The
M.S.T.E. is an interdisciplinary degree program administered by the Telecommunications
Engineering Division on behalf of the Departments of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science in the Erik Jonsson School of
Engineering and Computer Science (see Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science sections for listing of faculty).
The Graduate Program in Telecommunications
Engineering provides intensive preparation for professional practice in the
design, programming, theory, and applications of telecommunications networks.
It is designed to serve the needs of engineers who wish to continue their
education. The Telecommunications Engineering Program offers courses of study
leading to the M. S. and a Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
Education and training is provided to both academically oriented students and
students with professional goals in industrial or governmental occupations
requiring advanced knowledge of telecommunications and related technology. A
comprehensive program of evening courses is also offered, which enables
part-time students to earn the M.S. and Ph.D. degree or to select individual
courses of interest. Courses and research are both offered in a variety of sub
fields of telecommunications engineering, including, fault-tolerant networks,
digital communications, modulation and coding, electromagnetic-wave
propagation, fiber and integrated optics, lasers, wireless communications,
mobile computing, wireless multimedia, DWDM networks, QoS
assurance protocols, network design and optimization, telecommunications
software, performance of systems, ad-hoc and PCS wireless networks, network
security and high speed transmission protocols.
The
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer
Science has developed a state-of-the-art computational
facility consisting of a network of Sun servers and Sun Engineering
Workstations. All systems are connected via an extensive fiber-optic Ethernet
and, through the Texas Higher Education Network, have direct access to most
major national and international networks. In addition, many personal computers
are available for student use.
The
Engineering and Computer Science Buildings provide extensive facilities for
research in telecommunications, microelectronics, and computer science. The
TARGET Laboratory has state-of-the-art telecommunications equipment, which
includes a number of transport nodes, data packet routers, voice over IP gears,
and a cluster of Linux workstations for protocols development and testing. The
Wireless Information Systems (WISLAB) and Antenna Measurement Laboratories at
UT Dallas have a wealth of experimental equipment with a unique reconfigurable
multiple antenna testbed. Having this testbed allows wireless researchers to integrate and to
demonstrate radio functions (i.e. WiFi and WiMAX) in a geographically different
regions under different frequency usage characteristics. With the aid of
the Antenna Measurement Lab located in the Waterview
Science and Technology Center (WSTC), the researchers can design, build, and
test many type of antennas. The Optical Communications Laboratory includes
attenuators, optical power meters, lasers, APD/p-i-n photodetectors, optical tables, and couplers and is
available to support system level research in optical communications.
The
Center for Systems, Communications, and Signal Processing, with the purpose of
promoting research and education in general communications, signal processing,
control systems, medical and biological systems, circuits and systems and
related software, is located in the Erik Jonsson
School. The Center for Applied Optics has produced more than twenty Ph.D.
graduates and whose faculty carry out research in
enabling technologies for microelectronics and telecommunications.
The
Digital Systems Laboratory includes a network of workstations, personal
computers, FPGA development systems, and a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art
commercial and academic design tools to support graduate research in VLSI
design and computer architecture. In the Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
several multi-CPU workstations are available in a network configuration for
simulation experiments. Hardware development facilities for real time
experimental systems are available and include microphone arrays, active noise
controllers, speech compressors and echo cancellers. The Nonlinear Optics
Laboratory has a dedicated network of Sun workstations for the development of
simulation methods and software for optical transmission and communication
systems, optical routers and all-optical networks. The Broadband Communication
Laboratory has design and modeling tools for fiber and wireless transmission
systems and networks, and all-optical packet routing and switching. The
Advanced Communications Technologies (ACT) Laboratory provides a design and
evaluation environment for the study of telecommunication systems and wireless
and optical networks. ACT has facilities for designing network hardware,
software, components, and applications.
In
addition to the aforementioned facilities, a Class 1000 microelectronics clean
room facility, including optical lithography, sputter deposition and
evaporation, is available for student projects and research. An electron beam
lithography pattern generator capable of sub-micron resolution is also
available for microelectronics research. The Plasma Applications Laboratory has
state-of-the-art facilities for mass spectrometry, microwave interferometry, optical spectroscopy, and optical
detection. In addition, a Gaseous Electronics Conference Reference Reactor has
been installed for plasma processing and particulate generation studies. The
Optical Measurements Laboratory has dual wavelength (visible and near infrared)
Gaertner Ellipsometer for
optical inspection of material systems, a variety of interferometric
configurations, high precision positioning devices, and supporting optical and
electrical components. The Electronic Materials Processing laboratory has
extensive facilities for fabricating and characterizing semiconductor and
optical devices. The Laser Electronics Laboratory houses graduate research
projects centered around the characterization,
development and application of ultrafast dye and diode lasers. Research in
characterization and fabrication of nanoscale
materials and devices is performed in the Nanoelectronics
Laboratory.
In
addition to the facilities on campus, cooperative arrangements have been
established with many local industries to make their facilities available to
U.T. Dallas graduate engineering students.
The
University�s general admission requirements are discussed here.
A
student lacking undergraduate prerequisites for graduate courses in electrical
engineering must complete these prerequisites or receive approval from the
graduate adviser and the course instructor. A diagnostic examination may be
required. Specific admission requirements follow.
A
student entering the M.S.T.E. program should meet the following guidelines:
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An
undergraduate preparation equivalent to a baccalaureate in electrical
engineering from an accredited engineering program,
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A
grade point average in upper-division quantitative course work of 3.0 or better
on a 4-point scale, and
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GRE
scores of 500, 700 and 4 for the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing
components, respectively, are advisable based on our experience with student
success in the program.
Applicants
must submit three letters of recommendation from individuals who are able to judge
the candidate�s probability of success in pursuing a program of study leading
to the master�s degree.
Applicants
must also submit an essay outlining the candidate�s background, education and
professional goals.
Students
from other engineering disciplines or from other areas of science or
mathematics may be considered for admission to the program; however, some
additional course work may be necessary before starting the master�s program.
The
University�s general degree requirements are discussed here.
The
M.S.T.E. degree requires a minimum of 33 semester hours.
All
students must have an academic adviser and an approved degree plan. Courses
taken without adviser approval will not count toward the 33 semester-hour
requirement. Successful completion of the approved course of studies leads to
the M.S.T.E. degree.
The
M.S.T.E. program has both a thesis and a non-thesis option. All part-time
M.S.T.E. students will be assigned initially to the non-thesis option. Those
wishing to elect the thesis option may do so by obtaining the approval of a
faculty thesis supervisor.
All
full-time, supported students are required to participate in the thesis option.
The thesis option requires six semester hours of research, a written thesis
submitted to the graduate school, and a formal public defense of the thesis.
Research and thesis hours cannot be counted in a
M.S.T.E. degree plan unless a thesis is written and successfully defended. A
supervising committee, which must be chosen in consultation with the student�s
thesis adviser prior to enrolling for thesis credit, administers the defense.
Full-time students at UTD who receive financial assistance are required to
enroll in 9 semester credit hours during the Fall,
Spring and Summer semesters. Students enrolled in the thesis option should meet
with individual faculty members to discuss research opportunities and to choose
a research advisor during the first or second semester that the student is
enrolled. After the second semester of study, course selection should be made
in consultation with the research adviser. Part-time students are encouraged to
enroll in only one course during their first semester and in no more than two
courses during any semester they are also working full-time.
To
receive a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering, a student
must meet the following minimum set of requirements:
Completion
of a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate level lecture courses including
the required core courses. With adviser approval, these may include some 5000
level courses.
Students
must take the following five core courses and make a grade of B or better:
CS/TE 6385 Algorithmic Aspects of Telecommunication Networks
EE 6349 Random Processes
EE 6352 Digital Communication Systems
CS 6352 Performance of Computer Systems
CS 6390 Advanced Computer Networks
Students
will take additional courses from those described in the following pages.
Recommended
Elective Courses: Choose any 18 hours of 6000 level courses or higher with
approval of the adviser.
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6310 Optical Communication Systems
EE 6316 Fields and Waves
EE 6340 Introduction to Telecommunications Networks
EE 6341 Information Theory I
EE 6343 Detection and Estimation theory
EE 6344 Coding Theory
EE 6345 Engineering of Packet-Switched Networks
EE 6355 RF and Microwave Communications Circuits
EE 6360 Digital Signal Processing I
EE 6361 Digital Signal Processing II
EE 6362 Speech Signal Processing
EE 6365 Adaptive Signal Processing
EE 6390 Introduction to Wireless Communications Systems
EE 6391 Signal and Coding for Wireless Communication Systems
EE 6392 Propagation and Devices for Wireless Communication
EE 6394 Antenna Engineering for Wireless Communications
EE 6395 Advanced Radio Frequency Engineering
EE 7340 Optical Network Architectures and Protocols
CS
6354 Software Engineering
CS 6360 Database Design
CS 6363 Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms
CS 6368 Telecommunication Network Management
CS 6378 Advanced Operating Systems
CS 6381 Combinatorics and Graph Algorithms
CS 6386 Telecommunication Software Design
CS 6392 Mobile Computing Systems
CS 6394 Digital Telephony
CS 6396 Real Time Systems
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Each
doctoral degree program is tailored to the student. The student must arrange a
course program with the guidance and approval of a faculty member chosen as
his/her graduate adviser. Adjustments can be made as the student�s interests
develop and a specific dissertation topic is chosen.
The
University�s general admission requirements are discussed here.
The
Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications engineering is awarded primarily to
acknowledge the student success in an original research project, the
description of which is a significant contribution to the literature of the
discipline. Applications for the doctoral program are therefore selected by the
Telecommunications Engineering Graduate Committee on the basis of research
aptitude, as well as academic record. Applications for the doctoral program are
considered on the individual basis.
The
following are guidelines for admission to the Ph.D. program in Telecommunications
Engineering.
A
master�s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or
Computer Science or a closely associated discipline from an accredited U.S
institution or from an acceptable foreign university. Consideration will be
given to highly qualified students wishing to pursue the doctorate without
satisfying all of the requirements for a master�s degree.
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A
grade point average in graduate course work of 3.5 or better or a better on a
4-point scale
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Scores
on the GRE examination of 500 and 700 for the verbal and quantitative sections,
respectively, or 1200 for the total score.
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Applicants
must submit three letters of recommendation on official school or business
letterhead or the UTD Letter of Recommendation form from individuals who are
familiar with the student record and able to judge the candidate�s probability
of success in purchasing doctoral study in electrical engineering.
Applicants
must also submit a narrative describing their motivation for doctoral study in
telecommunications engineering.
Applicants
must also submit a narrative describing their motivation for doctoral study and
how it relates to their professional goals.
For
students who are interested in a Ph.D., but are unable to attend school full-time,
there is a part-time option. The guidelines for admission to the program and
the degree requirements are the same as for full-time Ph.D., students. All
students must have an academic adviser and an approved plan of study.
The
University�s general degree requirements are discussed here.
The
Ph.D. requires a minimum of 90 semester hours.
Each
program for doctoral study is individually tailored to the student�s background
and research objectives by the student�s supervisory committee. The program
will require a minimum of 90 semester credit hours beyond the bachelor�s
degree. These credits must include:
At least 30 semester hours of graduate level
courses beyond the bachelor�s level in the major concentration.
Students choose 30 hours from the following courses with the approval of the TE
Graduate Committee.
CS/TE
6385 Algorithmic Aspects of Telecommunication Networks
EE 6349 Random Processes
EE 6352 Digital Communication Systems
CS 6352 Performance of Computer Systems
CS 6390 Advanced Computer Networks
CS 6354 Software Engineering
EE 6390 Wireless Communication Systems
EE/CE 6304 Computer Architecture
EE/TE 7V81 Network Security
EE
6310 Optical Communication Systems
EE 6316 Fields and Waves
EE 6340 Introduction to Telecommunications Networks
EE 6341 Information Theory
EE 6343 Detection and Estimation theory
EE 6344 Coding Theory
EE 6345 Engineering of Packet Switched Networks
EE 6355 RF and microwave communication circuits
EE 6360 Digital Signal Processing I
EE 6361 Digital Signal Processing II
EE 6365 Adaptive Signal Processing
EE 6390 Introduction to Wireless Communication Systems
EE 6391 Signal and Coding for Wireless Communication Systems
EE 6392 Propagation and Devices for Wireless Communication
EE 6394 Antenna Engineering for Wireless Communication
EE 6395 Advanced Radio Frequency Engineering
EE 7340 Optical Network Architecture and Protocols
TE/EE 7V81 Network Security
CS
6354 Software Engineering
CS 6360 Database Design
CS 6363 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CS 6368 Telecommunication Network Management
CS 6378 Advanced Operating Systems
CS 6381 Combinatorics and Graph Algorithms
CS 6386 Telecommunications Software Design
CS 6392 Mobile Computing Systems
CS 6394 Digital Telephony
CS 6396 Real time Systems
CS 6390 Advance Computer Networks
CS 8302 Personal Communication Systems
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least 4 members, with at least 3 from the Erik Jonsson
school faculty.
The
student must pass a qualifying exam approved by the TE graduate committee.
Completion of a major research project
culminating in a dissertation demonstrating an original contribution to a
scientific knowledge and engineering practice.
The dissertation will be defended publicly. The rules for this defense are
specified by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Neither
a foreign language nor a minor is required for Ph.D. However, the student�s
supervisory committee may impose these or other requirements that it feels are
necessary and appropriate to the student�s degree program.
The
principal concentration areas for the Telecommunications Engineering graduate
program are:
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Core
and wireless networks
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Communications
and signal processing
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Network
design and protocols
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Embedded
and reconfigurable systems
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Optical
and photonic devices, materials and systems
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Fault-tolerant
data networks
Doctoral
level research opportunities include: VLSI design, reconfigurable systems,
system architecture, fault-tolerant computing, digital signal processing,
digital communications, modulation and coding, electromagnetic-wave
propagation, fiber and integrated optics, lasers and optoelectronic devices,
optical transmission systems, optical networks, wireless communications, mobile
IP, wireless multimedia, DWDM networks, QoS assurance
protocols, network design and optimization, ad-hoc and PCS wireless networks,
network security and high speed transmission protocols.
In
keeping with the established tradition of research at UT-Dallas, the
Telecommunications Engineering Program encourages students to interact with
researchers in other strong programs, including computer science, electrical
engineering, computer engineering, and business management.