入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A UK first or second class Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification usually in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or a related subject. Other qualifications and relevant experience will be assessed on an individual basis.
英语要求：
•IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
•TOEFL Paper test: 550 (TWE 4)
•TOEFL Internet test: 79 (R18, L17, S20, W17)
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,860
课程特征 Course Features：
This course will help you develop a detailed technical knowledge of current practice in wireless systems and networks. You will benefit from both a theoretical and practical grounding in the course due to the availability of a fully working wireless laboratory in the School, allowing students to develop their skills in this field
课程内容 Course Content ：
Modules (all core)
Advanced Digital Communications
The aim of this module is to introduce students to more advanced topics in digital communication systems and to provide students with up-to-date knowledge of the techniques used in digital communication systems including more advanced topics in digital wireless communication systems.
Advanced Mobile Systems
The aim of this module is to provide students with up-to-date knowledge on new technologies for mobile communication systems and to introduce the students to more advanced concepts in mobile communication systems.
DSP for Communications
This module provides students with the confidence and capability to successfully map DSP algorithms used in Wireless Communication Systems to an advanced digital system such as a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) or Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Students will be able to design real-time embedded systems for wireless communications using different design methodologies and advanced arithmetic techniques suitable for DSP and FPGA implementation.
Wireless Network Technologies
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the design and operation of wireless networks through concepts, terminologies, performance analysis and industrial standards. It introduces models and sub-systems of typical wireless networks (ie Wireless Local Area Network and Wireless Telecommunication Networks).
Wireless Communication Security
This module introduces the advanced theory that enables what is achievable through the use of cryptography and presents the practical techniques and algorithms that are currently important for efficient and secure communication over wireless networks.
Radio and Optical communication Systems
This module covers the advanced topics in Radio and optical communications, which allow the students to follow the most recent technologies in the field.
Project Management
This module introduces a range of formal methods and skills necessary to equip students to function effectively at the higher levels of project management. It covers the development of project management skills required for achieving practical business objectives.
Workshop
Practical work is an important component of the course and gives students experience with relevant techniques and tools. Assignments are of a practical nature and involve laboratory work with relevant equipment, hardware and software systems, conducted in a hands-on workshop environment. Typical assignments are:
•Error control codec
•Digital modulation and Coding
•Predicting Wireless LAN (802.11) performance
•Analysis of Ethernet LAN
•Analysis of Wide Area Networks
•Implementation, analysis of cipher algorithms
•Design of a Impulse Modulated Raised-Cosine BPSK Receiver
Dissertation
The dissertation is a stimulating and challenging part of the MSc programme. It provides the opportunity to apply the knowledge learnt in the taught part of the course and to specialize in one aspect, developing the students’ deep understanding and expertise in a Wireless Communication Systems related area of their choice. Students may carry out their project within the University, but industry-based projects are encouraged. For company-sponsored students, projects should be related to the company’s present and future enterprise. Industrial projects often lead to recruitment of the students by the collaborative companies, recent examples of which include BT, Siemens, 3Com, Worldcom, Nortel and Orange.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Six taught modules are assessed by final examinations and 2 modules by course works. Generally, students start working on their dissertations in January and submit by the end of September