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Mobile and High Speed Telecommunication Networks – (M.Sc.)
Oxford Brookes University
Department of Computing and Communication Technologies| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,418 - ≈ € 13,586 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
The explosion in demand for telecommunication services has led to enormous growth in employment opportunities in the telecommunications industry. The Mobile and High Speed Telecommunication Networks course offered by Oxford Brookes is designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge of modern high-speed telecommunication systems and personal communications.
The course has two main components: 2G - 4G mobile communications, and fixed high-speed and multiservice networks. Emphasis is given to developing essential industrial and commercial skills. The project is a major element of the course and gives you the opportunity to enhance your career prospects by acquiring in-depth knowledge of a key aspect of telecommunications technology.
Graduates from the course have the skills to pursue careers in many areas of the telecommunications and wider IT industries.
Teaching is based in our purpose-designed engineering building on the Wheatley Campus.
Why Brookes?
Our communication technology courses are rooted in real-world and industry-relevant experiences. They give students the opportunity to develop the advanced skills and knowledge needed to pursue successful careers in their chosen fields.
You will be joining a department with a diverse and truly international postgraduate community. Students from many countries around the world study with us. Their contribution helps ensure our courses reflects the global reach of modern communication technologies. The universal nature of the technical skills developed in our programmes means our courses are of equal relevance to both new graduates and those with many years of industrial experience.
Career prospects
Our MSc students come from all over the world and follow careers in many countries after their graduation. They are engaged in activities such as 3G network design, WiMax and LTE roll-out, handset compliance, DVB-H planning, communications software development and university lecturing. Many of them have commented on how the course content and training enabled their careers to flourish.
Contents
Course length
Full-time: 1 year (12 months)
Part-time: 2 years
To qualify for a master’s degree, you must pass modules amounting to 180 credits. This comprises six taught modules (20 credits each) plus your dissertation (50 credits) and a module on research and study methods (10 credits).
For the taught part of your course, you will take three modules in Semester 1 (September to December) and three more in Semester 2 (January to May). This makes up two-thirds of your studies. Part-time students normally take four modules in their first year and two in their second year.
Semester 1
In Semester 1 you take two compulsory modules and one optional module.
* Digital Mobile Communications (compulsory) introduces the principles and techniques of 2G mobile communications with particular emphasis on GSM networks. It covers infrastructure, protocols, multiplexing technologies, signalling, call set-up, data structures, system design and environmental considerations.
* Network Principles (compulsory) introduces the principles and practice of computer networking, with an emphasis on data communications and local area network technologies and design.
* Digital Communications covers the principles and techniques of digital communications with particular emphasis on its applications in mobile and wireless networks.
* Object-Oriented Programming covers the principles of programming and object orientation, giving you the opportunity to applying these using an object oriented programming language.
Semester 2
In Semester 2 you take two compulsory modules and one optional module.
* High Speed Mobile Communications (compulsory) examines the technology behind the third generation of mobile communication systems which offer services such as mobile internet and video in addition to voice and message/data communications.
* Multiservice Networks (compulsory) covers the principles of multiservice network design and technology, illustrating these with case studies including state-of-the-art practice.
* Optical and Broadband Networks describes the operational principles of optical fibre communication systems and examines how optical networks are used to provide the next generation broadband infrastructure.
* Programming Mobile Devices covers the current and emerging mobile technologies, giving you experience of developing software applications for mobile devices using appropriate programming languages and tools.
* Computer and Network Security covers the technological and human issues involved in securing and assessing the security level of modern networked computer systems, as well as looking at digital forensics.
As courses are reviewed regularly, the list of taught modules you choose from may vary from the list here.
You also take:
* Research and Study Methods covers the research skills, planning and management techniques and guidance on analysis and technical presentation that you will need for your dissertation. This is taken in Semester 1.
* MSc Dissertation is an individual research and development project that allows you to study a topic of your choice in depth, guided by your supervisor. The work may be undertaken in close co-operation with a research, industrial or commercial organisation. You start your dissertation in Semester 2, continuing over the summer period.
Part-time students normally take these modules in their second year.
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Requirements
You should normally hold a first degree equivalent to at least a British lower second-class bachelor’s degree in telecommunications, electronics or a computing-related discipline. If you have relevant professional experience this can also be considered.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English you must satisfy our English language requirement by providing us with evidence of a minimum TOEFL score of 80 (internet-based) or IELTS score of 6.0.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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