Assumed Knowledge: ELEC3505 Communications or ELEC3503 Introduction to Digital Communications.

Prohibition: ELEC4502 Digital Communication Systems.

Offered: Semester 1

Classes: 2 hours of lectures and a 2 hour lab/tutorial per week.

Assessment: Through semester assessment and an end of semester exam (approx. 70%).

Digitally modulated signals: non-linear modulation methods, continuous phase FSK, continuous phase modulation. Modulated carrier data transmission: QPSK, QAM, MFSK, MSK. Trellis coded modulation and modem technologies. Spread spectrum, including frequency hopping and CDMA principles. Plus selected topics from: Optical communication systems - single and multi-channel systems, performance criteria and systems analysis. Satellite communications systems. Cellular mobile radio systems.

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