ELEC6238 Research Skills and Practice

Module Overview

This module will ensure that all students on the MSc Wireless Communications programme have the skills and fundamental knowledge that is prerequisite to all the other modules in the programme. The focus will be on using Matlab as a simulation tool for implementing and characterising various wireless communication schemes.

Aims and Objectives

Module Aims

To provide an introduction to fundamental research methods and techniques used in Wireless Communications

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Fundamental research methods and techniques used in Wireless Communications
The role and application of carrier and baseband simulation of analogue and digital modulation schemes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Develop sufficient skills in Matlab to implement and characerise wireless communication schemes

Syllabus

- Matlab programming - Wireless Communication block diagram - Analogue and digital modulation - Constellation diagram - Eye diagram - Spectral analysis - Baseband simulation - Bit Error Ratio computation - Monte Carlo simulation - Equalisation - Carrier simulation

Learning and Teaching

Type	Hours
Lecture	12
Completion of assessment task	74
Supervised time in studio/workshop	9
Preparation for scheduled sessions	6
Wider reading or practice	43
Follow-up work	6
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

David McMahon. MATLAB DeMYSTiFieD.

David Baez-Lopez,. MATLAB with Applications to Engineering, Physics and Finance,.

Duane Hanselman and Bruce Littlefied. Mastering MATLAB 7.

Assessment

Summative

Method	Percentage contribution
Simulation	30%
Simulation	30%
Technique	40%

Referral

Method	Percentage contribution
Coursework assignment(s)	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External