Course Description:
The goal of this course is to teach students the fundamentals of wireless communications from basic principles to the current standards for 5G cellular networks, WiFi 6, and Low Power IoT Communication. The course would take a practical systems approach breaking up the technical components of a wireless communication system both in terms analog hardware, digital processing, and software. Students will learn the components of an end to end wireless communication system including: amplifiers, mixers, AGCs, up and down-conversion, pulse shaping, synchronization, modulation, channel equalization, carrier recovery, etc. The course also covers techniques used in the latest communication systems like 5G, WiFi 6 and IoT. These include OFDM, MIMO, Multi-user MIMO, Beamforming, Millimeter Wave, OFDMA, Backscatter communication, Spread Spectrum Communication, Bluetooth, LoRA, etc. The course combines core mathematical principles with practical system design.
Instructor: Haitham Hassanieh
TAs: Jitian Zhang, Junfeng Guan, Sohrab Madani
Reading Material:
Schedule:
All times and dates are listed in China standard time.
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Date |
Time |
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Lectures |
1 |
Sun. Jul. 19 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Vocabulary]
[Slides] |
Lec 1. Introduction:
Overview & Logistics
Wireless Spectrum
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Up/Down Conversion
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Sun. Jul. 19 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Office Hours |
2 |
Mon. Jul. 20 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Slides] |
Lec 2. Modulation:
Types of modulaiton
BPSK, DBPSK, ASK, FSK
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PSK, QAM
Maximum Likelihood, BER vs. SNR
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Mon. Jul. 20 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Office Hours |
3 |
Tues. Jul. 21 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Slides] |
Lec 3. Wireless Channel:
Wireless Channel
Channel Equalization
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Multipath, ISI, & Frequency Selective Fading
Pulse Shaping & Matched Filter.
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Tues. Jul. 21 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Office Hours |
4 |
Wed. Jul. 22 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Slides] |
Lec 4. OFDM:
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Packet Detection
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Channel and CFO Estimation
Pilots and Phase Tracking
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Wed. Jul. 22 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Office Hours |
5 |
Thurs. Jul. 23 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Slides] |
Lec 5. Internet of Things (IoT):
LoRa & Chirp Spread Spectrum
Narrowband IoT
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Backscatter Communication
Bluetooth, FHSS, DSSS
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Thurs. Jul. 23 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Office Hours |
6 |
Fri. Jul. 24 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | [Slides] |
Lec 6. 5G & WiFi 6:
5G Background
Millimeter wave communication
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WiFi 6 Background
OFDMA
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10 |
Sat. Jul. 26 | 2:00 pm - 1:59 pm | |
Take home exam (24hrs)
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