Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Telecommunications 2 | |||
| Reference | EN3422 | Version | 1 |
| Created | July 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 9 |
| Approved | March 2004 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | September 2022 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide the student with a wide understanding and technical awareness of modern analogue and digital communication systems. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Investigate the various communication networks used in the processing and transmission of digital signals. |
| 2 | Experiment appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model complex wired or wireless network, discussing the limitations of the techniques employed. |
| 3 | Adopt a holistic and proportionate approach to the mitigation of security risks in a telecom network. |
| 4 | Use practical laboratory skills to investigate the design of IP network systems and define factors influencing design, operation, and performance. |
| 5 | Select an appropriate types of antennas, radar systems, satellite networks, and fibre optic communications, and distinguish important design features for long-range and short-range communication systems and processes while recognising their limitations. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Wireless networks (Satellite, cellular, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.). Wired network (Fibre optics). Transmission lines, Maxwells equations. LANs/WANs: OSI layer, data transmission protocols, IPV4, IPV6. Cyber security and risk assessment. Features of digital signals (error coding and detection, jitter, eye diagrams.). Spread spectrum systems. Antennas & propagation (Maxwells). Transmitter and receiver architectures (frequency synthesis, phase noise.). Radar systems, Cyber Security. |
| Module Delivery |
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| This module is delivered by a combination of lectures and tutorials. It will be supported by practical examples and activities including computer based laboratory exercises. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 40 | 40 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 110 | 110 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Portfolio of evidence logbook. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| Component 1 comprises 100% of module grade. To pass the module, a D grade is required. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | A |
| B | B |
| C | C |
| D | D |
| E | E |
| F | F |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | EN2520 or similar. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
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| An Indicative Bibliography will normally reference the latest edition of a text. In some cases, older editions are equally useful for students and therefore, those are the editions that may be stocked. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bensky A. Short-range wireless communication. Newnes; 2019 Aug 1. |
| 2 | Kumar S. Wireless Communications Fundamental & Advanced Concepts: Design Planning and Applications. River Publishers; 2015 Mar 31. |
| 3 | Stallings W. Data and computer communications. Pearson Hall, 10th edition; 2014. |
| 4 | Introduction to Networks Companion Guide (CCNAv7) By Cisco Networking Academy, 2020. |
| 5 | Roshan, Pejman, and Jonathan Leary. 802.11 Wireless LAN fundamentals. Cisco press, 2004. |