Wireless communications
[ELEC2796]
[30h + 30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Claude Oestges, Luc Vandendorpe
Language: English
Level: Second
Aims
- simulate a cellular communication system and estimate its performance from these simulations (bit error rate, channel effects, interference effects)
- model terrestrial and earth-sky satellite channels
- design receivers for several types of mobiles systems and evaluate their performance
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
- Multiple acces (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA)
- Channel models for macro-, micro and pico-cellular systems
- Description and performance analysis of GSM
- Channel models for multi-antenna systems
- Description and performance of multi-antenna (MIMO) systems
- CDMA : motivation, codes, rake receiver, multiuser receivers
- Description of the UMTS air interface. Performance of possible receivers. Impact of channel and co-channel interferences
- OFDM systems
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
There will be lectures interleaved with practical training. There is project about the software implementation of a cellular communication system
Prerequisits
ELEC1360 Telecommunications
Assessment
Written examination with exercices, with notes and evaluation of the project