Department of Computer Engineering
CMPE 581- Special Topics: Communications Engineering for Mobile/Wireless
Networks
(Fall 2006)
Catalog Data Special topics selected to reflect recent technologies and
trends in communication networks as dictated by faculty member expertise and
students’ interests. All seven-layer of computer communication networks will be
explored for the MS and PhD students with no background in communications &
networks.
Instructor Fatih Alagoz,
Assoc. Prof.
Credit 3 hours
by topics Each student should have the background in:
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Computer networks (Optional).
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Probability theory (Recommended).
Textbook There is no required textbook for this course. The required
materials will be provided during the course. Supplement articles and class
Power Point slides will be provided regularly.
References
·
and , “Introduction
to Wireless and
· Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and
Practice”, 2/e, 2002, Prentice Hall.
· W. Lee, “
Mobile Communications Design Fundamentals”, 2nd edition, John
Wiley & Sons.
· B. Sklar,
“Digital Communications-Fundamentals and Applications”, Prentice Hall.
· J.D. Parsons, “The
· H. Holma,
and A. Toskala, “ WCDMA for
UMTS –Radio Access For Third Generation
·
The course home page:
http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~alagoz/CMPE581.html
Course Objectives and Related Program Educational Objectives
(ABET200):
To be familiar with the wireless/mobile market and the
future needs and challenges.
To apply mathematical models of radio wave propagation.
To strengthen students’ knowledge in mobile/wireless
communication systems.
To design mobile/wireless communication systems.
To develop students’ writing and research skills.
Course Outcomes and Related to Program Outcomes (ABET200):
Understand the new trends in mobile/wireless communications
networks. [J,L].
Understand the characteristics of mobile/wireless
communication channels. [A].
Apply statistical models of multipath fading. [A,E].
Apply analytical and empirical models in the design of
wireless links. [A, C, E, K,L].
Understand the traffic and queuing theory. [A].
Design a cellular communication system. [A, C, E, K,L].
Apply frequency reuse, cell splitting and sectoring
techniques. [E, K, L].
Apply capacity and converge enhancement techniques. [E,K, L]
Analyze the performance of digital wireless systems in terms
of BER and outage probability. [A, E, L].
Understand the multiple radio access techniques. [A, E, L].
Understand the need of coding, diversity, interleaving and
link techniques for mobile/wireless communications networks. [A, E, L]
Understand the multiple division and modulation techniques. [A,
E, L].
Read and understand scientific articles through the term paper
assignments. [G,F].
Work out a complete design project related to mobile/wireless
systems. [A,C,E,G,F,K,L].
Course Topics:
T.1. INTRODUCTION:
History of Cellular Networks. Characteristics of Cellular
Networks. Fundamentals of Cellular Networks. Cellular Network Infrastructure. Satellite
Systems. Network Protocols. Ad
Hoc and Sensor Networks. Wireless LANs and PANs.
T.2. INTRODUCTION
TO
T.3. PROBABILITY
AND TRAFFIC THEORIES: Basic
Probability and Statistics Theories. Traffic Theory. Basic Queuing Systems.
T.4. CELLULAR
NETWORKS: Cell Area. Signal Strength and Cell Parameters. Capacity of a Cell. Frequency Reuse.
Co-channel Interference. Cell
Splitting. Cell Sectoring.
T.5. INTRODUCTION TO CHANNEL CODING FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS: Linear Block Codes. Cyclic Codes. Convolutional Codes. Interleaver . Turbo Codes. ARQ Techniques.
T.6. INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLE RADIO
ACCESS FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS: Multiple Radio Access Protocols. Contention-Based Protocols.
T.7. MULTIPLE
DIVISION TECHNIQUES: Concepts and Models of FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA. Modulation Techniques.
T.8. Performance analysis of Wireless NETWORKS:
Outage probability and probability of bit error for
both analog and digital wireless systems in multipath fading channels.
T.9. CHANNEL
ALLOCATION: Static versus Dynamic Allocation. Fixed Channel Allocation Schemes . Dynamic Channel Allocation.
Other Channel Allocation Schemes. Allocation
in Specialized System Structure. Channel Modeling.
Modeling for Handoff Calls.
T.10. NEW TRENDS IN MOBILE/WIRELESS NETWORKS: EXISTING WIRELESS SYSTEMS: AMPS, Global System
for Mobile Communications (GSM), Person
al Communications Services (PCS),
IS-95, International Mobile
Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000).satellite systems, network protocols, ad hoc
and sensor networks, wireless lans and pans, video wlans, wimax, etc.
Grading
policy (tentative):
Class activities 5%
Pop quizzes 10%
Homeworks 10%
Midterm 1 20%
Midterm 2 20%
Final 35%
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Three 50-minute lecture/discussion
sessions per week.
Contribution of Course to Meeting the
Professional Component:
Mathematics and Basic Science: 40 %
New Trends in Engineering
topics: 60 %
Prepared by: Fatih Alagoz
Date: September 16, 2006