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 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 Photonic Technology and Engineering Center (PhoTEC) has
produced more than thirty Ph.D. graduates. The PhoTEC 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 on 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,
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.
EE 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 75 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
At 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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wireless networks
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and signal processing
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design and protocols
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and reconfigurable systems
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photonic devices, materials and systems
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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.