Syllabus

Introduction
Evolution of Mobile Radio Systems & recent trends, Cellular concepts: Frequency reuse, Channel assignment strategies, Handoff, Types of Inter-cell interference, Channel Planning, Power control for reducing interference, Various Schemes for Improving coverage and capacity, Dynamic Resource Allocation, Sectorization. [8 Hours]

Mobile Radio Propagation and Fading
Radio wave propagation, Reflection, Diffraction, Scattering, Path loss and shadowing, Link budget Design, Empirical Path-Loss Models and link budget design, Outage probability under Path loss and Shadowing of channels, Outdoor and indoor propagation models, Multipath propagation and small scale fading, Impulse response, Parameters for mobile multipath channels, Types of small scale fading, Indoor and outdoor statistical models for multi-path Channel fading, Statistical Characterization and Generation of Fading Channel, Analysis of Rayleigh fading simulator, fading statistics, Spectral shape of Doppler spread, Level-Crossing Rate and Average Duration of Fades, Effect of Multipath shape factors for small scale fading [12Hours]

Modelling & analysis of mobile radio channels
Parametrization of Sum-of-Sinusoids Channel Models, Frequency-Nonselective Channel Models, Frequency-Selective Channel Models, Space-time Channel Models, Spatial Correlation of Ray-Based Channel Model, Capacity of wireless channel: Frequency selective & fading channels. [4Hours]

Equalization and Diversity Techniques
Fundamentals of Equalization Technique, Equalizer types, Linear and non-linear equalizers: ZF, MMSE, MLSE, DFE, etc., Equalizer noise enhancement, Algorithms for Adaptive equalizer (Training & tracking), Space Diversity techniques: Selection Diversity, MRC, EGC, etc.), Moment Generating Functions in Diversity Analysis, Polarization, Frequency, and Time Diversity, Multiple Antenna Wireless system model, Symbol Detection and Multi-antenna BER performances. [8 Hours]

Channel Estimation
Pilot Structure: Block, Comb & Lattice type, Training Symbol-Based Channel Estimation, Decision-Directed Channel Estimation, Channel Estimation in Fast Time-Varying Channels, Channel Estimation for Multi-Antenna Systems, Advanced Channel Estimation Techniques.[4 Hours]

To understand the design concepts in a cellular architecture, channel assignment,interference , system capacity etc considering evolution and standards,

To study radio propagation mechanisms over wireless channels and to know about conditions for various indoor and outdoor mobile radio channels in large-scale and small-scale fading scenarios.

To evaluate techniques to mitigate channel dispersion, fading, and do performance analysis.

To understand various techniques in mobile communication receivers to overcome pathloss and fading.

To implement pilot aided channel estimation schemes for single antenna and multiantenna systems.

CO1: Knowlege about the evolution, fundamental principles and design concepts of cellular communication system through critical assessment.

CO2:Knowledge of indoor and outdoor Propagation Models and practical link budget design using Path loss Models & differentiate pathloss from fading.

CO3: Conduct the statistical characterization of mobile multipath channels through practical measurement and analysis of parameters of the mobile radio channels in small scale fading..

CO4: Developing the skill for overcoming the fading related challenges and analyse the system performance.

CO5: Estimate the channel parameters from the received signals.

T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications – Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall of India

Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press

IEEE Transaction of Wireless Communication