Course Title: Advanced Mobile and Wireless Systems Engineering

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Mobile and Wireless Systems Engineering

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EEET1083

City Campus

Undergraduate

125H Electrical & Computer Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016

EEET1083

City Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Professor Kandeepan Sithamparanathan

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2804

Course Coordinator Email: kandeepan.sithamparanathan@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 12-8-18

Course Coordinator Availability: Email for appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed EEET2369 Signals and Systems 1 and EEET2254 Communication Engineering 1 before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.  
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

Mobile and Personal Communication enable people to communicate on the go, anywhere, anytime.

Fast developing technologies are delivering more and more essential and exciting new services.

In this course you will learn the fundamental techniques for the design and analysis of mobile and wireless communication systems.

Topics include Principles of Cellular Communication, Signal Propagation, Signal Fading and Shadowing, Advanced Modulation and Coding, OFDM Systems used in 5G Technology, Teletraffic Calculations, Co-channel and Same-cell Interference, Wireless Link Design, Coverage Prediction, multiple antenna communication (MIMO) and error correction codes.

The practical sessions include using software tools for designing and studying the performance of wireless and mobile communication systems, and using software defined radios (SDR) to emulate wireless transmissions and model wireless signal propagation.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the WAM information web page for more information.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for:
BH073P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH073VRI23 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH111ECH23 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours) / Bachelor of Business

PLO 1: Demonstrate an in-depth understanding and knowledge of fundamental engineering and scientific theories, principles and concepts and apply advanced technical knowledge in specialist domain of engineering.
PLO 2: Utilise mathematics and engineering fundamentals, software, tools and techniques to design engineering systems for complex engineering challenges.
PLO 3: Apply systematic problem solving, design methods and information and project management to propose and implement creative and sustainable solutions with intellectual independence and cultural sensitivity.

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for:
BH071 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Communication Engineering) (Honours)
BH071P17 Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications Engineering)(Honours)
BH072 Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Network Engineering)(Honours)
BH073 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)(Honours)
BH073P22 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH073VRI Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)(Honours)
BH073VRI22 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH091CNHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Network Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Computer Science
BH094ECHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic & Communication Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Computer Science
BH094TEHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications Engineering) (Honours) /Bachelor of Computer Science
BH097ECHDD Bachelor of Science (Physics) / Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic & Communication Engineering)(Honours)
BH097TEHDD Bachelor of Science (Physics) / Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications Engineering)(Honours)
BH107CNHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Network Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Business (Management)
BH109EEHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship)
BH110EEHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Business (International Business)
BH111EEHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)(Honours) / Bachelor of Business (Management)
BH111ECHDD Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours) / Bachelor of Business (Management)

1 Knowledge and Skill Base
1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.
2 Engineering Application Ability
2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving.
2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.

For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.  


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the principles and operation of cellular communication systems
  2. Describe the concept of wireless communications, signal propagation, wireless channels, be able to calculate link outage probability and teletraffic calculations.
  3. Perform wireless interference calculations, analyse the performance and cellular coverage area calculations to design wireless communication systems
  4. Use software tools and hardware modules such as software defined radios (SDR) to simulate, emulate and design wireless communication systems  


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities including pre-recorded lectures, Tutorials, and Lab Exercises. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

The fundamentals, concepts and technical problem solving with any numerical calculation skills will be assessed. All assessment tasks will also assess your ability to critically analyse results and provide arguments to support design decisions. Written feedback will be provided on all assessment tasks except for the Final Assessment.

Assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1: Mid-semester assessment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1 & 2.
This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment that students must attend on campus.

Assessment Task 2: Final assessment
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1, 2 & 3.
This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment that students must attend on campus.

Assessment Task 3: Lab-1 assessment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1, 2 & 4.
You will submit a report based on the practicals conducted in Lab-1.

Assessment 4: Lab-2 assessment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment supports CLOs: 1, 2, 3 & 4.
This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment that students must attend on campus.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.