Mobile and Personal Networking
Duration
- 1 Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 Hours
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Appreciate and use common mobile and personal communications terminology and IEEE standards. (K3, K6)
2. Predict the performance of wireless links under varying conditions, by selecting and applying suitable channel models. (K1, K3, S1, S2)
3. Design cellular mobile telecommunication systems to specified parameters, using analytical and empirical rules. (K3, S1, S2, S3)
4. Appreciate the design principles behind modern mobile computing/wireless systems and networks. (K3, K4, S1)
5. Predict the performance of wireless modulation and multiple-access techniques by performing the appropriate calculations. (K2, S1, S2)
6. Assess the behaviour of protocols (IEEE standards) and architectures and used in current wireless networks. (K3, K4, K6, S1)
7. Conduct experiments using simulation tools to analyse the performance of wireless communication systems and sub-systems and interpret results and formulate conclusions (K2, K3, S1).
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
* Scheduled face to face: Lectures (24 hours), Tutorials (12 hours), Laboratory Work (12 hours)
* Scheduled synchronous online learning events (N/A)
Non-scheduled online learning events and activities (N/A)
Other non-scheduled learning events and activities including independent study (approx. 100 hours)
Assessment
Types
| Individual or Group task
| Weighting
| Assesses attainment of these ULOs
|
Examination | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6, |
Test | Individual / Group | 10% | 1,2,3,5,6 |
Laboratory Reports | Individual / Group | 30% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Assignment | Individual / Group | 10% | 4 |
(i) an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and
(ii) 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.
Content
• Path loss budgeting including large scale pathloss and shadow fading
• Frequency planning, frequency reuse, interference and effect on capacity
• Propagation models
• Small scale fading and multipath propagation.
• Modulation for wireless communication.
• Multiple access and Spread Spectrum
Wireless networks
• 3G Networks
• LTE
• Wireless LANs including 802.11a/b/g/n/af
• Mesh networks
Study resources
- References.