Subject Code: EC6L020 Name: Wireless and Mobile Communications L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Review of Digital Communication: Block diagram of digital communication, Modulation Schemes ( BPSK, M-PSK, M-QAM, M-FSK),  Pulse Shaping, Bandwidth efficiency, MAP-Receivers, AWGN Channel and Performance analysis.

Wireless Channels:   Fading Wireless Channel Modeling , Rayleigh/Ricean Fading Channels ,BER Performance in Fading Channels , Diversity modeling for Wireless Communications, BER Performance Improvement with diversity, RMS Delay Spread , Doppler Fading, Jakes Model, Jakes Spectrum , Impact of Doppler Fading, Types of Diversity – Frequency, Time, Space;

Cellular Communications: Introduction to Cellular Communications, Frequency reuse, Multiple Access Technologies, Cellular Processes ‐ Call Setup, Handover, Introduction to CDMA ,Walsh codes,   PN Sequences , Multipath diversity, RAKE Receiver,  MIMO/OFDM: Introduction to MIMO, MIMO Channel Capacity, SVD and Eigenmodes of the MIMO Channel, MIMO Spatial Multiplexing – BLAST, MIMO Diversity – Alamouti, OSTBC, Introduction to OFDM , Multicarrier Modulation and Cyclic Prefix, OFDM Issues.

Wireless Standards: GSM, GPRS, WCDMA, LTE, WiMAX.

Prerequisite: None

Texts/References Books:
  1. Fundamentals of Wireless Communications, David Tse and Pramod Viswanath,  Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  2. Wireless Communications, Andrea Goldsmith, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  3. Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Theodore Rappaport, Prentice Hall, Second Edition.