ECE 578 - LTE and 5G Communications
Instructor: Ismail Guvenc
Office: EB2-3060, Phone: 919-513-1378, e-mail: iguvenc@ncsu.edu
Course Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM, Location: 1230 Engineering Building 2, Centennial Campus
Office Hours (Zoom meeting): Tuesdays/Thursdays 4:30 PM – 5 PM or with an appointment
Course Delivery Method: In-class delivery. There will also be a distance education section. Course recordings can be accessible from the following website (search for ECE 578 and login with your NC State credentials): https://www.engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/student-resources/course-homepages/
Teaching Assistant: Simran Singh (ssingh28@ncsu.edu) and Sung Joon Maeng (smaeng@ncsu.edu)
TA Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM (Simran Singh) and Fridays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Sung-Joon Maeng). Zoom links for TA office hours are posted to Piazza.
Course Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ece578fall2021
Prerequisites: Although not mandatory, the students are advised to have the prior knowledge gained from ECE 570 or ECE 582 before taking this course.
Textbook: Stefania Sesia (Editor), Issam Toufik (Editor), Matthew Baker (Editor), "LTE, The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice", Wiley, 2nd Edition, Sept. 2011, ISBN-10: 0470660252 | ISBN-13: 978-0470660256.
Supplementary References:
1) Houman Zarrinkoub,"Understanding LTE with MATLAB: From Mathematical Modeling to Simulation and Prototyping", Wiley, March 2014.
2) Christopher Cox, "An Introduction to LTE: LTE, LTE-Advanced, SAE and 4G Mobile Communications", Wiley, 2012.
3) Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall and Johan Skold, "4G: LTE/LTE-Advanced for Mobile Broadband", Academic Press, 2011.
4) Arunabha Ghosh, Jun Zhang, Jeffrey G. Andrews and Rias Muhamed, "Fundamentals of LTE", Prentice Hall, 2010.
5) Amitabha Ghosh, Rapeepat Ratasuk, "Essentials of LTE and LTE-A," Cambridge University Press, 2011.
6) Farooq Khan, "LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband: Air Interface Technologies and Performance", Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Grading:
Homeworks: 25%
Weekly multiple choice questions: 5%
Project: 35%
Final (comprehensive, take home): 35%
Grading Scale:
A+: Above 100, 95 <= A <= 100, 90<= A- < 95
85 <= B+ < 90, 80 <= B < 85, 75 <= B- < 80
70 <= C+ < 75, 65 <= C < 70, 60 <= C- < 65
55 <= D+ < 60, 50 <= D < 55, 45 <= D- < 50
F: Below 50
Course Objectives:
To understand the overall network architecture and protocols for LTE networks, including control plane protocols and user plane protocols.
To learn the downlink physical layer of LTE systems in detail, including: how OFDMA technology is adopted in LTE; synchronization and cell search procedures; reference symbols and channel estimation; use of control/data channels in LTE downlink; multiple antenna techniques; scheduling and interference coordination; and broadcast operation.
To learn the uplink physical layer of LTE systems in detail, including: uplink PHY design in LTE; uplink reference signal design and physical channel structure; random access for uplink; and uplink transmission procedures (power control and timing alignment).
To understand various practical deployment aspects of LTE networks, including: user equipment positioning; radio propagation characteristics; radio resource management; small cell deployment in LTE; and self optimizing network (SON) features in LTE.
To understand the basic features of LTE–Advanced networks, including: carrier aggregation, MIMO enhancements, relaying, and interference coordination enhancements.
To have a high level understanding of the basic features of emerging 5G wireless networks, including mmWave communications, massive MIMO, machine type communications, device-to-device and vehicle-to-vehicle communications, and tactile (low latency) Internet.