Instructor: Dr. Tongtong Li
2308K Engineering Building
Phone: 355-7688
Email: tongli@egr.msu.edu
Course Hours and Classroom: Tu Th: 8:30am-9:50am, at Rm. 102, Farrall Ag Eng Hall.
Office Hours: Tu Th: 10am - 11:30am or by appointment
Textbooks:
T. S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
Major References:
J. Mark and W. Zhang, Wireless Communications and Networking, Prentice Hall, 2003.
S. Haykin, M. Moher, Modern Wireless Communications, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
R. Steele and L. Hanzo, Mobile Radio Communications, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2001.
R. Nee and R. Prasad, OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications, Artech House Publishers, 2000.
S. Hara and R. Prasad, Multicarrier Techniques for 4G Mobile Communications, Artech House Publishers, 2003.
Course outline:
Overview of wireless communication systems and networking
Examples of wireless communications systems: how a cellular telephone call is made?
Challenges in wireless communication networking
Evolution of modern wireless communication systems: 1G, 2G, 3G and beyond
Fundamentals of cellular communications
Frequency reuse and the cellular concept
Interference and system capacity
Trunking and grade of services
Other mechanisms for capacity improvement
Mobile radio propagation: characterization of wireless channels
Multipath propagation environment
Linear time-varying channel model
Large-scale path loss
Small-scale fading and multipath
Modulation/transmission techniques for mobile radio
Digital modulation vs. analog modulation: an overview
Digital modulation techniques
Probability of transmission error
Receiver design: equalization and diversity
Equalizers in a communication receiver: an overview
Diversity techniques
Channel equalization: linear equalization and nonlinear equalization
Multiple access techniques for wireless communications
Multiple access in a radio cell
FDMA: 1G AMPS
TDMA: IS-136 and GSM
CDMA: spread spectrum and 3G air interface design
OFDM and 4G mobile communications
Mobile management in wireless networks
Call admission control
Handoff management
Location management
Wireless and wireline interworking (if time permits)
Internet protocol: IPv6 versus IPv4
IP enhancement for mobile
Transmission control protocol (TCP)
Wireless application protocol (WAP) and its security issues
Mobile ad hoc networks
Grading Policy:
Homework 30%
Midterms (2) 40%
Final Project 30%
Homework:
Homework, including mini Matlab projects, will be assigned every two weeks. Late homework will not be accepted.
Email policy:
To get my immediate attention, make sure you always start the subject of your email with "ECE802".