Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Sam Reisenfeld
Contact via 9 850 6002
E6B, Room 113
Tuesday, 3 - 5 pm
Tutor
Shahidul Islam
Contact via 9 850 8437
E6A, Room 221
Wednesday, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ELEC240 and (STAT394 or MATH396) and (MATH232 or MATH235)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores: Fourier theory, including frequency-time duality; analogue amplitude and frequency modulation; digital communication systems, including sampling, modulation and demodulation methods, source and line coding, multi-symbol signalling; noise and its effects including noise types and spectrum, information capacity, noise measures, noise performance of digital communication systems, error-control coding and decoding; and communication-system case studies.
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Students need to earn a grade of 50% in order to pass the unit. Late submissions of Assignments and Laboratory Reports will incur a penalty of 10% of the grade for every late submission calendar day.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Tutorial Questions | 5% | No | Every tutorial |
Laboratory Report 1 | 10% | No | 3 September 2017 |
Laboratory Report 2 | 10% | No | 8 October 2017 |
Laboratory Report 3 | 5% | No | 29 October 2017 |
Assignment 1 | 10% | No | 3 September 2017 |
Assignment 2 | 10% | No | 29 October 2017 |
Final Examination | 50% | No | Final Examination Week |
Due: Every tutorial
Weighting: 5%
One tutorial question must be solved prior to the tutorial class and handed-in at the beginning of the tutorial class.
Due: 3 September 2017
Weighting: 10%
Laboratory Report on Fourier Series, Modulation, Introduction to TIMS Laboratory Equipment, and QAM.
Due: 8 October 2017
Weighting: 10%
Sampling, reconstruction, QPSK, and Bit Error Rate.
Due: 29 October 2017
Weighting: 5%
Laboratory report on visits to Optus Communications and the CSIRO.
Due: 3 September 2017
Weighting: 10%
Assignment on Analog Communication Systems
Due: 29 October 2017
Weighting: 10%
Assignment on Digital Communication Systems
Due: Final Examination Week
Weighting: 50%
Final Examination on Analog and Digital Communication Systems
Lecture materials, Tutorial Questions, Assignment Question, and Assignment Solutions will be uploaded to iLearn.
Lectures will be recorded on Echo Recordings.
Laboratories will use TIMS electronic modules manufactured by Emona Instruments and will also use USRP modules and LabVIEW software supplied by National Instruments.
Recommended readings are ELEC321 lecture notes and the following reference books:
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Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
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