SYLLABUS IN DETAILS
ICT-1001: Advanced Wireless Communication
Preliminaries: Narrow and Wideband Fading Channel models, Digital Modulation Schemes and their comparative performance, Equalization and Diversity Techniques.
Coding for Wireless Channels: Linear Block Codes, Convolutional Codes, Concatenated Codes, Turbo Codes, Low Density Parity Check Codes, Coded Modulation, Unequal Error Protection Codes, Joint Source and Channel Coding.
Multicarrier Wireless Communication: Data Transmission using Multiple Carriers, Multicarrier Modulation with Overlapping sub channels, Mitigation of subcarrier fading, discrete Implementation of Multicarrier, Challenges in Multi carrier system, OFDM-based wireless network overview, Multicarrier Modulation based Methods, MC-CDMA.
Wireless Networks and Topologies: Introduction, Wireless network topologies; Infrastructure network topology. Ad hoc network topology, Comparison of ad hoc and infrastructure network topologies, Cellular topology; the cellular concept, Cellular hierarchy, Cell fundamentals.
Wireless Network Planning: Signal-to-interference ratio calculation, Capacity expansion techniques, Architectural methods for capacity expansion; Cell splitting, Using directional antennas for cell sectoring, Lee’s microcell method, Using overlaid cells Using smart antennas, Channel allocation techniques and capacity expansion; Fixed channel allocation (FCA), Dynamic channel allocation (DCA), Hybrid channel allocation (HCA), Comparison of FCA, DCA and HCA, Migration to digital systems, Network planning for CDMA systems, Issues in CDMA network planning: managing the noise floor, cell breathing.
Adhoc Wireless Networks: Applicatons, Design Principles and Challenges, Protocol Layers, Cross-Layer Design, Network Capacity Limits, Energy-Constrained Networks.
Emerging Technologies: 4G and Beyond, Internet of Things, Smart Grid, M2M Communication, Heterogeneous small scale network, Massive MIMO.
Reference Books:
1. Wireless Communication : Andrea Goldsmith
2. Principles of Wireless Communication: T. S. Rappaport
3. Principles of Wireless Networks-A Unified Approach: Kaveh Pahlvan
4. OFDM-Based Broadband Wireless Networks: Design and Optimization: Hui Liu, Guoqing Li.