Wireless Communication Systems

Semester 1

This course offers a definitive professional's overview of wireless communications technology and system design. Virtually every important new wireless standard and technological development, including W-CDMA, cdma2000, UMTS, and UMC 136/EDGE; IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN WLANs; Bluetooth, LMDS, and more, have been reviewed. The technologies and applications that drive the development of 2G, 2.5G, and 3G systems are explored. An overview of the 4G technologies is presented.

Syllabus:

Introduction to wireless communication systems
Modern Wireless communication systems: 2G, 2.5G and 3G technologies
Introduction to 4G technologies
The cellular concept: system design fundamentals
Mobile radio propagation: large scale path loss; small scale fading and multi-path
Modulation techniques for mobile radio
Equalization, Diversity and Channel coding;
Speech Coding
Multiple access techniques for wireless communications
Wireless networking
Wireless systems and standards

Evaluation:

One 2-hour final exam 60%

One 1-hour in-course test 20%

Five Take home assignments (equal weighting) 20%

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, students should be able to:

Describe the evolution of wireless cellular communication from wired communications
Describe the development, features, and improvements of 2^nd and 3^rd generation wireless standards
Explain the terms FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA as they relate to cellular systems
Explain the characteristics of the major 2^nd generation wireless standards (GSM and CDMA)
Describe techniques that may be used to increase system capacity
Calculate total interference power at a cell edge
Describe the techniques used in speech coding
Describe both conceptually and mathematically the causes of signal fading
Explain the effect of equalization, diversity and channel coding on signal transmission
Determine appropriate modulation schemes for selected bandwidth requirements
Explain the principles and design requirements of a wireless network
Design and construct wireless communication systems that complies with the regulation and standards for the wireless industry

ELET2480

Text Book:

Rapapport, T. S. (2009) Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice. Pearson Education. ISBN 978-8131-73186-4

Supplemental Reading :

Du, K.-L. & Swamy, M. N. S. (2010) Wireless Communication Systems-From RF subsystems to 4G enabling technologies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11403-5

Tse, D. and Viswanath (2005) Fundamentals of wireless communication. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 13 978-0-521-84527-4

Internet Resources:

Online Power Point slides (downloadable)

Online text copy

Cellular communication tutorial (PDF)

Modeling of wireless communication system using Matlab

Course Code:

ELET3480

Credits:

3 Credits

Level:

Level 3