Wireless Communications

ELEC 464-W, Winter 2018

1- General Information

1.1- Schedule

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:15 to 14:30 in room H629

1.2- Instructor

Instructor Name: Yousef R. Shayan

Office Location: Room EV 5.161

Tel.: (514) 848-2424 ext. 3076

Email: yousef.shayan@concordia.ca

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 15:30 to 16:30

1.3- Course Web Site 

http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~yshayan/teaching

Username: “ELEC464” Password: “ID#”

2- Course Content and Objectives

2.1- Calendar Course Description

ELEC 464 Wireless Communications (3 credits)

Prerequisite: ELEC 367 or ELEC 462.

Review of modulation and error control coding. Modulation vs. Coding trade - off, communications link analysis. Introduction to cellular systems: frequency reuse, trunking and grade of services, sectoring and cell splitting, coverage and capacity. Modulation techniques for mobile communications. Mobile radio channels. Spread - spectrum techniques. Multiplexing and multiple access techniques. Wireless and cordless standards.

2.2- Course Objectives

In this course, students will learn wireless cellular communication systems and standards. Students will be taught how to design a cellular communication system and evaluate important systems parameters.

2.3- Course Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:

•  Apply linear block codes to a point-to-point communication system and evaluate the system bit-error-rate.

•  Analyze radio link of point-to-point communication systems and optimize these systems from performance and cost points of views.

•  Analyze link budget and area coverage of point-to-multipoint communication systems.

•  Analyze and design cellular mobile communication systems based various multiplexing and multiple access techniques.

•  Describe main features of various generations of mobile communication systems.

2.4- Knowledge Required for this Course

Knowledge of digital communications and probability theory is required.

2.5- CEAB Graduate Attribute

In this course, design of wireless systems will be taught in the class and practiced in assignments and group design project. There will be questions about system design in the midterm and final exams.

3- Course Material

3.1- Text Books

Following text books will be used as reference:

Bruce A. Black et al, Introduction to Wireless Systems, Prentice Hall, 2008.

Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.

You may also use following books as reference:

Gordon L. Stüber, Principles of Mobile Communication, 4th Ed., Springer, 2017

Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2002.

3.2- Other Course Material

Assignments, suggested problems and other required course material will be posted on the course Web Site.

4- Assessments

4.1- Assignments (15 marks)

There will be number of assignments which are to be answered and delivered to the instructor. Solutions of these assignments will be provided after the due time.

4.2- Project (10 marks)

There will be a system design group project which requires a formal typed report.

4.3- Midterm Exams (25 marks)

Closed book midterm exam will be held on Sunday March 4th from 15:00 to 18:00 in Room H1070. If you do not write the midterm exam without any legitimate reason, the grade of your midterm exam will be zero. If a student has legitimate reason not attending the midterm exam, he/she should immediately inform the instructor (either before or immediately after the exam). If you do not write the midterm exam but you have a legitimate reason, the final exam will include the grade of midterm.

4.4- Final Exam (50 marks)

A closed book exam will be held from whole the course material. Time and location will be announced by the University.

5- Grading Scheme

The letter grade will be given based on following scheme:

A-, A, A+: Overall mark of 80% or above

B-, B, B+: Overall mark of 65% to 79%

C-, C, C+: Overall mark of 50% to 64%

D-, D, D+: Overall mark of 45% to 49% and final mark of at least 50%

6- Rights and Responsibilities

6.1- Academic Code of Conduct

All Concordia University students must abide by the University's code of conduct which can be found in section 17.10 of Concordia University Undergraduate Calendar.

6.2- Expectations of Originality

Please note that you have to submit a signed copy of “expectations of originality form” to the mailbox of the instructor before submission of the first assignment.

You must write the following statements on the title page of each piece of work that you submit:

•  For individual work: “I certify that this submission is my original work and meets the Faculty's Expectations of Originality”, with your signature, I.D. #, and the date.

•  For group work: “We certify that this submission is the original work of members of the group and meets the Faculty's Expectations of Originality”, with the signatures and I.D. #s of all the team members and the date.