ECE4024 Wireless communications
Faculty of Engineering
ECE4024 Wireless communications is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs ECE2041.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECE4024
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After ECE4024
No unit lists ECE4024 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ECE5024
Overview
This unit is a study of the fundamentals of radio transmitters and receivers, the wireless radio channel and radio/wireless networks. An investigation into the configuration of wireless units to create communications systems and networks leads on to an appreciation of the diversity of wireless applications for personal and public use.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ECE4024.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
To understand the basics of radio transmission and reception in different frequency bands and different physical environments
- 2
To understand the limitations on radio communications imposed by the radio channel
- 3
To learn the wide range of applications of radio/wireless technology
- 4
To understand mobile radio communications and its networking capabilities.
Workload and teaching
3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week
Where it fits
ECE4024 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Mohamed Hisham
- Professor Jean Armstrong
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Tom Drummond
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECE4024?
You need ECE2041 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is ECE4024 offered?
ECE4024 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
Which majors and minors include ECE4024?
ECE4024 is part of Electrical and computer systems engineering; and Electrical engineering.