Course Outline
Introduction and Background on LTE (~0.5 week)
Network Architecture and Protocols (~2 weeks)
Network architecture
Control plane protocols
User plane protocols
Physical Layer for Downlink (~6 weeks)
OFDMA Technology Overview and Downlink PHY Design
Synchronization and Cell Search
Reference Signals and Channel Estimation
Downlink Physical Data and Control Channels
Link Adaptation and Channel Coding
Multiple Antenna Techniques
Multi-User Scheduling and Interference Coordination
Broadcast Operation
Physical Layer for Uplink (~2.5 weeks)
Uplink PHY Design
Uplink Reference Signals
Uplink Physical Channel Structure
Uplink Capacity and Coverage
Random Access for Uplink
Uplink Transmission Procedures
Practical Deployment Aspects (~1 week)
User Equipment Positioning
Radio Propagation Environment
Radio Frequency Aspects
Radio Resource Management
Paired and Unpaired Spectrum
Picocells, Femtocells, and Home eNodeBs
Self Optimizing Networks
LTE System Performance
LTE Advanced (~1 week)
Introduction to LTE Advanced
Carrier Aggregation
Multiple Antenna Techniques for LTE Advanced
Relaying
Additional Features of LTE Release-10 and Future Directions
5G Communications (~3 weeks)
5G network architecture
mmWave Communications
Massive MIMO
Machine Type Communications (MTC)
Device-to-Device Communications (D2D, ProSe)
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (V2X)
Tactile Internet