Digital Mobile Communications

EEEN30161 Digital Mobile Communications 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 3 Zhipeng Wu Unit coordinator Laith Danoon Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 (1) Background and trends on digital mobile communication systemsModern development of digital & mobile systems and spectrum allocationRevision on fundamentals: BER, SNR, capacity etc(2) Baseband digital communicationPulse shaping and matched filteringChannel coding for reliable transmissionNyquist criterion for distortion-less transmissionIntersymbol interference and principles of equalisation(3) Bandpass digital communicationBasic modulation schemes: PSK, FSK and QAM, and error rate performanceAdvanced modulation schemes: Offset QPSK, p/4-DQPSK, MSK, GMSKOFDM(4) Mobile radio propagation and DiversityPath loss & shadowingLink budget & noise figure calculationMultipath fading effectDiversity and combining techniques(5) Multiple access techniquesFDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA(6) Cellular network designFrequency reuse planning & signal-to-interference calculationChannel assignment schemes & handoff strategiesTraffic calculation & capacity enhancement techniques (1) Background and trends on digital mobile communication systemsModern development of digital & mobile systems and spectrum allocationRevision on fundamentals: BER, SNR, capacity etc(2) Baseband digital communicationPulse shaping and matched filteringChannel coding for reliable transmissionNyquist criterion for distortion-less transmissionIntersymbol interference and principles of equalisation(3) Bandpass digital communicationBasic modulation schemes: PSK, FSK and QAM, and error rate performanceAdvanced modulation schemes: Offset QPSK, p/4-DQPSK, MSK, GMSKOFDM(4) Mobile radio propagation and DiversityPath loss & shadowingLink budget & noise figure calculationMultipath fading effectDiversity and combining techniques(5) Multiple access techniquesFDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA(6) Cellular network designFrequency reuse planning & signal-to-interference calculationChannel assignment schemes & handoff strategiesTraffic calculation & capacity enhancement techniques The unit aims to: Provide a fundamental knowledge on digital & mobile communication systems in the physical layer, medium access control layer and network layer, with more emphasis on the physical and MAC layer. Develop a good understanding on the fundamentals of digital communication Introduce the fundamentals about channel coding and error control mechanisms  Understand the nature of wireless communication channel, especially channel fading Introduce the cellular system design methodology. ILO 1 - Apply baseband processing techniques and error control mechanisms.ILO 2 - Design cellular networks based on multiple quality of service, such as network capacity, sustainability, and security.ILO 3 - Apply appropriate wireless channel models and calculate the channel parameters.ILO 4 - Describe and select various types of modulation techniquesILO 5 - Describe different types of multiple access techniques Lectures with worked examples.Blackboard quizzes for formative feedback 0 Other 20% 1 Written exam 80% Coursework:Two marked tutorial questions.Duration: 5 hours eachThe coursework forms 20% of the overall unit assessmentSix blackboard quizzes - 15 Minutes each . EEEN20262 Analogue and Digital Communications Pre-Requisite Compulsory N Wireless communications by Goldsmith, Andrea. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 1601197640Wireless communications: principles and practice by Rappaport, Theodore S. Prentice Hall PTR, 2002. ISBN: 0130422320Wireless communications by Molisch, Andreas F. IEEE, 2011. ISBN: 9781119992806Digital communications by Proakis, John G. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008. ISBN: 9780071263788Error control coding: fundamentals and applications by Lin, Shu. Prentice-Hall, 1983. ISBN: 013283796Digital communication systems by Haykin, Simon S. Wiley, 2014. ISBN: 9780471647355 Lectures 20 0 80