| Lecture # |
Dates |
Lecture Topic/Lab |
Due |
1
8/24
Introductions to Course and Wireless Systems (Ch. 1)
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8/25
No Lab
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2
8/26
Overview of Digital Communications (Ch. 2.1-2.5)
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3
8/31
Fourier Transforms (Ch. 3.1)
| HW #1
| | | |
9/1
No Lab
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4
9/2
Bandlimited Signals and Sampling Theorem (Ch. 3.1)
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5
9/7
Statistical Signal Processing (Ch. 3.2)
| HW #2
| | | |
9/8
Lab 1
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6
9/9
DT Processing of CT Signals (Ch. 3.1.6)
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7
9/14
Passband Signal Processing with Up-/Downconversion (Ch. 3.3.1-3.3.2)
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9/15
Lab 2
| Lab 1 Report
| | | |
8
9/16
Complex Baseband Equivalent Channel (Ch. 3.3.3-3.3.5)
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| | | |
9
9/21
Linear Complex Pulse Amplitude Modulation, Contellations, Computing Energy, Bandwidth, and Power, Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels (Ch. 4.1-4.3)
| HW #3
| | | |
9/22
Lab 2 (cont'd)
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| | | |
10
9/23
Nyquist Pulse Shapes (Ch. 4.4,3.4)
|
| | | |
11
9/28
Digital Implementation of Pulse Shaping and Matched Filtering (Ch. 4.5)
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9/29
Lab 3
| Lab 2 Report
| | | |
12
9/30
Maximum Likelihood Detection in Additive White Noise, Probability of Error Analysis (Ch. 4.4-4.5)
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13
10/5
Coherence Bandwidth, Impairments in Narrowband Channels, Symbol Synchronization (Ch. 5.1)
| HW #4
| | | |
10/6
Lab 3 (cont'd)
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14
10/7
Narrowband Frame Synchronization, Linear Least Squares Channel Estimation (Ch. 5.1)
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10/12
Fall Break (no class)
| 10/19
| | | |
10/13
Lab 3 (cont'd)
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| | | |
15
10/14
Frequency Selective Channels, Frequency-Selective Channel Estimation (Ch. 5.2, 5.3)
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| | | |
16
10/19
Frequency-Selective Channel Equalization in Time and Frequency Domains (Ch. 5.2-5.3)
|
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10/20
Lab 4
| Lab 3 Report
| | | |
17
10/21
Single Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, Equalization Comparison (Ch. 5.2-5.3)
|
| | | |
18
10/26
Carrier Frequency Offset Correction in Frequency Selective Channels, Joint Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation and Frame Synchronization for SC-FDE and OFDM Systems (Ch. 5.4)
| HW #5
| | | |
10/27
Lab 4 (cont'd)
|
| | | |
19
10/28
More on OFDM Systems, Course and Fine Frequency Offset Estimation in OFDM Systems (Ch. 5.4)
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| | | |
20
11/2
Introduction to Propagation, Large-Scale Fading, Link Budgets, Path Loss, Intro to Small-Scale Fading, and Channel Models (Ch. 5.5-5.8)
|
| | | |
11/3
Lab 5
| Lab 4 Report
| | | |
21
11/4
Probability of Error in Rayleigh Fading Channels, Multiple Antennas, Receive and Transmit Diversity (Ch. 6.1-6.2)
|
| | | |
22
11/9
Transmit Diversity with Channel State Information, Spatial Multiplexing (Ch. 6.3-6.4)
| HW #6
| | | |
11/10
Lab 5 (cont'd)
|
| | | |
23
11/11
Zero-Forcing Receiver, Transmit Precoding, Channel Estimation, MIMO Frequency selective Channels (Ch. 6.4)
|
| | | |
24
11/16
Relevant PHY Features of WiFi and Cellular Standards
|
| | | |
11/17
Project Proposal Topics Discussion
| Lab 5 Report
| | | |
25
11/18
Project Proposal Presentations
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| | | |
26
11/23
Project Proposals Follow-up Discussions
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11/24
Project Work Day
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27
11/25
Thxgiving Break (no class)
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28 & 29
11/30 & 12/2
Project Discussions and Work Week
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12/11 11:30am-2:30pm
Final Project Reports Due (No Meeting)
| 12/11 2:30pm
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*This schedule is best-effort as of the beginning of the semester and subject to
change according to the time available in the semester.