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TNE30003 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn, Sarawak Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students

Duration

One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

60 hours face to face + Blended

On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.

2024 teaching periods

Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1
Dates: 26 Feb 24 - 26 May 24 Results: 2 Jul 24 Last self enrolment: 10 Mar 24 Census: 31 Mar 24 Last withdraw without fail: 12 Apr 24

Hawthorn

Higher Ed. Semester 1

Dates:
26 Feb 24 - 26 May 24

Results:
2 Jul 24

Last self enrolment:
10 Mar 24

Census:
31 Mar 24

Last withdraw without fail:
12 Apr 24

Prerequisites

MTH10007 Engineering Mathematics 2

MTH10012 Calculus and Applications

and

MTH10013 Linear Algebra and Applications

MTH10015 Calculus and Applications and MTH10016 Linear Algebra and Applications

Aims and objectives

This unit of study aims to allow you to gain a broad understanding of the fundamental signal processing and modulation concepts and methods that underpin analogue and digital transmission for both wireless and wired communications.

Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)

Students who successfully complete this unit should be able to:

1. Appreciate and use terminology, concepts, standards and techniques of signal processing for communication systems. K2, S12.

2. Describe and critically analyse common signal processing concepts and methods. K3

3. Analyse the performance of various modulation methods for analogue and digital transmission. S1 S2

4. Predict the effect of noise on signal reception. K2, S1

5. Synthesise signal processing modules to implement communications systems. K3, K4, S2

6. Appreciate modern broadcast systems such as Digital TV and Digital Radio. K2, S1

7. Safely conduct practical experiments using appropriate test equipment and signal processing modules both for analogue and digital transmission. Analyse and interpret the results and errors, formulate conclusions and generate a high quality written report both individually and as part of a team. A2, K3, S2

Swinburne Engineering Competencies (A1-7, K1-6, S1-4): find out more about Engineering Skills and Competencies including the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.

Unit information in detail

- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type	Hours per week	Number of Weeks	Total
On Campus Lecture	3	12	36
On Campus Tutorials	1	10	10
On Campus Comp Labs	1	12	12
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning	8.5	12	102
TOTAL			150 hours

Assessment

Types	Individual/Group Role	Weighting	Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs)
Examination	Individual	50-60%	1,2,3,4,5,6
Tests	Individual	10-20%	1,2,3,4
Laboratories	Individual/Group	20-30%	1,2,3,5,7

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass the unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and

(ii) Obtain at least 40% in the final exam

Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 44% as the total mark for the unit and will not be eligible for a conceded pass.

General skills outcomes

This Unit of Study will contribute to you attaining the following Swinburne Engineering Competencies:

Maths and IT as Tools: Proficiently uses relevant mathematics and computer and information science concepts as tools (K2).
Discipline Specific: Proficiently applies advanced technical knowledge of the specific discipline within that context (K3).
Emerging Disciplinary Trends: Interprets and applies current or emerging knowledge from inside and outside the specific discipline (K4).
Professional Practice: Appreciates the principles of professional engineering practice in a sustainable context.
Engineering Methods: Applies engineering methods in practical applications (S1).
Problem Solving: Systematically uses engineering methods in solving complex problems (S2).
Communication: Demonstrates effective communication to professional and wider audiences (A2).

Content

Analogue signals, spectral (Fourier) analysis, bandwidth, ideal and real filters, transfer functions, amplitude and phase response, energy and power spectra.
Analogue modulation and demodulation: amplitude,frequency, phase.
Noise and its effects in analogue communication systems.
Receivers.
Commercial broadcasting: radio and television.
Pulse modulation.
Sampling theorem.
Pulse amplitude modulation, time division and frequency division multiplexing, pulse code modulation.
Digital methods: digital line codes, modulation and demodulation of ASK, PSK, FSK, DPSK, QAM, QPSK.
Noise and its effects in digital communication systems, BER, analysis of digital modulation schemes.

Study resources

- Reading materials.

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.