EE-480 Wireless Communications Week 1

Dr. Sajjad Shami EED SST UMT Lahore

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House Rules
Please place your mobiles on silent Please note that Lecturers cannot focus and concentrate on the topic if there is noise and disruption during the lecture

Anyone who disrupts the lecture will be marked absent or asked to leave and will be awarded minus five mark in the next quiz. INDISCIPLINE OF ANY KIND WILL RECEIVE A MINUS FIVE MARK PENALTY.
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Participants Self

1. Lecture Slides 2. Textbook Sections 3. Textbook Examples 4. End Problems 5. Other Sources: Web, articles etc.
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COURSE OUTLINE

This course deals with the fundamental and practical aspects in the analysis and design of wireless systems. Topics that will be covered are: the wireless communication channel, cellular communication principles, techniques used to combat the channel, overview of multiple access techniques and example wireless communication systems.

Starting from the transmission fundamentals to case study of systems like GSM and CDMA, there will be discussions on cellular planning, propagation, fading, channel assignments strategies, handoffs etc. The course will also give an overview of Wi-Fi systems and Bluetooth technology. The course directly contributes to objectives a,d,e and f of the HEC Electrical Engineering Curriculum.

EE315 Signals and Systems

After completing this course students will have basic understanding of wireless communication systems at the physical layer. They shall also have familiarity with state of the art technologies like GSM and CDMA systems. This course strongly supports expected outcomes a, b, d and i of the HEC Electrical Engineering Curriculum.

 Recommended

Text: Wireless communications and networks, second edition by William Stallings, 2005. Reference: Introduction to Wireless Systems by P. Mohana Shankar, 2002 Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice by T. Rappaport, 2001.
Online

Tutorials

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It is vitally important that students use their tutors as support and as a resource, throughout the course. Students are also encouraged to enrich their knowledge by searching the Web and making use of any reference library with a view to doing course assignments independently.

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Candidates missing more than 20% of the lectures will receive F grade in the course. Please arrive in time

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 Exam

candidates attempting to gain an unfair advantage or colluding in anyway whatsoever are liable to be disqualified. Plagiarism is an offence. However it is ok to cooperate with your colleagues to help them to resolve problems with things like operating the computers, development tools and program syntax errors. These are not honour violations and you can learn a lot from your colleagues in the course.

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All media [CDs etc] must be virus free Media containing viruses, or media which cannot be run directly, will result in a FAIL grade being awarded for this module.

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Quizzes and Assignments[4-8]: 30% marks Mid term Exam: 30% marks Final Exam: 50% marks Total: 100 marks

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Detail TOPIC

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Introduction

Overview of Wireless Systems Evolution of wireless communication Trends in wireless communication 2 Examples of wireless communication systems Technical challenges of wireless communication

Transmission Fundamentals

Analog and Digital Data Transmission Channel Capacity Transmission Media Multiplexing Propagation Characteristics, Large Scale Fading, Small Scale Fading, Path Loss Models, Channel Modeling

Wireless Channel

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Detail TOPIC Cellular Network Principles Study and overview of different Cellular technologies like AMPS, GSM and CDMA. Discussions on 2G, 3G and 4G systems. Cell Shapes, Cell splitting, Interferences, Frequency Reuse Channel Assignment Strategies Handoff Strategies Interference and System Capacity Improving Coverage and Capacity in Cellular System Signal Encoding, Spread Spectrum Modulation, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

No of Lectures

Cellular Communication

Cellular Concept

Modulation Techniques

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Detail TOPIC Time Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access.

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Multiple Access Techniques

Wireless Standards Cordless systems, WLL, WiMAX. and Mobile IP

Wireless LANS, Wi Fi & Bluetooth

A wireless communication technology for the communication of computers. Study of its implementation as LAN. Bluetooth.

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INFORMAL QUIZ

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Ref: Stallings Chapter 1:

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 Guglielmo

Marconi invented the wireless telegraph in

1896
Communication by encoding alphanumeric characters in analog signal Sent telegraphic signals across the Atlantic Ocean
Communications

satellites launched in 1960s Advances in wireless technology

Radio, television, mobile telephone, communication satellites
More

recently

Satellite communications, wireless networking, cellular technology

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 Higher

data rates obtainable with broadband wireless technology. Apps? Apps:

Graphics, video, audio
Shares

same advantages of all wireless services: convenience and reduced cost how? How..
Service can be deployed faster than fixed service No cost of cable plant Service is mobile, deployed almost anywhere
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Wireless is convenient and less expensive Limitations and political and technical difficulties inhibit wireless technologies Lack of an industry-wide standard Device limitations ??
E.g., small LCD on a mobile telephone can only display a few lines of text E.g., browsers of most mobile wireless devices use wireless markup language (WML) instead of HTML

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William Stallings Wireless Communications and Networks 2e 2005

Overview of textbook

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Chapters 2-4 Provides preview and context for rest of book Covers basic topics
Data Communications TCP/IP

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Basic overview of transmission topics Data communications concepts

Includes techniques of analog and digital data transmission

Channel capacity Transmission media Multiplexing

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Comparison of basic communication network technologies which are ? These

Circuit switching Packet switching Frame relay ATM

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Protocol architecture Overview of TCP/IP Open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model Internetworking

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Chapters 5-8 Underlying technology of wireless transmission Encoding of analog and digital data for wireless transmission

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Cellular wireless network design issues First generation analog (traditional mobile telephony service) Second generation digital cellular networks
Time-division multiple access (TDMA) Code-division multiple access (CDMA)

Third generation networks

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Principles of radio and microwave

Antenna performance Wireless transmission modes Fading

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Signal Encoding Wireless transmission

Analog and digital data and signals

Spread Spectrum Modulation

Frequency hopping Direct sequence spread spectrum Code division multiple access (CDMA)

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Error Detection Correction codes Automatic repeat request (ARQ) techniques

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Frequency Division Multiple Access Time Division Multiple Access Code Division Multiple Access Packet Radio Access

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Chapters 10-12 Examines major types of networks

Satellite-based networks Cellular networks Cordless systems Fixed wireless access schemes

Use of mobile IP and Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) to provide Internet and Web access

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Geostationary satellites (GEOS) Low-earth orbiting satellites (LEOS) Medium-earth orbiting satellites (MEOS) Capacity allocation

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Cordless systems Wireless local loop (WLL)

Sometimes called radio in the loop (RITL) or fixed wireless access (FWA)

WiMax

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Modifications to IP protocol to accommodate wireless access to Internet Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Provides mobile users access to telephony and information services including Internet and Web Includes wireless phones, pagers and personal digital assistants (PDAs)

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Chapters 13-15 Examines underlying wireless LAN technology Examines standardized approaches to local wireless networking

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Overview of LANs and wireless LAN technology and applications Transmission techniques of wireless LANs ?? These are
Spread spectrum Narrowband microwave Infrared

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Wireless LAN standards defined by IEEE 802.11 committee WiFi

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Bluetooth is an open specification for wireless communication and networking used for ?? Used for
Personal computers Mobile phones Other wireless devices

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Web page for this book

WilliamStallings.com/Wireless2e.html Useful web sites, internet mailing list, wireless courses

Computer Science Student Support Site

WilliamStallings.com/StudentSupport.html

Newsgroups
comp.std.wireless comp.dcom.*

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