ET4001 Wireless and Mobile Communication Syllabus:

ET4001 Wireless and Mobile Communication Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of this course are to make the student
1. To study the Channel planning for Wireless Systems
2. To study the Mobile Radio Propagation and Equalization and Diversity
3. T o study the Equalization and Diversity
4. To provide insight about wideband code division based access.
5. To study the Wireless multiple access and IP

UNIT I THE CELLULAR CONCEPT

System Design Fundamentals: Introduction, Frequency Reuse, Channel Assignment Strategies, Handoff Strategies-Prioritizing Handoffs, Practical Handoff Considerations, Interference and system capacity –Co channel Interference and system capacity, Channel planning for Wireless Systems, Adjacent Channel interference, Power Control for Reducing interference, Trunking and Grade of Service, Improving Coverage & Capacity in Cellular Systems-Cell Splitting, Sectoring.

UNIT II MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION: LARGE-SCALE PATH LOSS

Introduction to Radio Wave Propagation, Free Space Propagation Model, Relating Power to Electric Field, Diffraction-Fresnel Zone Geometry, Knife edge Diffraction Model, Multiple knife-edge Diffraction, Scattering, Outdoor Propagation Models-Longley-Ryce Model, Okumura Model, Hata Model, Indoor Propagation Models-Partition losses, Partition losses between Floors, Log-distance path loss model, Ericsson Multiple Breakpoint Model, Attenuation Factor Model, Signal penetration into buildings, Ray Tracing and Site Specific Modelling.

UNIT III MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION

Small –Scale Fading and Multipath: Small Scale Multipath propagation-Factors influencing small scale fading, Doppler shift, Impulse Response Model of a multipath channel-Relationship between Bandwidth and Received power, Small-Scale Frequency Domain Channels Sounding, Parameters of Mobile Multipath Channels-Time Dispersion Parameters, Coherence Bandwidth, Doppler Spread and Coherence Time, Types of Small-Scale Fading-Fading effects Due to Multipath Time Delay Spread, Flat fading, Frequency selective fading, Fading effects Due to Doppler Spread-Fast fading, slow fading, Fundamentals of Equalization, Training A Generic Adaptive Equalizer, Equalizers in a communication Receiver, Linear Equalizers, Nonlinear Equalization

UNIT IV WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS

CDMA system overview -air interface –physical and logical channel–speech coding, multiplexing and channel coding –spreading and modulation: frame structure, spreading codes-uplink-downlink –physical layer procedures: cell search and synchronization-establishing a connection-power control handover-overload control.

UNIT V IP MOBILITY FRAMEWORK

Challenges of IP Mobility -Address Management -Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and Domain Name Server Interfaces –Security –Mobility-Based AAA Protocol -IP Mobility Architecture Framework -x Access Network -IPv6 Challenges for IP Mobility.

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students will have the ability to
CO1: Understand Cellular communication concepts
CO2: Explain the mobile radio propagation
CO3: Perceive the wireless network different type of MAC protocols
CO4: Analyse the Equalization and Diversity
CO5: Build the Wireless multiple access and IP

REFERENCES:

1. Wireless Communications, Principles, Practice –Theodore, S. Rappaport, 2nd Ed., 2002, PHI.
2. Wireless Communications Andrea Goldsmith, 2005 Cambridge University Press.
3. Principles of Wireless Networks –KavehPahLaven and P. Krishna Murthy, 2002, PE
4. Mobile Cellular Communication –GottapuSasibhushana Rao, Pearson Education, 2012.
5. Wireless Digital Communications –KamiloFeher, 1999, PHI.
6. Wireless Communication and Networking –William Stallings, 2003, PHI