Core Module Information
Module title: Wireless Sensors and Mobile Communications

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: ELE11519
Module leader: Petros Karadimas
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Cyber Security and Systems Engineering
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

The module comprises of thematic areas covering the most essential aspects of wireless systems. Beginning with the presentation of the fundamental parts of wireless systems, a detailed analysis of each component will follow, namely, antennas, propagation channels, and digital modulation. Students will obtain a system-level and holistic overview of wireless systems in the physical layer, what are the major components, how they are modelled, and how they interact and finally, how wireless systems perform as a whole and can be potentially improved or optimized.A more detailed description of provisional topics can be seen below.A. Fundamentals of wireless systems: Major components, Block diagrams.B. Antennas: Fundamental antenna parameters, Antenna performance and design metrics, Antennas as part or wireless systems, Transmitting and receiving antennas for point-to-point communications and Friis transmission formula.C. Propagation channels: Propagation mechanisms, Path loss modelling (including Friis transmission formula), Shadowing statistical modelling, Multipath propagation stochastic modelling.D. Digital modulation: Baseband and passband signals, Nyquist theorems for signal interference and reconstruction, Digital modulation techniques, Demodulation and detection performance.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically analyse the effect of noise and fading on a link.

LO2: Critically evaluate the underlying principles of several mobile communication systems.

LO3: Critically analyse the operation and design processes related to the major components of a telecommunication system.

LO4: Critically analyse/simulate/solve simple problems involved in wireless sensors technology and recent communication protocols such as Bluetooth, ZigBee and 6LowPAN, 4G and 5G.

LO5: Critically describe the need and main purpose for the basic building blocks in modern mobile communication systems.

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