EE5368 - Wireless Communications, Fall-2012

 

Syllabus

Prerequisites:                                                                                                      Linear algebra, signals and systems, probability, elementary   communication systems.

Time and place:                                                                             6:00 pm -8:50 pm, Wednesday, NH 112

Textbook:                                                                                                                               A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Additional Reading:                                                                                                               [1] U. Madhow, Fundamentals of Digital Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
[2]
J. Proakis and M. Salehi, Digital Communications, Fifth Edition, Mc Graw-Hill, 2008.

Instructor:                                     Dr. Ioannis Schizas,                                Office: NH 534,                                    Email: schizas@uta.edu

Office Hours:                              3:30pm-4:30pm, Tuesday-Thursday

GTAs: 1) Ji Wu (email: ji.wu@mavs.uta.edu);  2) Zhuo Li (email: zhuo.li@mavs.uta.edu)                                     

GTA Office Hours:                                                                   M-W 2:30pm-5:00pm, Tu-Th 2:00pm:4:30pm, Office: NH 234

Exams:                                   Midterm Exam: October 10th, 2012             Final Exam: December 12th, 2012

Grading:                             Homework 20%                                Midterm 35 %                                        Final 45%

Course Material:                                                                                               -Introduction to wireless communication systems  (Lecture notes: #1)
-Pathloss, statistical multi-path channel models, wideband and narrowband fading (Lecture notes: #1,#2,#3,#4,#5)
-Digital modulation techniques and performance analysis (Lecture notes: #1, #2, #3)
-Diversity (Lecture notes: #1, #2
-Channel capacity and coding (Lecture notes: #1, #2, #3)
-Adaptive modulation techniques (Lecture notes: #1)
-Inter-symbol interference and channel equalization (Lecture notes: #1)
-OFDM, spread-spectrum, CDMA (Lecture notes: #1,#2)
-Multi-user systems, MIMO, random access (Lecture notes: #1, #2, #3, #4)

 

Homework Assignments:

Homework Assignment Assigned Due date
Hw # 1: 1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.8, 2.13, 2.19, 2.21 (from textbook)   Aug. 29th, 2012   Sep. 10th, 2012
Hw # 2: 2.24, 2.25, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11 (from textbook)   Sep. 13th, 2012   Sep. 21st, 2012
Hw # 3: 3.15, 3.16, 5.4, 5.5, 5.11, 5.13, 6.5, 6.10, 6.15 (from textbook, scanned)   Sep. 25th, 2012   Oct. 5th, 2012
Hw # 4: 7.1, 7.7, 7.9, 7.20, 7.22 (from textbook)   Oct. 15th, 2012   Oct. 23rd, 2012
Hw # 5: 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7 (from textbook)   Oct. 25th, 2012   Nov. 2nd, 2012
Hw # 6: 11.5 (a,b), 11.12, 12.2, 12. 4 (a), 12.6, 12.11  (from textbook)   Nov. 8th, 2012   Nov. 19th, 2012
Hw # 7:   13.3, 13.11, 13.18, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, (from textbook)   Nov. 29th, 2012   Dec. 10th, 2012