2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

ELEC5611M Digital Media Engineering

15 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr C Trayner
Email: C.Trayner@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

ELEC3612

Digital Media Engineering

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of modern digital formats for audio and video. Students will learn how modern technology is employed for the processing of digital signals and how content is broadcast or distributed securely using broadband networks.

Learning outcomes
One completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and details of the compression and distribution of digital audio and video.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and details of digital television, in particular the DVB-T system.

Syllabus

- Image and video formats, transmission, compression and display.
- Digital Distribution and Broadcasting.
- Video/audio compression and distribution formats, in particular JPEG and MPEG.
- The importance of formats in modern digital media.
- The DVB-T and DVB-T2 systems.
- COFDM as used by DVB-T, including QAM (in outline only) and pulse width in relation to carrier spacing.
- Issues of signal corruption including the path from transmitter to receiver and the amelioration of this corruption.
- Outline of error correction as used by DVB-T.
- The importance and nature of metadata as applied to digital media.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Laboratory	4	3.00	12.00
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			118.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Reading lecture notes and textbook(s)
Practice exam questions and revision
Extensive work on computer-based mini-project.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students' learning will be monitored through their progress in the computer-based digital media mini-project.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Assignment 1	15.00
Assignment	Assignment 2	15.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		30.00

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Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	3 hr	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		70.00

Re-sits for ELEC modules are subject to the rules in the School’s Code of Practice on Assessment. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a re-sit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 30/04/2019

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