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Area/Catalogue
EEET 4036

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
013394

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Engineering

Course aim

Communication systems are increasingly important to society. The aim of this course is to introduce the transmission and coding principles that allow the reliable delivery of information by modern communication systems.

Course content

Source coding techniques for lossless and lossy compression, Huffman codes, Noisless coding Theorem. Digital modulation methods and QAM modem architectures. Optimum receivers for AWGN channels: Matched filter receiver; Maximum-likelihood and MAP detectors; BER performance, Link budgets. Information theory: Mutual information; Channel capacity. Channel coding: Linear block codes;syndrome decision decoding techniques; spectral efficiency versus SNR.















NOTE: Conceded and Terminating passes will be available to undergraduates taking this course but not to postgraduates.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
EEET 3028 Communication Systems
EEET 2027 Digital Signal Processing

Working knowledge of Signals and Systems, Probability Theory, and Linear Algebra. Working knowledge of Matlab.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial 1 hour x 12 weeks
Practical (Lab and simulation practicals) 3 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Offshore 20 hours x 1 week

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Examination, Homework (2), Practical Assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Andre Pollok
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