12845 (v.3) Communications Engineering 304

Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    308780 (v.1) Signal and Systems 202 or any previous version
    OR
    307536 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version
AND
308789 (v.1) Probability Theory 201 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Linear and exponential modulation - amplitude, frequency, phase, and composite modulation schemes, and performance in the presence of additive white Gaussian noise. Passband digital transmission - amplitude shift keying (ASK), phase shift keying (PSK), frequency shift keying (FSK), M-ary signalling, coherent and non-coherent demodulation, carrier recovery and symbol clock recovery and error probabilities. Introduction to spread spectrum modulation.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

031307 Communications Technologies

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External