PhiladelphiaUniversity

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Communication and Electronics

Course Syllabus
Course code: (650520) / Course Title:Mobile Communications
Course prerequisite: Digital Communications / Course Level: 5th Year
Credit hours: 3 / Lecture Time:
Academic Staff Specifics
E-mail Address / Office Hours / Office Number and Location / Rank / Name

Course module description:

Introduction. Cellular Concept. Coverage Principle. Frequency reuse, Multichannel and Cochannel scheme. Interference: Cochannel and Adjacent Channel. Fading. Models and Prediction of the Median Path Loss. Modulation Techniques. Mobile Communication System: Analog and digital cellular phones (AMPS, GSM….etc). Private and public Access mobile radio. Radio Paging.

Course module objectives:

At Completing this module the student should be able to :
  • Cellular concept and design.

  • Interference, fading, modeling, and prediction of path loss.

  • Different types of modulation techniques and mobile systems.

Course/ module components

  • Books (title , author (s), publisher, year of publication)

Wireless Communications: Principles and practice, Theodore S. Rappaport 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Learning outcomes:

Learning outcomes describe what student should know and be able to do if he makes full use of the opportunities for learning that the department provides.

A)Knowledge and Understanding Skills:

A1) Mathematical tools relevant to communications and electronics systems.

A2) Fundamental technological concepts, principles, and techniques associated with electronics and communications systems.

A3) The structure of different communication and electronic systems.

A4) The way of thinking and how to design?

B)Intellectual Skills:

B1) Develop a strong grounding in the fundamentals and how to apply them.

B2) Develop an ability to analyze communication and electronic engineering problemsand synthesize solutions.

C)Practical Skills:

C1) Use appropriate numerical and mathematical skills to describe, analyze and solve a problem in electronics or/and communication system.

C5) Undertake ongoing learning in order to keep up to date in the field

on electronics and communication technologies.

D) Transferable Skills:

D3) Manage tasks and solve problems.

D5) Think logically and critically.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes
A - Knowledge and Understanding
A1. / A2. / A3. / A4 / A5 / A6 / A7
B - Intellectual Skills
B1. / B2. / B3 / B4 / B5
C - Practical Skills
C1. / C2 / C3 / C4 / C5 / C6
D - Transferable Skills
D1. / D2. / D3. / D4 / D5 / D6

Assessment instruments

  • Short reports and/ or presentations, and/ or Short research projects
  • Quizzes.
  • Home works
  • Final examination: 50 marks

Allocation of Marks
Mark / Assessment Instruments
20% / First examination
20% / First examination
40% / Final examination: 50 marks
20% / Reports, research projects, Quizzes, Home works, Projects
100% / Total

Documentation and academic honesty

Course/module academic calendar

week / Basic and support material to be covered / Homework/reports and their due dates
(1) / INTRODUCTION.
(2)
(3) / CELLULAR CONCEPT, COVERAGE PRINCIPLE, ANDFREQUENCY REUSE.
(4)
(5) / MULTICHANNEL AND COCHANNEL SCHEMES
(6)
(7) / INTERFERENCE: COCHANNEL AND ADJACENT CHANNEL.
(8) / FADING. MODELS AND PREDICTION OF THE MEDIAN PATH LOSS.
(9)
(10)
(11) / MODULATION TECHNIQUES.
(12)
(13) / GSM system architecture
UMTS system architecture
(14) / LTE system architecture
(15)
(16) / Discussion

Expected workload:

On average students need to spend 2 hours of study and preparation for each 50-minute lecture/tutorial.

Attendance policy:

Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 15%. Students who exceed the 15% limit without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant college/faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have withdrawn from the course.

Module references

Books

  1. William Stallings. “Wireless Communications and Networks”, Pearson Education 2002 .

Simon Haykin “Communication Systems” John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 4th edition 2001.
Akaiwa,Yoshihiko"Introduction to digital mobile communication" New York:John Wiley and Sons,1997.