BEng Electronic Engineering with Industrial Experience / Course details

Background and fundamentals section:
Signal spectrum, Fourier analysis, PSD, ESD and Wiener-Kitchen relationship, Parseval’s theorem, linear time invariant channels, and equalisation.

Analog modulation techniques:
Amplitude modulation, frequency, phase modulation and demodulation techniques. Bandwidth definition. Examples of phase and frequency modulation transceiver, superhetrodyne receiver, frequency division multiplexing, time division multiplexing.

Baseband signalling and detection:
Sampling theorem, quantization, binary pulse code modulation, m-ary code modulation, properties and spectral occupancies, matched filter detection.

Digital modulation techniques:
Sampling theorem, pulse shaping theorem, Binary and M-ary generic digital modulation techniques such as amplitude (ASK), phase (PSK) and frequency (FSK) modulation and demodulation and combinations of (APSK). BER graph reading and relations to SER.

The course unit aims to: Introduce the students to a wide range of fundamental communication concepts and techniques using example applications from contemporary communication systems.

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

ILO 1: Apply various signal analysis such as spectrum estimation technique.

ILO 2: Define and explain of the process of transmission through linear time invariant systems.

ILO 3: Describe fundamental types of analogue and digital modulation techniques.

ILO 4: Apply various fundamental concepts in analog and digital communication systems

ILO 5: Design basic forms of frequency and time division multiple access techniques.

• Lectures
• Pre-recorded videos
• Online quizzes
• Podcasts
• Simulation software based Labs and demonstration

Coursework forms 20% of the overall unit assessment.

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An introduction to analog and digital communications: Haykin, S. S., Wiley, 1989.
Analogue and digital communication techniques: Smillie, Grahame., Arnold, 1999.
Principles of digital and analog communications: Gibson, Jerry D., Collier Macmillan, 1989. 
Communication systems: Haykin, Simon S., John Wiley, 2010. 
Communication systems : an introduction to signals and noise in electrical communication: Carlson, A. Bruce, McGraw-Hill, 2010.