Mostly Report structure and report presentation Proper writing. Professionally presented Properly written, with some minor deficiencies good, but some structure or presentation Acceptable presentation Poor structure, careless presentation problems

Explanation All elements are present and well integrated. Components present with good cohesion Component s present and mostly well integrated Most components present Lacks structure. Reference style Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing/ style Generally good referencing/ style Unclear referencing/sty le Lacks consistency with many errors

Grade Mark HD 80%+ D 70%-79% CR 60%-69% P 50%-59% Fail < 50% Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Evaluation Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed The presented Sophisticati on and effectivity The presented solution demonstrated an extreme degree of sophistication The presented solution demonstrated a high degree of sophistication solution demonstrate d an average degree of sophisticati on and The presented solution demonstrated a low degree of sophistication and effectivity to secure The presented solution demonstrated a poor degree of sophistication and effectivity to secure effectivity to secure

Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Requirements Requirement analysis for digital audio transmission and recoding 25 Current practices Literature review of the current waveform coders covering at least PCM and DPCM 20 Reference style IEEE referencing style 5 Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word limit by more or less than 10% -10 Plagiarism Type of plagiarism - Copy from other student - Copy from internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -50

English grammar and coherence, and professional report writing Does the question posted contain good English, good grammar, admirable writing style, no typos, good format, etc.? Is the report void of cut-and- paste figures and tables? Are all graphics captioned and referenced appropriately in the report? 5 Plagiarism Did the student do any of these without reference and reflection? - Copy from other student(s) - Copy from Internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -40

Critical reflection Does the report demonstrate reflection and understanding of the topic or it was hastily written? 5 Research depth Does the student work demonstrate that the student consulted additional referenced materials on the topic and used the IEEE referencing style well? 5

Marking criteria For Part A: Marks are allocated as follows: Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks MATLAB programming competence Does student demonstrate competence in programming in MATLAB? Does the code run? Does the code solve the intended problem? 15 Non-uniform quantization. competence Does student demonstrate the ability to implement a function in a digital communication system in software? 5 Competence in modern technology Does student demonstrate the understanding of non-uniform quantization, and Why is it needed to be used in digital communications? 5

The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style for School of Business and School of Information Technology and Engineering respectively.