12 units
The demand for wireless products is growing at an impressive rate: cellular telephony, wireless internet access, wireless PDAs, wireless LANS, pagers, wireless cable, and the list goes on and on. This demand for newer and better products has created the need for engineers who are knowledgeable and skilled in the unique research and design issues encountered in developing wireless communications systems. In this course, we will study wireless system design with an emphasis on what are often referred to as "physical layer" topics: cellular system techniques and capacity, radio wave propagation and coverage, smart antennas, modulation formats and efficiency, RF system design, signal processing and coding techniques, and multiple access techniques. Wireless local area networks, cellular telephone systems, and the Global Positioning System will be used as examples to illustrate these concepts.
4 hrs. lec.
Prerequisites: 18-450 and senior or graduate standing.
Last updated on March 21, 2007
Signal Processing and Communications
Signals and Systems
Depth
S05, S04, F03, F02, F01, F00, F99
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