EE4036Wireless Communications

What you will study

Course overview and aims

The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the concepts/techniques/basic principles and the most update knowledge in wireless communications.

Keyword syllabus

Characteristics of Radio Wave Propagation Attenuation and absorption; interference and noise; ground wave propagation; line-of-sight space wave propagation and effective earth radius; ionospheric propagation and critical frequency; tropospheric scatter propagation. Satellite Communication Systems Geostationary and non-geostationary orbits; global beam and spot beam; spectrum management; international satellite systems; transponders; multiple access techniques; intermodulation distortion and backoff; VSAT; link budget. Antennas, Diversity, and Link analysis Basics and characteristics of antennas; Mobile radio propagation large-scale path loss, modulation technique; multi-path fading; frequency diversity; space diversity; link calculation. Mobile Communications Cellular mobile phones: basic network structure; multiple access techniques; frequency reuse; capacity of cellular networks; signal to interference ratio; channel allocation techniques; location management; hand-off management; quality of service(QoS) Other Wireless Communications Internet of Things, ZigBee, Thread, Lora, Sig Fox, Narrowband IoT, DECT, Tetra, WiMax, WiFi, LTE etc.

Official PDF, page 4 · Keyword Syllabus

Intended learning outcomes

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CILO	Intended learning outcome	Weight	DEC
1	analyze and apply the appropriate wave propagation for microwave communication	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
2	understand basics of satellite communication and the related link budget design	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
3	acquire the basic knowledge of antenna, Diversity, path loss and Link analysis	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
4	Understand the basics of mobile telephony, network planning and traffics of mobile telephony systems	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
5	understand the basics of most update wireless systems	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2

Official PDF, page 2 · Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

Before you take this course

Check prerequisites, precursors and corequisites separately, together with equivalence and exclusion conditions. “and” means conditions must be met together; “or” marks alternatives. Read combined conditions in the groupings shown in the original text below.

Prerequisites

EE3008 Principle of Communications

Precursors

Nil

Corequisites

This edition of the official syllabus does not state this item.

Additional course requirements

This edition of the official syllabus does not state this item.

Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 65%; Examination: 35%; Examination duration: 2 hours

Assessment breakdown

Assessment task	Weight	Generative AI	Remarks and restrictions
TestsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	40%	No	-
AssignmentsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	25%	Yes	-

Official PDF, page 2 · Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

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Tests (min: 2) | CILO No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 40% | - | No
#Assignments (min: 3) | CILO No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 25% | - | Yes

Passing requirements

Remarks: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in coursework and 30% in the examination. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation

The catalogue assessment percentages are indicative; the course syllabus provides the detailed assessment scheme.