Overview

This unit of study aims to enable you to appreciate the key ideas, design principles and models used in modern mobile telecommunication systems and wireless networks.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Interpret and use common mobile and personal communications terminology and IEEE standards (K3, K6)
  • Apply techniques to evaluate the performance of wireless links under varying conditions, by selecting and applying suitable channel models (K1, K3, S1, S2)
  • Design cellular mobile telecommunication systems to specified parameters, using analytical and empirical rules (K3, S1, S2, S3)
  • Interpret and apply the design principles behind modern mobile computing/wireless systems and networks (K3, K4, S1)
  • Predict the performance of wireless modulation and multiple-access techniques by performing the appropriate calculations (K2, S1, S2)
  • Appraise the behaviour of protocols (IEEE standards) and architectures and used in current wireless networks (K3, K4, K6, S1)
  • Conduct experiments using simulation tools to analyse the performance of wireless communication systems and sub-systems and interpret results and formulate conclusions (K2, K3, S1)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Lab		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual/Group 10% 4 
ExaminationIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5,6 
Laboratory ReportIndividual/Group 30% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
TestIndividual/Group 10% 1,2,3,5,6 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Wireless transmission
  • Path loss budgeting including large scale pathloss and shadow fading
  • Frequency planning, frequency reuse, interference and effect on capacity
  • Propagation models
  • Small scale fading and multipath propagation.
  • Modulation for wireless communication.
  • Multiple access and Spread Spectrum

Wireless networks

  • 3G Networks
  • LTE
  • Wireless LANs including 802.11a/b/g/n/af
  • Mesh networks

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.