Proposal to Introduce a New Program

Proposed Name of the Program: Master of Engineering Science in Mobile Systems

Program Authority:	School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
						and
			School of Computer Science and Engineering

Reason for the Proposal: Mobile telecommunications and the Internet
have seen a phenomenal growth in recent years. This growth is set to
continue with the integration of these two technologies to provide
mobile Internet services, where users will have access to different
types of information anywhere at any time.

This new program is designed to cater for the above market and to
offer students skills in mobile communications, mobile networks and
mobile computing. It will also provide students with an in-depth
knowledge of personal communications.

Admission Requirements (any of the following):

B.E. in Electrical Engineering
B.E. in Telecommunications
B.E. in Computer Engineering
B.E. in Software Engineering
B.Sc. in Computer Science (4 year Honours degree)

Program Attendance Mode/Type: Internal or Short Course Mode

Estimated Enrolment: 2000:   50
	2001:   70
	2002: 100

Program Design

The new program consists of four core courses and four elective
streams. All courses (core and elective) for the new program are
taken from existing postgraduate programs offered by both the School
of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications and the School of
Computer Science and Engineering.

Students are required to undertake eight courses, including all core
courses (below) that they have not completed in their undergraduate
studies. The remaining courses are then chosen from the elective
streams. Students are encouraged to take at least one course from each
elective stream. Students who have achieved an average mark greater
than 75% in their first four courses will be eligible to undertake
a thesis, equivalent to three courses.

Core Courses


COMP9331 	Computer Networks and Applications
COMP9201 	Operating Systems
ELEC9342 	Digital Signal Processing and Applications
ELEC9403	Real Time Computing and Control

Normally, students with any of the above undergraduate degrees would
already have satisfied two of the following four core courses. For
example, a B.E. in Electrical Eng. would normally exempt students from
the last two courses, while a B.E. in Computer Eng. would normally
exempt students from the first two courses.

Elective Streams

Mobile Computing
COMP9243	Distributed Systems
COMP9315	Database Systems Implementation
COMP9511	Human Computer Interaction
COMP4111*	Distributed Object Systems and Technology

Mobile Networks
TELE9301	Switching System Design
TELE9303	Network Management
TELE9302	Computer Networks
TELE9337	Advanced Networking
TELE4333*	Wireless Data Communication Systems
COMP9332	Network Routing and Switching
COMP9333	Advanced Computer Networks
COMP9791	Modern Navigation and Positioning Techniques

Mobile Communications
TELE9301	Switching System Design
TELE9344	Cellular Mobile Communications
TELE4353*	Mobile and Satellite Communications
TELE4323*	Digital Modulation and Coding
COMP9332	Network Routing and Switching

Generic Electives
COMP9008	Software Engineering
COMP9002	XML and Databases
COMP9444	Neural Networks
ELEC9345	Neural Networks and Applications
ELEC9344	Speech and Audio Processing
ELEC9370	Digital Image Processing

*  Students who have already completed these courses as part of their
   undergraduate program will be required to choose alternative courses
   within their elective streams.