Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: tba
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Wireless Communications, Goldsmith, A., Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
Applicable student group(s): Electronics Engineering students.
Course Details:
Module 1: - Radio Spectrum Allocation and Management
- Review of end-to-end Communication Link
- Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Management
- Licensed vs. Unlicensed Spectrum
- Channel Bandwidth and Carrier Frequency
(Learning Outcomes 1)
Module 2: Digital Modulation Techniques
- Modulation in Time and Frequency Domain
- I-Q Modulation and Demodulation
- Constellation Diagram and Gray Coding
- BER Performance Analysis
- Eye Diagram and its Interpretation
- Binary Phase Keying (BPSK)
- Quadrature Phase Keying (QPSK)
- Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
- Multicarrier Modulation and OFDM.
(Lab project 1 @ 7.5%)
(Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Module 3: Point-to-Point Wireless Communications
- P2P Communication Link
- Antenna Gain and Dimensions
- EM Propagation: Reflection, Diffraction and Scattering
- Path Loss, Shadowing and Multipath Fading
- Power, Reliability and Outage Probability.
(Quiz 1 @5%)
(Learning Outcome 6 and 7)
Module 4: Short-Range Wireless Communications
- Communication Range and Area Coverage
- Network Architecture: Star, Ring and Mesh Topologies
- Bluetooth, ZigBee and Wi-Fi Technologies
- Network Planning and Deployment
(Lab project 2 @ 7.5%)
(Learning Outcome 8)
Module 5: Mobile Communications
- Evolution of Mobile Generations: 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G
- Mobile Systems and 3GPP Standards
- Frequency Reuse in Cellular System
- Sectoring and Cell Splitting.
- Mobile Radio Propagation
- Downlink and Uplink Communications
- Co-channel Interference and Noise
- Channel Access Methods: FDMA, TDMA and CDMA.
- 5G Mobile Technology
(Quiz 2 @5%)
(Lab project 3 @ 7.5%)
(Learning Outcome 9 and 10)
Module 6: IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks
- IoT Use cases in 5G Technology
- Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN)
- LPWAN standards: LoRa and NB-IoT
- Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
- WSN Architecture and Applications
- Ad Hoc Sensor Networks.
(Learning Outcome 11)
Module 7: Satellite Communication and Navigation
- Orbital Geometry: LEO, MEO, GEO and HEO
- Satellite Bands, Spot Beam and Coverage Map
- SATCOM Applications: TV, Radio and Mobile
- GNSS Constellations: GPS, GALILEO and GLONASS
- GPS Receiver Sensitivity and Accuracy
- 2D and 3D Satellite Positioning
(Lab project 4 @ 7.5%)
(Learning Outcome 12)