ELG 4179 Wireless Communication Fundamentals
3 units
Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Overview of wireless communications. Cellular system principles. Wireless propagation channel: average path loss, multipath and shadowing; large and small scale fading; delay and Doppler spread. Digital modulation techniques. Performance in fading channels. Spectral and power efficiency; fundamental limits. Adaptive modulation and coding. Diversity combining and MIMO systems. Multiple access methods: fixed (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA) and random (ALOHA, CSMA). Modern industrial standards (cellular and WiFi).
Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Tutorial
Previously Offered Terms:
Fall
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