Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Mobile and Personal Commun Systems Engineering PG

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EEET1141

City Campus

Postgraduate

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

EEET1141

City Campus

Postgraduate

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,
Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Professor Kandeepan Sithamparanathan

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2804

Course Coordinator Email: kandeepan@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 12.08.18

Course Coordinator Availability: Email for appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Assumed Knowledge
You are expected to have sound knowledge of the following topics: signals and systems description in time and frequency domains, random signals and noise, analog and digital modulation, noise and signal to noise ratio calculations. 

You are also expected to have basic computer scripting knowledge (e.g. scripting in Matlab).


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 wireless communication in general and cellular mobile communication in particular.

The topics covered in this course include principles of wireless and cellular communication, signal propagation, signal fading and shadowing, advanced modulation and coding, OFDM Systems used in 5G technology, cell designs and traffic calculations, co-channel 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.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the program learning outcomes for the following program:

  • MC234P25

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:

CLO1 Demonstrate knowledge on advanced principles, concepts and operation of wireless and cellular communication systems.

CLO2 Mathematically model wireless communication, signal propagation, and interference within a systems engineering framework, and theoretically study the performance in terms of outage and error probabilities.  

CLO3 Apply theoretical knowledge to design and simulate advanced wireless communication systems with software and hardware tools per specifications and requirements.

CLO4 Conduct wireless propagation experiments and critically analyse the outcomes with supporting arguments from theoretical concepts.

CLO5 Communicate and report critical analysis of performance studies, modelling and experimental results of wireless communication systems.

CLO6 Demonstrate understanding of how theories and models are applied, adopted and practiced in real world wireless and mobile communication networks.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as pre-recorded lectures, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. 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, andthrough 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

Assessment Task 1: Mid Semester Test, 20%, CLO1, CLO2 and CLO6
Assessment Task 2: Final assessment, 40%, CLO1, CLO2, CLO5 and CLO6
Assessment Task 3: Lab Report, 20%, CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5 and CLO6
Assessment Task 4: Lab Test, 20%, CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO5 and CLO6

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