MP4152 Wireless Communications Syllabus:
MP4152 Wireless Communications Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the basic concepts in cellular communication.
To learn the characteristics of wireless channels.
To understand the impact of digital modulation techniques in fading.
To get exposed to diversity techniques in wireless communication.
To acquire knowledge in multicarrier systems.
UNIT I CELLULAR CONCEPTS
Frequency Reuse – Channel Assignment Strategies – Handoff Strategies – Interference and system capacity- Co-Channel Interference- Adjacent Channel Interference – Trunking and Grade of service – Improving coverage & capacity in cellular systems-Cell Splitting- Sectoring Repeaters for Range Extension-Microcell Zone Concept.
UNIT II THE WIRELESS CHANNEL
Overview of wireless systems – Physical modeling for wireless channels – Time and Frequency coherence – Statistical channel models – Capacity of wireless Channel- Capacity of Flat Fading Channel – Channel Side Information at Receiver – Channel Side Information at Transmitter and Receiver –Capacity comparisons – Capacity of Frequency Selective Fading channels.
UNIT III PERFORMANCE OF DIGITAL MODULATION OVER WIRELESS CHANNELS
Performance of flat fading and frequency selective fading – Impact on digital modulation techniques –- Outage Probability– Average Probability of Error –– Combined Outage and Average Error Probability – Doppler Spread – Inter symbol Interference.
UNIT IV DIVERSITY TECHNIQUES
Realization of Independent Fading Paths – Receiver Diversity – Selection Combining – Threshold Combing – Maximal-Ratio Combining – Equal – Gain Combining – Capacity with Receiver diversity – Transmitter Diversity – Channel known at Transmitter – Channel unknown at Transmitter – The Alamouti Scheme– Transmit & Receive Diversity-MIMO Systems.
UNIT V MULTICARRIER MODULATION
Data Transmission using Multiple Carriers – Multicarrier Modulation with Overlapping Sub channels – Mitigation of Subcarrier Fading – Discrete Implementation of Multicarrier Modulation – Peak to average Power Ratio- Frequency and Timing offset.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1: Survey on various features of cellular networks
2: Study the nature of cellular networks
3: A comparative study on the performance of different digital modulation techniques
4: Perform a review of various diversity techniques in wireless communication
5: Presentation on design of multicarrier systems for 5G
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Design solutions for cellular communication
CO2: Determine the capacity of wireless channels
CO3: Analyze the performance of the digital modulation techniques in fading channels
CO4: Apply various diversity techniques in wireless communication
CO5: Design multicarrier systems in wireless communication
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1. Theodore.S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, India, 2010.
2. Andrea Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
3. David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, “Fundamentals of Wireless Communication”, Wiley Series in Telecommunications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
4. Saad Z. Asif, “5G Mobile Communications Concepts and Technologies” CRC press – 2019.
5. Keith Q. T. Zhang, “Wireless Communications: Principles, Theory and Methodology” 1st edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
6. Ramjee Prasad, “OFDM for Wireless Communication Systems”, Artech House, 2004.
6. Boris Lublinsky, Kevin T. Smith, Alexey Yakubovich, “Professional Hadoop Solutions”,John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.