EEE 434/534 Wireless Communications Spring 2007 Syllabus

Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) T.S.Rappaport, Prentice Hall (2002) Subjects to be covered: Week 1. Introduction to Mobile Wireless Communication Systems Ch. 1&2     Truncing and Grade of service - Erlang B formula Sec. 3.6 & Lecture 2 (course contents) 2. Erlang C formula Lecture 3 3. Engset Formula Lecture 4 4. Cellular concept and interference Sec. 3.1-3.5 5. Coverage and capaciy in cellular systems Sec 3.7 6. Mobile radio propagation Sec 4.1- 4.6 7. Diffraction Sec 4.7 - 4.8 8. Link budget design and Loss models Sec 4.9 - 4.10 9. Small scale fading Sec 5.1 - 5.3 10. Multipath Channels Sec 5.4 - 5.6 11. Digital Modulation techniques-I Sec 6.4 - 6.8 12. Digital Modulation techniques-II Sec 6.9 - 6.11 13. Multiple Access Schemes Sec 9.2 - 9.5 14. Study and consolidation Lectures on Thursdays (except first week). Form 5 groups of students. Meeting times (tentative at present)on Tuesdays @ ISYAM (first meeting is on 6 Feb. 2007 on assignment 1): Group1: 8:40-9:20, Group2: 9:20-10.00, Group3: 10:00-10:40, Group4: 10:40-11:20, Group5: 11:20-12:00. The students read/study/solve/discuss the assigned material before coming to the meeting. I shall ask questions on the assignments and each student is expected to answer them and participate in the discussion. Grading: Project: 30% Final exam: 35% (Active) Participation in meetings (and forum) 35%