Mobile Communications and Smart Networking (MSc) drafted

Program Overview

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Our MSc Mobile Communications and Smart Networking master's programme prepares you to become a capable wireless engineer. We'll help you build core areas of expertise, from understanding the fundamentals of wireless transmission, coding and signal processing, to building wireless transceivers and designing intelligent wireless networks.

We are the top-ranked university for Telecommunication Engineering in Europe (ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017-2020).

Wireless communication has had an enormous social impact on our civilisation, and the need for wireless engineers with advanced skills will continue to grow as our world becomes more connected. Future wireless networks will have to intelligently manage a massive number of 'Internet of Things (IoT)' devices in a highly complex environment and in real-time.

This programme will prepare you to become a proficient wireless engineer with in-depth knowledge and the ability to apply it. You'll gain an advanced understanding of areas such as:

transmission and coding

signal processing

transceiver design

network design

You'll also have access to outstanding experimental research facilities, including our world-class high-voltage lab and a £110m interdisciplinary clean room.

The key strength of this programme is that we place an emphasis on fundamental concepts and how they relate to recent advances in wireless system and network design. We use real-world examples to emphasise the relevance and importance of these concepts.

This degree is accredited by the

Institution of Engineering and Technology

on behalf of the Engineering Council as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Candidates must hold a CEng accredited BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree to comply with full CEng registration requirements.

Course lead

Your course leader has research interests in:

energy-efficient transceiver design

machine to machine communications

millimetre wave communications transceiver design

MIMO

radio over fibre

V2X communications

machine learning for wireless communications

Visit

Dr Mohammed El-Hajjar's staff profile

to learn more about his work.

Program Outline

This is a full-time master’s course. You’ll study for 12 months, from September to the following September.

In the first 9 months (semesters 1 and 2) you'll study the taught part of your course.

This is made up of modules that everyone on the course takes, and modules we’ll ask you to choose from a list of options. You'll also begin preparing for your final project.

For the last 3 months, over the summer, you’ll work independently to research and write your dissertation. You’ll have one-to-one meetings with your supervisor during this time to discuss your progress.

Semester 1 overview

In the first semester you'll start with a review of key topics in wireless communications and signal processing. We'll introduce the core theoretical and fundamental knowledge for digital coding, transmission and signal processing, combined with the principles and techniques needed to design a wireless transceiver.

You will also cover important research skills and practices, including the fundamentals to simulate and analyse wireless systems.

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Semester 2 overview

In the second semester, we'll expose you to more advanced topics in wireless systems and network design, including multimedia communications and future wireless techniques, such as the fifth generation mobile standard (5G).

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