Personal, Mobile and Satellite Communications

MSc - September start date Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

Mobile communication technology is advancing at great speed – more than five billion people worldwide own a mobile phone – and to sustain this market growth, the industry needs to operate in an innovative and technically challenging environment.

Examples of projects:

• Software simulation for OFDM in 4G mobile communications
• Resource management in 3G mobile networks
• Simulation of wireless LAN (IEEE802 11b) MAC protocols

Course Syllabus

2011/12: All Modules are Core

Semester 1 (50 Credits - 5 Modules):

• Antenna and Mobile Propagation (10 Credits)
• Digital Signal Processing (10 Credits)
• Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (10 Credits)
• Satellite Communications (10 Credits)
• Signals and Systems Theory (10 Credits)

Semester 2 (50 Credits - 5 Modules) 

• Advanced Networking Protocols (10 Credits)
• Digital Communication Principles (10 Credits)
• Mobile Applications Technologies (10 Credits)
• Research Seminar Series (10 Credits)
• Terminal Technologies (10 Credits)

Semesters 1 and 2, and End of Semester 2 onwards (80 Credits - 1 Module):

• MSc Project (80 Credits)

† Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course.

MSc - January start date Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

Mobile communication technology is advancing at great speed – more than five billion people worldwide own a mobile phone – and to sustain this market growth, the industry needs to operate in an innovative and technically challenging environment.

Examples of projects:

• Software simulation for OFDM in 4G mobile communications
• Resource management in 3G mobile networks
• Simulation of wireless LAN (IEEE802 11b) MAC protocols

Course Syllabus

2011/12: All Modules are Core

Stage 1 (officially Semester 2) (50 Credits - 5 Modules)

• Digital Communication Principles (10 Credits)
• Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (10 Credits)
• Mobile Applications Technologies (10 Credits)
• Research Seminar Series (10 Credits)
• Terminal Technologies (10 Credits)

Stage 2 (officially Semester 1) (50 Credits - 5 Modules):

• Advanced Networking Protocols (10 Credits)
• Antenna and Mobile Propagation (10 Credits)
• Digital Signal Processing (10 Credits)
• Satellite Communications (10 Credits)
• Signals and Systems Theory (10 Credits)

Stages 1, 2 and end of Stage 2 onwards (80 Credits - 1 Module):

• MSc Project (80 Credits)

The modules below are substitution modules. These are only available to students graduating from Bradford BEng courses who may have already studied one or more of the modules shown above:

Stage 1

• Advanced Embedded Systems Design† (10 Credits)
• Advanced Numerical Methods (10 Credits)
• Design Optimisation (10 Credits)

Stage 2

• Advanced Embedded Systems Applications† (10 Credits)

† Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course.