., Communications Systems, 4th edition, J. Wiley, 2001, ISBN 0 4713 05847 (TK 5101 HAY)

• Proakis, J., Digital Communications, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN 0071181830.