EE 5377/EE7377 Wireless Communications and Lab

Spring 2008

 

Instructor: Dinesh Rajan

Telephone: 214-768-1259

E-mail: rajand@engr.smu.edu

Office hours: TBD

ClassRoom: Junkins 113

Teaching Assistant: TBD

 

Course Description

 

Wireless communication systems have permeated all facets of society and are being increasingly used in many different applications.  This course exposes students to a wide variety of real world experiences in wireless communications.  Basic concepts of channel coding, modulation and power control will be studied using specific examples from cellular and wireless LAN systems.  Diversity and multiple access aspects of these systems will also be covered.  Lab experiments include study of GSM, WLAN, Bluetooth and ultrawideband systems (depending on availability of time).

 

Prerequisites

EE 3360 and EE 3372 or equivalent.

 

Textbook and Other Related Materials

 

Handouts will be provided by the instructor.

 

Good References include:

GSM, GPRS and EDGE Performance: Evolution towards 3G/UMTS, by Timo Halonen, Juan Melero, Javier Romero Garcia, John Wiley and sons

The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A designers companion by Bob O Hara, Al Petrick IEEE publishing

Bluetooth Revealed: The insiders guide to an open specification for Global wireless communications by Brent A. Miller, Chatschik Bisdikian, Prentice Hall.

Digital Communications, John G. Proakis and Salehi, 5th edition, McGraw Hill

 

An Engineering approach to computer networking, S. Keshav, Pearson Ed.

 

Data Networks, D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed.

 

Mobile Wireless Communications, Mischa Schwartz, Cambridge Press

 

Grading

 

Task                                 Grade basis

Homeworks                                           25%            

Lab experiments                                    25%

One project and term paper                   25%

Final exam                                             25%

 

Major Topics Covered in the Course

 

1. Introduction                                                                                                     

2. Layering and OSI model

3. Basic coding and modulation techniques; introduction to OFDM 

4. Multiple accessing schemes                                                                            

5. Introduction to GSM cellular systems, including cell planning techniques 

6. Basics of wireless LANs and 802.11 standard                          

7. Personal area networks and Bluetooth                                                            

8. Ad-hoc Routing and Scheduling                                                                      

9. Ultrawideband communications

* Disability Accommodations: Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first contact Ms. Rebecca Marin, Coordinator, Services for Students with Disabilities (214-768-4557) to verify the disability and establish eligibility for accommodations. They should then schedule an appointment with the professor to make appropriate arrangements. (See University Policy No. 2.4.)
* Religious Observance: Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify their professors in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss with them, in advance, acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence. (See University Policy No. 1.9.)
* Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity will be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor prior to any missed scheduled examination or other missed assignment for making up the work. (University Undergraduate Catalogue)

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