Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6510 : 5G and Beyond Communications { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Pawan Kumar
Syllabus
Module 1: (6 hours)
Introduction and fundamentals of wireless communications: Evolution of cellular systems, requirements, goals, and vision of the next generation wireless communication systems wireless channel modeling (microwave, mmWave, teraHertz, and optical) performance metrics.
Module 2: (12 hours)
Small Cell Networks:
Small cells: Past, present, and future trends of cellular networks coverage and capacity of small cell networks interference management, D2D architecture, 5G IoT, and spectrum sharing.
Multiple access techniques and waveforms: OFDMA, filter banks, GFDM, OTFS, NOMA.
Module 3: (12 hours)
mmWave Massive MIMO: Point-to-point MIMO, virtual MIMO (relaying), multiuser MIMO, massive MIMO, propagation channel model, channel estimation, uplink/downlink data transmission, capacity bounds, achievable rate, and energy and spectral efficiency trade-off.
mmWave: Applications, radio wave propagation, mmWave MIMO challenges, channel modeling, channel estimation, beamforming.
Module 4: (7 hours)
6G Key Enablers:
Wireless energy harvesting: Energy-rate trade-off Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT), time-switching, and power splitting wireless powered communication networks outage probability and throughput.
Machine learning applications: Channel modeling and estimation, spectrum sensing and sharing, resource allocation (NOMA, mmWave massive MIMO).
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS).
Course Objectives
- Learning the basics of past, present, and future standards and trends of mobile communications.
- Providing a basic understanding of the key technologies and enablers of 5G and <br />beyond 5G communication systems.
- Be familiar with terminologies such as massive MIMO, mmWave, NOMA, wireless powered communications, machine learning for wireless communications, etc.
- Developing an analytical capability for solving various problems of next generation wireless communications.
Course Outcomes
1. Distinguish and understand the major cellular communication standards (1G/2G/3G/4G/5G/6G systems) and wireless communications networks. <br />2. Describe different technologies of 5G and beyond 5G communications. <br />3. Apply the basic understanding to solve the existing problems of next-generation communications. <br />4. Analyze the performance of various communications systems from a physical layer perspective. <br />5. Identify the state-of-the-art problems and apply the basic knowledge for finding out the required solutions.
Essential Reading
- E. Bjorson, J. Hoydis, and L. Sanguinetti, Massive MIMO Networks: Spectral, Energy, and Hardware Efficiency, now Publishers , 2018
- T. S. Rappaport, R. W. Heath Jr., R. C. Daniels, and J. M. Murdock, Millimeter Wave Wireless Communication, Pearson Education , 2015
Supplementary Reading
- S. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, and L. Dai, mmWave Massive MIMO: A Paradigm for 5G, Academic Press , London, U.K., 2017
- M. Vaezi, Z. Ding, and H. V. Poor, Multiple Access techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond, Springer Nature , Switzerland, 2019
Journal and Conferences
- E. Boshkovska, D. W. K. Ng, N. Zlatanov and R. Schober, "Practical Non-Linear Energy Harvesting Model and Resource Allocation for SWIPT Systems," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 2082-2085, Dec. 2015.
- S. Mohajer, I. Bergel and G. Caire, "Cooperative Wireless Mobile Caching: A Signal Processing Perspective," in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 18-38, Mar. 2020.