ECE *722 / Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

3 unit(s)

J. Chen

The past decade has seen many advances in physical-layer wireless communication theory and their implementation in wireless systems. This course takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains the web of concepts underpinning these advances at a level accessible to an audience with a basic background in probability and digital communication. Topics covered include MIMO (multiple input multiple output) communication, space-time coding, opportunistic communication, OFDM and CDMA. The concepts are illustrated using many examples from wireless systems such as GSM, IS-95 (CDMA), IS-856 (1xEV-DO), Flash OFDM and ArrayCommSDMA systems. particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between concepts and their implementation in systems.