EEN 562 Wireless and Cellular
Communications
Fall 2005
Syllabus
Class
Schedule
T R
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, EB 502
Instructor
Dr.
Xiaodong Cai,
Office:
Room 513, Engineering
Building,
Phone: (305) 284-5329,
Fax: (305) 284-4044
E-mail:
x.cai@miami.edu,
Office
hours
T R
1:00pm – 2:00pm and by appointment
Handout,
Slides, Sample Examples
Course
Desciption
This course focuses on fundamentals of wireless
communications and is intended to convey the basic ideas governing
their designs. Although most principles discussed hold for a variety of
systems, the primary focus is on cellular communications. Upon
completion of this course, you shall be able to achieve a good
understanding of basic ideas behind the design of modern wireless
systems, as well as associated practical issues. You shall also be able
to apply what you have learned to solving certain real-world wireless
communication problems, and read advanced textbooks or research
literature in related areas.
Prerequisites
EEN 404
Communication Systems
Text Book
Wireless
Communications and Networking, Jon W.
Mark, Weihua Zhuang, Prentice Hall, 2003 (ISBN: 0-13-040905-7).
Reference
Wireless
Communications: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, Theodore S.
Rappaport, Prentice Hall, 2001 (ISBN: 0-13-042232-0)
Microwave Mobile Communications, W. C. Jakes,
Jr. (editor), Wiley, 1974
Course
Objectives:This
course is designed to introduce students to:
1. The
fundamental principles
involved in the theory and design of wireless systems,
2. Important
issues and
tradeoffs involved, primarily, at the physical and medium access
control layers
of wireless systems, and
3. Wireless
standards
Topics
1.
Overview
of Wireless
Communications
2. Path
Loss, Shadowing, and
Fading Models
3. Digital
Modulation and its Performance
4. Diversity
Reception,
Equalization, and OFDM
5. Introduction
of Cellular
Systems
6. Multiple
Access: FDMA, TDMA,
CDMA, and Aloha
7. Mobility
Management
8. Wireless
System Standards
Grading
Homework:
10%, 1
project 10%, 4 quizzes: 20%, 1 midterm exams: 20%, final exam: 40%,
bonus up to
5% for attendance
Course Policy
Exam:
The midterm and final must be taken
at their scheduled
times.
Exceptions are only made in rare circumstances, typically due to a
medical or
family emergency. The lowest quiz will be dropped.
Homework: In
general there is one homework assignment per week. The
homework
is due at the beginning of the class on the day it is due. The solution
for the
homework will be on the class website. Homework will lose 25% credit
per day
late. After the solution is posted, no homework will be accepted. The
lowest
homework will be dropped.
Project: Discussing
general strategies for
approaching project
assignment with classmates is encouraged. You should do experiments and
write
your report on your own.