Communications and Signal Processing

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

You will take four compulsory core modules and four optional modules. You study for these modules in the Autumn (October–December) and Spring (January–April) terms. Modules are taught through a blend of lectures, tutorials and practical laboratories. You will take written exams on the studied modules in May–June.

You will also carry out an individual research project: three months part-time (January–March) and four months full-time (June–September). The project gives you the opportunity to carry out research that deepens your knowledge of an area in which you have a special interest. It also develops your report writing, presentation and time management skills. An academic supervisor will mentor you, and the project is assessed by a written report and poster presentation in September.

• Advanced communication theory
• Digital signal processing and filters
• Probability and stochastic processes
• Spectral estimation and adaptive signal processing

• Coding theory
• Information theory
• Digital image processing
• Speech processing
• Machine learning for computer vision
• Wavelets and applications
• Distributed computation and networks
• Network and web security
• Optical communications
• Traffic theory and queuing systems
• Wireless communications

We regularly review our modules in an effort to continuously improve and update them.