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.

The following Intended Learning Outcomes are all developed and assessed. On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to perform:

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

ILO 2: Understand 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 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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