1. RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEEERING COLLEGE,THANDALAM
LESSON PLAN
SUBJECT: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
SUBJECT CODE: EC2401
FACULTY NAME: Mrs. I.Poonguzhali / EC131 Class : IV Yr / VII Sem / ECE A&B
Syllabus
EC2401 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION L T P C 3 0 0 3
AIM
To introduce the concept of measurement and the related instrumentation requirement as a vital ingredient of
electronics and communication engineering.
OBJECTIVE
To learn
Basic Wireless Concepts
Concepts of wireless transmission and reception
Importance of signal processing steps and techniques
Multiple access techniques and 2G and 3G wireless networks and standards
UNIT I SERVICES AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES 9
Types of Services, Requirements for the services, Multipath propagation, Spectrum
Limitations, Noise and Interference limited systems, Principles of Cellular networks,
Multiple Access Schemes.
UNIT II WIRELESS PROPAGATION CHANNELS 9
Propagation Mechanisms (Qualitative treatment), Propagation effects with mobile radio,Channel Classification, Link
calculations, Narrowband and Wideband models.
UNIT III WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS 9
Structure of a wireless communication link, Modulation and demodulation – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, /4-
Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, Offset-Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, Binary Frequency Shift Keying,
Minimum Shift Keying, Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying, Power spectrum and Error performance in fading channels.
2. UNIT IV SIGNAL PROCESSING IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS 9
Principle of Diversity, Macrodiversity, Microdiversity, Signal Combining Techniques, Transmit diversity, Equalisers-
Linear and Decision Feedback equalisers, Review of Channel coding and Speech coding techniques.
UNIT V ADVANCED TRANSCEIVER SCHEMES 9
Spread Spectrum Systems- Cellular Code Division Multiple Access Systems- Principle, Power control, Effects of
multipath propagation on Code Division Multiple Access, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing – Principle,
Cyclic Prefix, Transceiver implementation, Second Generation(GSM, IS–95) and Third Generation Wireless
Networks and Standards
TOTAL= 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Andreas.F. Molisch, “Wireless Communications”, John Wiley – India, 2006.
2. Simon Haykin & Michael Moher, “Modern Wireless Communications”, Pearson Education, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Rappaport. T.S., “Wireless communications”, Pearson Education, 2003.
2. Gordon L. Stuber, “Principles of Mobile Communication”, Springer International Ltd.,2001.
3. Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
S.NO DATE TOPICS UNIT REFERNCE
PAGE
NO
UNIT I SERVICES AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
1. Types of Services I T1 8 - 16
2. Requirements for the services I T1 16 - 25
3. Multipath propagation I T1 25 – 30
4. Spectrum Limitations I T1 30 - 33
5. Noise and Interference limited systems I T1 35 - 43
6. Principles of Cellular networks I T1 361 - 367
7. Principles of Cellular networks I T1 361 - 367
8. Multiple Access Schemes I T1 345 - 361
9. Multiple Access Schemes I T1 345 - 361
UNIT II WIRELESS PROPAGATION CHANNELS
10. Propagation Mechanisms (Qualitative treatment) II TI 43 - 64
11. Propagation Mechanisms (Qualitative treatment) II TI 43 – 64
12. Propagation effects with mobile radio II R1 105 - 177
13. Propagation effects with mobile radio II R1
105 - 177
15. Channel Classification II R1 105 - 177
3. 16. Channel Classification, Link calculations II R1 105 - 177
17. Narrowband models II TI 119 - 120
18. Wideband models II TI 120 - 124
UNIT III WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS
19. Structure of a wireless communication link III TI 171 - 179
20. Modulation III TI 179 - 210
21. Demodulation III TI 211 - 239
22. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, /4-Differential Quadrature Phase
Shift Keying
III TI 188 - 196
23. Offset-Quadrature Phase Shift Keying III TI 196 - 197
24. Binary Frequency Shift Keying III TI 200 - 202
25. Minimum Shift Keying, Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying III TI 202 - 206
26. Power spectrum and Error performance in fading channels III R1 339 -350
27. Power spectrum and Error performance in fading channels III R1 339 -350
UNIT IV SIGNAL PROCESSING IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS
28. Principle of Diversity, Macrodiversity IV TI 239 - 240,
247 - 248
29. Microdiversity IV TI 240 - 248
30. Signal Combining Techniques IV TI 249 - 257
31. Transmit diversity IV TI 262
32.
33.
Equalisers- Linear equalisers IV TI 325 – 335
Decision Feedback equalisers IV TI 335 – 337
34. Review of Channel coding techniques IV TI 263 - 300
35. Review of Channel coding techniques IV TI 263 - 300
36. Review of Speech coding techniques IV TI 301 - 324
UNIT V ADVANCED TRANSCEIVER SCHEMES
37 Spread Spectrum Systems- Cellular Code Division Multiple Access
Systems
V T1 372 - 383
38 Cellular Code Division Multiple Access Systems- Principle, Power
control
V T1 383 - 388
39 Effects of multipath propagation on Code Division Multiple Access V T1 376 - 379
40 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing – Principle V T1 399 - 400
41 Cyclic Prefix V T1 402 - 407
42 Transceiver implementation V T1 400 - 402
43 Second Generation(GSM, IS–95) Wireless Networks and Standards V T1 467 - 511
44 Second Generation(GSM, IS–95) Wireless Networks and Standards V T1 467 - 511
45 Third Generation Wireless Networks and Standards V T1 513 - 539
