Academic titleMaster of Telecommunications Engineering
Course descriptionEight single-semester subjects of 12.5 points each.
With prior written consent from the course coordinator and the Department concerned, students may be able to take a maximum of two relevant subjects from another department or faculty.
Masters coursework subjects:
Subject Semester Credit Points
431-620 Fundamentals of Network Design
This subject will include: Principles of Network Design using economic optimization Introduction to search and optimization techniques and to standard network problems including shortest paths, minimal spanning tree, and travelling salesman Review of... Semester 1 12.50
431-621 Multimedia Network Design
The aim of this subject is to provide students with the state of the art knowledge and techniques (operational research and telegraffic engineering) in communication network design. the objective is to use this knowledge in optimal dimensioning, desi... Semester 2 12.50
431-622 Applied Queueing Theory
This subject covers queuing models and their analyses, simulation and numerical algorithms. Attention is given to modelling of practical traffic/network cases. It will benefit students wishing to continue for further academic degrees/research as well... Semester 1 12.50
431-623 Broadband Networks
This subject will provide students with a description of state-of-the-art technologies for broadband networking. “Broadband Networks” subject will start with a brief description of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy as a foundation... Semester 1 12.50
431-625 Internet Engineering
Subject content will include: Basic principles of packet switched networking, from the transmission of data over a physical channel through to current and emerging applications on TCP/IP networks. Application of technologies to form Local-, Metro-, a... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
431-626 Mobile and Wireless Communications
This subject covers mobile wireless systems with focus on the physical and media access control (MAC) layers of the radio-interface, wireless system modelling and analysis, and assessment of system performance. It includes: Overview of mobile wireles... Semester 1 12.50
431-627 Signaling and Network Management
This unit will provide students with a practical understanding of the Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) framework, modern signalling systems (SS7 and SIP), and the network numbering and addressing schemes that underpin management of, and sig... Semester 2 12.50
431-628 Transmission Systems
This subject covers the basic areas of physical and MAC layers in modern wireline and wireless communications. In particular, it includes the following topics: Structures of analog and digital transmission systems. Advance... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
431-630 Optical Fibre Communications Systems
This subject covers the basic components and technologies used in the physical layer of optical communications systems. In particular, it includes the following topics: • Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and Wavelength Division Multiplexi... Semester 2 12.50
431-631 Current Research Topics 1
A staff member will provide students with current research issues. This subject will provide both breadth and depth of current issues and may include study in detail of certain important papers as well as overview discussions on "hot" topic... Semester 1 12.50
431-632 Current Research Topics 2
A staff member will provide students with current research issues. This subject will provide both breadth and depth of current issues and may include study in detail of certain important papers as well as overview discussions on "hot" topic... Semester 2 12.50
431-633 Mobile and Wireless Networks
This subject provides the fundamentals of mobile and wireless network design. In particular it includes the following topics: • Introduction to wireless communications. • Frequency division, time division and code division mul... Semester 2 12.50
431-635 Multimedia Content Delivery
A study of underpinning requirements, technologies, standards, industry developments, trends and research directions in the delivery of multimedia (including audio and video) telecommunications services. It will cover enabling technologies (including... Semester 1 12.50
431-694 Optical Networking
This subject covers the basic areas of optical networks. In particular, it includes the following topics. The topics covered include: Optical network elements; Optical transport network architecture and design; Optical circuit switching, optical burs... Semester 1 12.50
431-637 Broadband Access Networks
This subject will include: Basic principles of the design of an access solution, including the application of information theory and basic economic optimization principles. Overview of Internet protocols and services. Introduction to the use of ATM a... Semester 2 12.50