EE522: Telecommunication and Wireless Systems

To provide knowledge required to analyze and design modern telecommunication network with emphasis on optical fibre communications and wireless communication systems.

NO. OF CREDITS: 3
COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL: OPTIONAL
PREREQUISITES: EE357

MAIN TOPICS AND INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

TOPICS

Switching & Signaling

Teletraffic Engineering

Optical Fiber Communication systems

Wireless channel characterization

Principles of mobile communications

Diversity and multi-antenna techniques

Spread spectrum and multicarier systems

Wireless communication standards

Student will be able to,

ILO1: Analyze the performance of switching systems using tools such as queuing theory and Erlang formula.

ILO2: Design an intensity modulated/direct detection optical fibre communication link.

ILO3: Calculate the link budget of a communication link.

ILO4: Analyze the impact of channel conditions and receiver mobility on the received signal.

ILO5: Breakdown and examine high level functions of practical systems including local area networks and cellular mobile networks.

NO	RECOMMENDED TEXT
1	Roger L. Freeman, Telecommunication system engineering
2	R. Ramaswami, K.S. Sivarajan and G.H. Sasaki, Optical Networks – A practical perspective, 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers
3	T. S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2 nd Edition, 2002
4	Andreas F. Molisch, Wireless Communications, Wiley 2010

TIME ALLOCATION	HOURS
Lectures	39
Tutorials	2
Assignments	4
Laboratories	4

ASSESMENT	PERCENTAGE
Assignment	20
Laboratory Work	10
MID Semester Evaluation	20
END Semester Exam	50