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Unit name Communication Systems
Unit code ENG334
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Sciences and Engineering
School of Engineering
Discipline Engineering
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Learning Outcomes

1. Explain major components and technologies in modern communication systems including analog modulation and digital modulation techniques, communication channels, communication errors and communication system performance measures.

2. Identify the design objective and the life cycle of a digital communication system design.

3. Apply frequency domain and time domain methods to model typical analog and digital communication systems and analyse system function and efficiency.

4. Design basic components in transmitter and receiver to achieve effective communication.

5. Test some basic communication systems for their performance analysis by simulation.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

ENG234 and ENG233

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KNE334

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

TBA

Assessment

Four major assessments:  Analog communication lab (10%), in-semester test (10%), digital communication lab mini-project (40%) and 3-hr end of semester exam (40%)

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