NME3536 Communication Systems.

NME3536 - Communication Systems - University of Huddersfield

Assignment Title - Matlab/Simulink Simulations

Assignment Part 1 - Introduction to Simulink

1. Introduction
This document describes Assignment Part 1 - Introduction to Simulink. It comprises:

A series of Simulink-based exercises

Some calculations to complete, question to answer and invitations to comment on one, more, or all aspects of the work undertaken

2. Assessment
Your performance will be assessed from an individual report and the logbook of your work. (The logbook will only be used, as necessary, to ascertain that the work in your report is your own.) An oral examination may be required if it is needed to clarify material in the report or to establish that the learning outcomes have been achieved.)

You are required to submit two assignment parts 1, 2, plus assignment part 3 (the mini project). There is a seven-page length limit (minimum font size 10 point) for each part of the assignment.

3. Background
Simulink is a programming language that uses a graphical user interface (GUI) in place of conventional lines of code. (Conventional code lies behind the Simulink GUI.) Functional blocks representing signals and the mathematical operations implemented by subsystems are connected together to simulate an entire communications system. There are many introductions to Simulink available on the web.

4. Aims
To introduce Simulink as a means of assessing communications systems

To illustrate the opportunities that simulation techniques offer, in particular the ease with which BER curves for a particular system design can be predicted using Monte Carlo simulation methods.