ELG5133: Introduction to Mobile Communications (Fall 2011)

(under construction, frequently updated)

Announcements:

Final exam marks and course grades.

The course project guidelines have been posted.

1st Lecture: Wed. Sep. 7.

Please download and print the Lectures before coming to the class. All the questions will be answered in the class.

Course information:

see Lecture 1

Office hours:

Office hours: Thursday, 5-6pm. Outside office hours - by appointment only. No appointments on Fridays. No exceptions! You are encouraged to ask questions immediately after lectures (but not before). No questions by email (will not be answered).

Lectures:

Monday (STE C0136) & Wednesday (VNR 5070), 17:30 - 19:00.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Monte-Carlo method

Review of Matrix Theory, Review of Optimization Theory

MIMO Capacity ,  V-BLAST

Assignments:

 

Assignment marks:

 

Project Info:

Tips for preparing a presentation:

·         see “ How to Prepare a Bad Talk” by D.G.Messerschmitt.

·         number all slides

·         give a printout to the instructor

The course project guidelines.

List of recommended papers (selected areas only; add additional papers of your choice!)

Additional material:

 

Course References: Books

Main:

 

  1. D. Tse, P. Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communications, Cambridge, 2005.
  2. T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002.

 

Additional:

 

  1. J.M. Wozencraft, I.M. Jacobs, Principles of Communication Engineering, Wiley: New York, 1965.
  2. G.L. Stuber, Principles of Mobile Communications, Kluwer, Boston, 2001.
  3. W.C. Jakes, Jr.: ‘Microwave Mobile Communications’, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1974.
  4. J.M. Cioffi, Digital Communications (course notes), Stanford University, 2007 (available at http://www.stanford.edu/group/cioffi/)
  5. J.R. Barry, E.A. Lee, D.G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communications (3rd Ed.), Kluwer, Boston, 2004.
  6. J. Proakis, Digital Communications, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2001. (new edition: 2008)
  7. J.C. Liberti, Jr., T.S. Rappaport, Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 1999.
  8. E.G. Larson, P. Stoica, Space-Time Block Coding for Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  9. A. Paulraj, R. Nabar, D. Gore, Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  10. B.Sklar, Digital Communications, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  11.  J.D. Parsons, The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel, Wiley, Chichester, 2000.
  12.  H.L. Bertoni, Radio Propagation for Modern Wireless Systems, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2000.
  13.  M. Patzold, Mobile Fading Channels, Wiley, Chichester, 2002.
  14. R. Vaughan, J.B. Andersen, Channels, Propagation and Antennas for Mobile Communications, IEE, Stevenage, 2003.

Course References: Papers (Selected only)

•     Special Issue on Stochastic Geometry and Random Graphs for the Analysis and Design of Wireless Networks, IEEE JSAC, v. 27, N. 7, Sep. 2009.
•     Special Issue on Models, Theory, and Codes for Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.53, no.10, Oct. 2007.
•     Special Issue on Cooperative Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.5, May 2008.
•     Special Issue: Cognitive Radio Technology, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol.25, no.6, November 2008.
•     Special Issue: Cognitive Radio: Theory and Applications, IEEE JSAC, v. 26, N. 1, Jan. 2008.
•     Special Issue: Adaptive, Spectrum Agile, and Cognitive Wireless Networks, IEEE JSAC, v. 25, N. 3, Apr. 2007.
•     Special Issue: Signal Processing and Networking for Dynamic Spectrum Access, IEEE JSTSP, v. 2, N.1, Feb. 2008.
•     Special Issue on MIMO Systems, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, v. 50, N. 10, Oct. 2002.
•     Special Issue on MIMO Systems, IEEE Journal Selected Areas Comm, v. 21, N. 3 and 5, April and June 2003.
•     Special Issue on Space-Time Transmission, Reception, Coding and Signal Processing, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, v. 49, N. 10, Oct. 2003.
•     Special Issue on Gigabit Wireless, Proceedings of the IEEE, v. 92, N.2, Feb. 2004.
•     Special Issue on Optimization of MIMO Tranceivers for Realistic Communication Networks: Challenges and Opportunities, IEEE JSAC, v. 25, N. 7, Sep. 2007.
•     Special Issue on Nonlinear Optimization of Communication Systems, IEEE JSAC (special issue), v. 24, N. 8, Aug. 2006.
•     Special Issue on Game Theory in Communication Systems, IEEE JSAC (special issue), v. 26, N. 7,Sep. 2008.
•     Special Issue on Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications, IEEE JSAC (special issue), v. 25, N. 4, May 2007.

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•     S.M. Alamouti, A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, v.16, N.8, pp. 1451 -1458, Oct. 1998
•     I.E. Telatar, "Capacity of Multi-Antenna Gaussian Channels," AT&T Bell Lab. Internal Tech. Memo., June 1995 (European Trans. Telecom., v.10, N.6, Dec.1999).
•     G.J. Foschini, M.J. Gans: ‘On Limits of Wireless Communications in a Fading Environment when Using Multiple Antennas’, Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 311-335, March 1998. (available for download)
•     G.D. Golden, G.J. Foschini, R.A. Valenzuela, P.W. Wolniansky, ‘Detection Algorithm and Initial Laboratory Results Using V-BLAST Space-Time Communication Architecture’, Electronics Letters, vol. 35, No. 1, pp.14-16, 7th January 1999.
•     G.G. Rayleigh, J.M. Gioffi, "Spatio-Temporal Coding for Wireless Communications," IEEE Trans. Commun., v.44, N.3, pp. 357-366, 1998.
•     V. Tarokh, N. Seshadri, A.R. Calderbank, Space-Time Codes for High Data Rate Wireless Communication: Performance Criterion and Code Construction, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, v. 44, N. 2, pp. 744-765, Mar. 1998.
•     P. Gupta, P.R. Kumar, The Capacity of Wireless Networks, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, v. 46, N. 2, pp. 388-404, Mar. 2000.

Midterm Exam:

none

Final Exam:

Dec. 12, Mon. 17:00-20:00, open book.