EE728 WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
| Course Code: | 5670728 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr EREN BALEVİ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will be able to characterize the randomness in wireless channels through various parameters.
Students will be able to apply diversity techniques and computer capacity of wireless channels.
Students will be able to analyze and design systerms that can be used in modern communications systems.
Course Content
Review of statistical channel models, fading multipath channels frequency/time selectivity. Classification of diversity in time/frequency/space domains. Review of diversity techniques, spread spectrum, RAKE receiver. Capacity of wireless channels. Adaptive modulation and coding. Multiple antenna systems. Multicarrier modulation, OFDM. Iterative methods in coding for wireless channels. Multiuser systems. Iterative and adaptive structures in receiver design. Application on physical layers of 802.11 and DVB-T standards.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to determine attributes of a wireless channel based on various parameters.
Students will apply diversity techniques to mitigate the effects of fading channels.
Students will compute the capacity of frequency and time selective channels.
Students will apply adaptation to modulation and coding in order to operate close to capacity.
Students will comprehend multicarrier modulation and the conditions for which multicarrier modulation is utilized.
Students will apply multi-antenna transmission and reception techniques to boost capacity/reliability of fading channels.
Students will learn iterative techniques in receiver design.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Depth: Our graduates acquire in depth knowledge in one of the various specialization areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, they are informed about current scientific research topics and they implement innovative methods. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Breadth: Our graduates get familiarized in other subspecialty areas related to their specialization in Electrical and Electronics engineering and/or relevant areas in other disciplines. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Research: Our graduates acquire the skills to conduct and to complete scientific research by accessing contemporary knowledge in their specialty areas. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Life-long learning: Our graduates develop their life-long learning habits. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Communication skills: Our graduates concisely communicate their ideas and work related results in written and oral form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ethics: Our graduates internalize rules of research and publication ethics as well as professional ethics. | ✔ | |||