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School of Engineering · ANU College of Systems and Society
This course provides a comprehensive overview and advanced knowledge of modern mobile and wireless communication systems. Building on the prior knowledge on digital communications, students develop further understanding on the challenges and opportunities brought by the wireless medium in designing current and future wireless communication systems and networks. Topics include: - Overview of digital wireless communications and cellular concept; - Interference and traffic analysis for cellular networks; - Wireless fading channel modelling and characterisation; - Modulation and detection performance over fading channels; - Equalisation techniques; - Multi-carrier systems; - Spread spectrum techniques; - Receiver and transmitter diversity techniques; - Information theory of wireless channels; - Multiple antenna communications; - Space-time communications; - Cooperative communications; - Standards of wireless cellular networks (e.g. 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and beyond).
Assignments
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Hardware Labs
Learning outcomes 5
AI Mini Project
Learning outcomes 2, 4, 5
Simulink Project
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 5
Final Exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
A standard workload of 130 hours over the semester including the following formal working hours for the entire semester: 24 x 2-hour lectures, 6 x 1-hour tutorials, 1 x 2-hour hardware laboratory, and 1 x 3-hour hardware laboratory. Apart from these, approximately 5 hours per week is required for independent study. Work Integrated Learning Projects You will undertake projects in this course, based on your prior knowledge on digital communications, to develop further understanding on the challenges and opportunities brought by the wireless medium in designing current and future wireless communication Other Information Professional Skills Mapping: Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies
- Main: A.J. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2005. - Suggested: T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2002