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The University of Texas at Dallas Course Syllabus COURSE INFORMATION Course Number: EESC6390 Course Title: Introduction to Wireless Communications Systems Term: Fall 2017 Class Location/Times: ECSN 2.112/MW 2:30PM-3:45PM

PROFESSOR CONTACT INFORMATION Name: Phone Number: Office Location: Office Hours: Email Address: Website:

Murat Torlak, Associate Professor 972-883-4624 ECSN 4.908 Tuesdays, 12:00PM-2:00PM or by appointment [email protected] http://www.utdallas.edu/~torlak

COURSE PRE-REQUISITES, CO-REQUISITES, and/or OTHER RESTRICTIONS Prerequisites: EE3350, basic probability, and linear algebra.

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces a brief overview of current wireless systems and standards. Characterize the wireless channel, including path loss for different environments, random log-normal shadowing due to signal attenuation, and the flat and frequency-selective properties of multipath fading are examined. Simple digital modulation techniques and their performance under wireless channel impairments and diversity techniques to improve the wireless link quality are investigated. The course will also study the multiple access capabilities of spread spectrum, multicarrier modulation and a brief overview of wireless networks, including multiple and random access techniques, WLANs, and cellular system design

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Large-scale propagation effects Small-scale propagation effects (Multipath fading) Prediction of the radio cell coverage Basic digital modulation techniques used in wireless communications Performance of basic digital modulation techniques over wireless channels Diversity techniques to mitigate the effect of multipath fading Basic principles of multiple access methods Basic principles of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) Cellular system design and cellular capacity analysis

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REQUIRED TEXTBOOK and MATERIALS Textbook: Wireless Communications, Andrea Goldsmith, Cambridge Course Materials: Slides and handouts posted on the course web-page (Elearning). LECTURE SCHEDULE (Tentative) Date

Subject

21-Aug Overview of Wireless Communications 23-Aug Large Scale Path Loss 28-Aug Large Scale Path Loss 30-Aug Log-normal Fading/Cell Coverage Prediction 4-Sept Labor Day (no class) 6-Sept Small Scale Fading 11-Sept Channel Correlation Functions 13-Sept LCR and AFD 18-Sept Wideband Channel Models 20-Sept Link Budget/SNR 25-Sept Channel Capacity 27-Sept Midterm I 2-Oct Digital Communications 4-Oct Performance of Digital Modulation in Fading 9-Oct Adaptive Modulation 11-Oct Adaptive Modulation 16-Oct Diversity Techniques 18-Oct Diversity Techniques 23-Oct MIMO Channel Models 25-Oct MIMO Techniques 30-Oct Midterm II 1-Nov Multiple Access Techniques 6-Nov Multiple Access Techniques 8-Nov OFDM 13-Nov OFDM 15-Nov MIMO-OFDM 20-22-Nov Fall Break (no classes) 27-Nov Cellular System Design 29-Nov Cellular System Design 4-Dec Wireless Standards 6-Dec Wireless Standards 8-Dec Project Report Due (5PM) 11-Dec 2:00PM-4:45PM Final Exam (tentative, per UTD final exam schedule)

Practice Homework

Homework 1 Homework 2 Homework 3 Homework 4

Homework 5 Homework 6 Homework 7 Homework 8

Homework 9 Homework 10

Homework 11 Homework 12

Verify with Orion on Aug. 25

COURSE & INSTRUCTOR POLICIES Examinations: There will be two midterms and a final exam during the course. The exams will be closed book. The midterms’ content will be limited to material announced by the instructor prior to the exam. The final exam will be comprehensive and but most of the questions in the Course Syllabus

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final exam will be based on the material since the second midterm. The final exam will be held per UTD calendar. Students are required to present a UTD or government-issued picture ID to take examinations and quizzes. No makeup exams will be given. The credit for any missed exams (only with officially acceptable documentation) will roll over to the next exam. Quizzes: There will be about 4-6 quizzes during this course. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped. No excuse for the missed quizzes will be accepted. The quizzes will be partly based on the homework assignments and will be graded by the TA assigned to the course. The time of each quiz will be announced one class in advance. Project: The project will be assigned before the first midterm and will consist of an aspect of a current or a future wireless standard. The project reports and presentation will be checked for plagiarism. Any assigned work is due at the beginning of class on the due date. Late assignments will not be accepted. Homework: Homework will be assigned for practice purposes and will not be collected. No homework grade will be assigned. Classroom Citizenship: Use of smartphones/cell phones, iPods, laptops or other electronic devices ARE NOT ALLOWED in class and exams. All such devices must be turned off or silenced and not used during classes and Exams. The students are expected to participate in class discussions and follow the instructor guidelines. GRADING POLICY: The grade each student earns from this class will be based on the following scale: MIDTERM I

20%

MIDTERM II

25%

FINAL

35%

QUIZZES

10%

PROJECT

10%

TOTAL 100% Partial credit will be given only for significant progress in solutions and will be solely at the discretion of the instructor. The final letter grading will be solely at the discretion of the instructor. Historically, the students taking this class have earned a grade of B- or better with an overall score of 60% or μ − σ/2 better. μ and σ are the average and the standard deviation of the final grades of the class. Students have one week to review graded homework, reports, quizzes, exams or projects with the professor for any possible grading corrections. After one week no changes will be allowed. Class Attendance: Class attendance is required. The instructor reserves the right to take up to 10% of the overall grade due to lack of class attendance. Attendance may be checked at any time during the class period. UT Dallas Syllabus Policies and Procedures: The information contained in the following link constitutes the University’s policies and procedures segment of the course syllabus. Please go to http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus-policies for these policies.

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

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