Assessment Details & Submission Guidelines Course Name EE04 Master of Engineering (Telecommunications) Unit Code ME601 Unit Title Telecommunication Modelling and Simulation Trimester 1, 2017 Unit Coordinator’s Name Dr. Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei Unit Coordinator’s Email Address [email protected] Assessment Type Assignment 2 (Written, Group Work) Assignment Title Analysis, Modelling and Simulation of LTE-A Interfaces Weight of Assessment 15% Total Marks 50 Word (or Page) Limit Altogether 2000 words (Without the Cover Page) Release Date Week 6 (26th April 2017) Submission Deadline Week 11 (31 May 2017, 11pm) Accepted File Type Only Microsoft Word Student Name Student ID Affirmation of Good Academic Conduct: I assert that I have appropriately referenced and recognized any prior work that I used to complete this assignment, and that I have not plagiarized from any source, and that I have not colluded with any person nor organization, nor contracted any person or organization to complete part or entirety of this work, and that I have completed this work through my personal effort. 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For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description. Unit’s Learning Outcomes ⦁ Design, analyse and evaluate wireless mobile communication systems; ⦁ Research and analyse recent developments, and relate them to the principles of mobile network design and network management; ⦁ Apply engineering techniques, tools and resources to implement and analyse modelling cellular networks with CelPlan; ⦁ Apply, and evaluate the application of systematic cellular networks engineering synthesis and design techniques; ⦁ Effectively employ oral and written communication to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, and conclusions in cellular laboratory reports. Alignment of Assignment to Learning Outcomes of the Unit: Assessment Tasks Unit’s Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 Quiz Test ■ ■ Mid-Term Test ■ ■ ■ Ass 1 (Individual) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ass2 (Group Project) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Weekly Labs ■ ■ ■ ■ Final Exam ■ ■ ■  Purpose of Assignment: Analysis, Modelling and Simulation of LTE-A Interfaces This assignment project motivates students to learn how to analyse, model and simulate communication protocols and systems, and in particular two of the 4G LTE-Advanced interfaces. As students work in groups on this assignment, they also demonstrate their teamwork capabilities. Projects and Grouping: Group Task Members in Each Group 1 LTE-Advanced X2 interface Rohan, Raj Kumar, Shravan Reddy, Nidhi 2 LTE- Advanced S1 interface Satheesh, Vamshi, Shirshak, Shahzaib Problem Statement: Each group is expected study thoroughly the task assigned to it. The submitted document for grading should demonstrate, for example, a complete understanding of the protocols and principles and how those protocols are implemented in practice through analytical modelling and simulation using an appropriate software packages, such as CelPlanner, MATLAB, Java, Python or C++. The preference package is CelPlanner or/and MATLAB. Also, reports must be written professionally and must demonstrate a thorough understanding of all terminologies, acronyms and abbreviations used. Figure 1 shown an LTE-A architecture showing the interfaces being studied. Figure 1An LTE-A architecture  Marking criteria: The marking criteria shown in the table below will be used to allocate marks to your work. Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Design, analysis and evaluation Report demonstrates the appropriate design, analysis and evaluation of LTE-A interface. 10 Research and analysis of recent developments, and lifelong learning Report demonstrates appropriate level of research and analysis in relation to recent developments, and relate them to the principles of LTE-A based mobile network design and network management. 10 Application of engineering techniques, tools and resources Report demonstrates an application of engineering techniques, tools and resources to implement, analyse, model and simulate LTE-A interface with an industry-relevant software package. 10 Simulation and analytical modelling Report demonstrates an application and evaluation of systematic cellular networks engineering synthesis and design techniques to appropriately model mathematically and simulate communication systems and/or protocols. 10 Oral and written communication, referencing and teamwork Report effectively employ oral and written communication to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, and conclusions in cellular laboratory reports. Report contains no typos, no grammatical inaccuracies, no indiscriminate copy-and-pasting. Report demonstrates understanding and application of professional (IEEE) referencing and bibliographic style. Members in the group demonstrated efficient team skills. 10 Plagiarism -50 Total 50 Marking rubrics Your submissions will be graded using the rubrics below. Standards Criteria HD D C P N (=F) 40 - 50 35 – 39.5% 30 – 34.5% 30.5 – 20% 0 – 19.5% Design, analysis and evaluation (20%) Report demonstrates an excellent understanding of the problem, and solution steps are excellently made with reflection on system’s design, logical analysis and evaluation. Work demonstrates good evidence of engineering design and analysis. Work demonstrates average evidence of engineering design and analysis. Work demonstrates scanty evidence of engineering design and analysis. Work lacks any evidence of engineering design and analysis. Research, lifelong learning skill, and analysis of recent developments (20%) Report demonstrates critical thinking skill citing appropriately some recent work related to the task. Report demonstrates some critical thinking skill citing appropriately some recent work related to the task. Report demonstrates weak research and analysis but used resources are properly acknowledged. Report demonstrates weak research and analysis and/or no acknowledgement of resources used. Report lacks research and analysis and no acknowledgement of resources used Application of engineering techniques, tools and resources (20%) Done excellently Good evidence of applying engineering tools and techniques. Average evidence of applying engineering tools and techniques. Weak evidence of applying engineering tools and techniques. No evidence for using engineering tools nor techniques. Communication, teamwork and referencing (20%) Done excellently Assignment contains negligible grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors, it is fun to read. Assignment contains some grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors, but it is still easy to read. Graphics have been copied from elsewhere without reflection. Assignment contains a few grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Graphics have been copied from elsewhere without reflection. Report is difficult to read. Assignment contains numerous grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Graphics have been copied from elsewhere without reflection. Report is Unreadable. Simulation and analytical modelling (20%) Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Poor