School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Communication Systems 1
  • Unit Code

    ENS6162
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Iftekhar AHMAD

Description

This unit introduces the fundamentals of analog and digital communication systems. The theory and applications of continuous wave modulation systems are discussed, with particular emphasis on the influence of noise on the performance of these systems. An introduction to digital modulation is also included. For each modulation technique, the methods for generation and recovery of the signals are discussed and performance comparisons are made between different implementations.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the operating principles of basic analog and digital communication systems.
  2. Apply mathematical techniques to evaluate performance parameters of communication systems.
  3. Design, evaluate and optimise a communication system using appropriate engineering tools.
  4. Identify the components of a communication system and describe their functions and engineering principles.
  5. Research new developments in the field of communication systems and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Application examples in communication systems with regards to signal analysis and system optimisation, principles of optical communication systems.
  2. Modulation techniques, baseband versus carrier communications, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, performance comparison of various AM, FM detectors.
  3. Performance analysis of continuous wave modulation systems in the presence of noise.
  4. Pulse modulation, bandwidth-noise trade off, pulse code modulation, noise consideration in pulse modulation, generation and detection of pulse modulated signals, time-division multiplexing.
  5. Spectral analysis, signal energy and energy spectral density, signal power and power spectral density, signal to noise ratio and noise figure with applications to antennas and communication links.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-semester tests25%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports25%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Communication Systems 1
  • Unit Code

    ENS6162
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Iftekhar AHMAD

Description

This unit introduces the fundamentals of analog and digital communication systems. The theory and applications of continuous wave modulation systems are discussed, with particular emphasis on the influence of noise on the performance of these systems. An introduction to digital modulation is also included. For each modulation technique, the methods for generation and recovery of the signals are discussed and performance comparisons are made between different implementations.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the operating principles of basic analog and digital communication systems.
  2. Apply mathematical techniques to evaluate performance parameters of communication systems.
  3. Design, evaluate and optimise a communication system using appropriate engineering tools.
  4. Identify the components of a communication system and describe their functions and engineering principles.
  5. Research new developments in the field of communication systems and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Application examples in communication systems with regards to signal analysis and system optimisation, principles of optical communication systems.
  2. Modulation techniques, baseband versus carrier communications, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, performance comparison of various AM, FM detectors.
  3. Performance analysis of continuous wave modulation systems in the presence of noise.
  4. Pulse modulation, bandwidth-noise trade off, pulse code modulation, noise consideration in pulse modulation, generation and detection of pulse modulated signals, time-division multiplexing.
  5. Spectral analysis, signal energy and energy spectral density, signal power and power spectral density, signal to noise ratio and noise figure with applications to antennas and communication links.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-semester tests25%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports25%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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