2020/21 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
ELEC5447M Cellular Mobile Communication Systems
15 creditsClass Size: 15
Module manager: Dr. Ahmed Lawey
Email: a.q.lawey@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr) View Timetable
Year running 2020/21
This module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
The teaching and assessment methods shown below will be kept under review during 2020-21. In particular, if conditions allow for alternative formats of delivery, we may amend the timetable and schedule appropriate classes in addition to (or in place of) the Online Learning Workshops. For Semester 2 (from January 2021), we anticipate that this will be most likely, in which case online teaching will be substituted for traditional face-to-face teaching methods, including lectures and practical classes. ‘Independent online learning’ will involve watching pre-recorded lecture material or screen-casts, engaging in learning activities such as online worked examples or remote/virtual laboratory work, etc. Students will be expected to fully engage with all of these activities. The time commitment for independent online learning, and also the frequency and duration of Online Learning Workshops, are approximate and intended as a guide only. Further details will be confirmed when the module commences.Objectives
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Understand the underlying principles of cellular mobile radio for voice, data and video.
2. Use the theoretical and technical content of previous modules to assess the limitations and possibilities of mobile communications.
3. Perform basic radio channel modelling.
4. Appreciate the signal processing requirements at the physical layer.
5. Understand the need for protocols and be able to explain a selection (e.g. MAC).
6. Understand the basic principles of a 2-G system (e.g. GSM) and a 3-G system (e.g. WCDMA), and compare and contrast designs and performance.
7. Perform basic link budget analysis.
8. Appreciate future developments and design requirements (e.g. 4-G & 5-G systems).
Syllabus
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Evolution of modern cellular wireless communications
Cellular concept - radio coverage, frequency reuse, multiple access techniques and capacity
Radio channel (attenuation, fading, Doppler, adjacent and co-channel interference, coherence bandwidth, delay spread and inter-symbol interference, etc)
Radio channel modelling; cellular radio design principles (cell plan, sectorisation, call handover, base stations, mobile switching centres, etc)
GSM evolution for data communications (GPRS and EDGE)
Basic principles of DS/CDMA systems (e.g. Qualcomm's IS-95, power control, Rake receiver, etc)
Introduction to W-CDMA third generation systems (UMTS/UTRA)
Diversity creation and combining
Capacity analysis for AWGN and fading channels for narrowband and wideband systems
Opportunistic communication and Multiuser Diversity
Wireless systems standards
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Example Class | 3 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Lecture | 11 | 2.00 | 22.00 |
| Private study hours | 122.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 28.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
Students are expected to use private study time to consolidate the material covered in lectures, to undertake preparatory work for examples classes and to prepare for summative assessments.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Feedback will be mainly provided through the examples classes.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Assignment | Computer-based assignment | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30.00 | |
Resits for ELEC and XJEL modules are subject to the School's Resit Policy and the Code of Practice on Assessment (CoPA), which are available on Minerva. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a resit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session. .
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr 00 mins | 70.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70.00 | |
Resits for ELEC and XJEL modules are subject to the School's Resit Policy and the Code of Practice on Assessment (CoPA), which are available on Minerva. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a resit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.
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