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

Requirements:

Prerequisite: ELG 3175 . The courses ELG 4179 , CEG 4186 cannot be combined for units.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Fair Assessments

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