Teaching
- Dr. Anastasia Lavrenko
- Dr. André Kokkeler
- Zaher Mahfouz
Course description
A system-level view of the physical layer design of wireless communication systems is essential for anyone interested in telecommunication and wireless engineering. This course extends the knowledge of the basic elements of a wireless communication link to a comprehensive functional view of a wireless communication system and provides a skillset for practical system design and analysis.
Content
The first part of the course gives an overview of the constituent physical layer components of a wireless communication link, such as modulation/demodulation schemes, synchronization approaches, channel coding/decoding methods, and associated signal processing tasks. The second part of the course focuses on advanced transceiver schemes including multiplexing schemes, spread spectrum, and OFDM systems, accompanied by practical examples of real-life system designs (cellular communications, WLAN, etc.).
Specific topics include:
- introduction to wireless communication systems: applications, requirements, challenges and opportunities;
- digital modulation formats;
- coherent/noncoherent demodulation;
- carrier phase and timing synchronization;
- channel capacity and channel coding;
- flat and freqeuncy-dispersive fading, diversity and equalization;
- multiple access schemes;
- spread spectrum communications;
- OFDM;
- standartized wireless communication systems.
Study material
A.F. Molisch, Wireless Communications. 2nd edition, Wiley-IEEE press, ISBN-13: 978-0470741863 |
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Alistair Burr, Modulation and Coding for Wireless Communications, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-0201398571 |
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Steven M. Kay, Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing: Estimation theory, Pearson; 1. Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0133457117 |
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Examination
• Project report
• Two-part digital exam
• Matlab assignments (voluntary)
More information
More information on the course can be found in Osiris.