ENEL422-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Communications Engineering

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Topics covered: baseband transmission, signal space, digital modulation and reception, equalization, communications systems, error control coding and networking.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Describe basic networking concepts and techniques with particular emphasis on ARQ techniques and MAC protocols.
  • Encode and decode block and convolutional codes.
  • Analyze the distance and error correction capabilities of error control codes.
  • Represent the convolutional codes in terms of state diagrams and trellises.
  • Perform modulation and demodulation using PSK, QAM and FSK.
  • Calculate the error probability of various modulations including PSK and QAM.
  • Describe an OFDM system and design the structure, coding and modulation.
  • Describe spread spectrum technology in terms of block diagrams and equations.
  • Specify and analyze filtering and line coding specifications and requirements for digital transmission.
  • Develop equalization strategies and configurations for mitigating the effects of intersymbol interference in digital systems.
  • Develop an awareness of upcoming communications systems and their potential impact on New Zealand and internationally.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENEL433

Course Coordinator

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test 30%
Assignment 20%
Final Exam 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,080.00

International fee $5,250.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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