ECE 582 (formerly ECE 791W) Wireless Communication Systems |
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Covers the theory and analysis of wireless mobile communication systems. Provides a fundamental understanding of the unique characteristics of these systems. Topics include: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TMDA), Mobile radio propagation, characterization of a Rayleigh fading multipath channel, wireless channel capacity, diversity techniques, channel coding, and modulation/demodulation techniques. Although cellular and personal communication services (PCS) standards are covered, the course stresses fundamental theoretical concepts that are not tied to a particular standard. 3 credit hours. |
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Prerequisite |
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, a course on Probability and Random Variables, with at least one senior-level course in Digital Communication Systems or consent of instructor.
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Course Objectives
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Upon successful completion of this course, students will: Be able to layout cell sites given an assumed number of users; Understand the relationship between cell sectoring and capacity; Become familiar with the propagation mechanisms: reflection, refraction, and scattering, and how they affect the wireless communication link; Gain experience with important outdoor propagation models; Understand how to characterize a wireless channel via parameters such as coherence bandwidth, delay spread, Doppler spread, and coherence time; Understand how mobile motion, fading and multipatch affect received signal strength; Develop an understanding of digital modulation techniques used in wireless communication systems; Know how channel coding techniques are used to increase the spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems; Know the chief parameters and specifications pertaining to the air interface of the important cellular standards; Be able to analyze and design new wireless communication systems by understanding the fundamentals that drive the design of all these systems.
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| Course Requirements | HOMEWORK: Eight (8) assignments (10%) EXAMINATIONS: Midterm (40%) and Final (40%) SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: N/A PROJECTS: One (1) paper design project (10%)
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| Textbook | Goldsmith, Andrea, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 0-521-83716-2.
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| Computer and Internet Requirements | NCSU has recommended minimum specifications for computers used for classes. Depending on your computer needs, we recommend your computer meet or exceed the following minimum specifications below. PCs must have an Intel-compatible 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive with 1 GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min.) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system should be Windows XP Pro. Real One Player Basic (available free online) and high speed Internet connection such as cable, DSL, T1 or LAN will be required for EOL courses. MAC users must have a G4 processor with firewire and USB factory built-in, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB with 1GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 (min) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system must be MacOS 10.4 (minimum) along with the above RealOne and Internet specifications above. For more detailed information on computer specifications and recommendations, please refer to our website at: http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/currentstudents/computeraccess.htm
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| Instructor | Dr. Keith Townsend, Professor Telephone: (919) 515-7353
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