Wireless Embedded Systems (Advanced)

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 17.8 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 26, 2025
StudyQA ranking:3557 Duration:24 months

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The Masters of Advanced Study Degree (MAS) in Wireless Embedded Systems offers a new cross-disciplinary education paradigm, designed to provide high-level training for professional engineers who plan to become technical leaders in the burgeoning field. The degree is conferred by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and is managed by the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at UCSD.

Next generation embedded wireless devices have unique requirements that dictate a holistic approach to their design. Their form factor, cost, and power consumption must be dramatically lower than existing cellular phones. The design of these devices requires a unique interdisciplinary background in systems, software, hardware and communication theory.

Key Features

•High-quality technical program with interdisciplinary focus

•Courses taught by UCSD faculty experts•Friday and/or Saturday class schedule, alternating weekends

•9 courses, complete degree in 2 years

•Small class size, build network with engineering professionals

•Team oriented capstone design project

Courses

  • Digital Signal Processing Review of discrete-time systems and signals, Discrete-Time Fourier Transform and its properties, the Fast Fourier Transform, design of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) and Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters, implementation of digital filters. Sampling and quantization of baseband signals; A/D and D/A conversion, quantization noise, oversampling and noise shaping.
  • Introduction to Embedded Systems Design Embedded system technologies including processors, DSP, memory, and software. System interfacing basics, communication strategies, sensors and actuators. Mobile and wireless technology in embedded systems. Design case studies in wireless, multimedia and/or networking domains.
  • Software for Embedded Systems Embedded computing elements, device interfaces, time-critical I/O handling. Embedded software design under size, performance, and reliability constraints. Software timing and functional validation. Programming methods and compilation for embeddable software. Embedded runtime systems. Case studies of real-time software systems.
  • Wireless Communications Circuit Systems Link budgets and wireless propagation. Concepts of noise and distortion limits in wireless systems. Review of system architectures and simple modulation and demodulation concepts. Source coding and channel coding. Overview of popular wireless standards.
  • Validation and Prototyping of Embedded Systems Embedded system building blocks including IP cores. Co-simulation. Formal verification using model checking. Verification environments. Test challenges in core integration: compliance, feature, random and collision testing. Core access and test integration. Interface-based verification and standards.
  • Digital Communications Systems Experiments in the modulation and demodulation of baseband and pass-band signals. Statistical characterization of signals and impairments.
  • Wireless Embedded Systems on a Chip VLSI implementations of wireless embedded systems. Architecture Considerations, design techniques for optimized power consumption. Hardware/software tradeoffs.

Audience

This is a cross disciplinary program that invites students with backgrounds in either electrical engineering or computer science. The program is designed for early to mid-career design engineers who are on a technical leadership track within their companies.

Admissions Requirements•Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or physics•Undergraduate/post-baccalaureate record (a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the final two years of study)•Two years of relevant work experience or equivalent•Completed online application for graduate admission English Language Requirements TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 80

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