Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems
Spring 2012
T Th 10:30-11:45

Course Outline: This course provides an overview of wireless communication with an emphasis on cellular communication. The goal is to cover basics of radio, duplexing and multiple access, cellular, mobile systems, standards, Wireless LAN, WiMAX, LTE and applications.

   Professor

         Dr. Chae Young Lee
         Phone: (042) 350-2916
         Office: IE & Mgt. Building (E2-1) 4208
         Office hours: T Th 9:00-10:30

   Teaching Assistant

        

    Grading

         Mid-term (40%) Dates: 3/22
         Final (40%) Date: 5/22
         Homework (20%)        
         Term project (?)

    The Text

         Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, by Rappaport, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
         Wireless Personal Communications Systems, by Goodman, Addison Wesley, 1997.

    Schedule

Date

Topic

Reading Assignments

2/7, 9

Wireless Applications, The radio environment

1.1-1.5   Ch1(G)

2/14

Communication in the harsh radio environment

4.1 4.2 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.4
9.2(G)

2/16

How to receive good signals?

7.1 7.2 7.10 7.12 7.13  
9.5(G) 9.6(G)

2/21

Modulation, AM, FM

6.1-6.3

2/23

Digital Modulation

6.4 6.7

2/28

Sharing the spectrum: Duplexing, FDMA, TDMA

9.1-9.3 9.6

3/6, 3/8

CDMA

9.4 6.11 7.11 9.5 3.6

3/13

History of Mobile Communication, AMPS

 

3/15

Cellular Principles

 

3/20

Cellular Limits and Marketing

3.1-3.8

3/22

Mid-term

 

3/27, 29

Spectrum and Spectrum Efficiency

9.7.0 9.7.1

4/3, 5

Mobile systems

10.1-10.5 11.1  
Ch2(G) Ch4(G)

4/10, 12

1st Generation Standards

Ch3(G)

4/17, 19

Digital and 2nd Generation Standards

11.2-11.4 2.1 
Ch5(G) Ch7(G)

4/24, 26

3rd Generation Cellular, WCDMA/CDMA2000

10.11 11.5-11.12 2.2-2.5 
Ch6(G)

5/1, 3, 8

OFDM, OFDMA, WLAN

 

5/10

WiMAX

 

5/15, 17

LTE

 

5/22

Final Exam