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ELEC8844 – Signal Processing for Software Defined Radio
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Sam Reisenfeld
Contact via E-mail
44 Waterloo Road, Room 135
Thursdays, 3-5 pm
Tutor
Shahidul Islam
Contact via E-mail
44 Waterloo Road, G53
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MEngElecEng and ELEC3044
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
20cp at 8000 level
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to provide students with the theory and hands-on experience in designing and implementing digital signal processing algorithms using software defined radio technology. The unit builds on from preceding Digital Signal Processing unit and introduces the software defined radio concept along with various software defined radio architectures and platforms. Topics covered include: sampling and quantisation, low-pass representation of bandpass systems, quadrature-signal representation, frequency translation, sample rate conversion, decimation and interpolation, direct and polyphase interpolator and decimator architectures, half-band FIR filters, digital up and down converters, matched filters and the software defined radio architectures and platforms. The unit culminates in a project where students develop a software defined radio technology-based solution from high-level functional specifications through to design, implementation and testing on real hardware.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Describe what a software defined radio platform is and its constituent functional components.
- ULO2: Comprehensively convey the advantages and limitations of various software-defined-radio-specific digital signal processing algorithms and their efficient implementations.
- ULO3: Undertake quantitative performance analysis and contrast various digital signal processing algorithms and their implementations on software defined radio platforms.
- ULO4: Design, implement and test digital signal processing algorithms on real software defined radio hardware platforms.
- ULO5: Prepare design documents and reports and communicate and explain design decisions.
Assessment Tasks
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