EE 433 Lessons - Fall 2008

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Date

Section

Reading

Topic(s)

Comment(s)

 

 

 

 

Week 1

 
0       No Class Monday

 
0       No Class Tuesday

 
1
20 Aug

 

 

Course introduction and definitions

  
lab 21 Aug     Overview of Lab Equipment and Resources  
2
22 Aug

Appendix B;

Agilent Article*

611-614;

1-11

 Gain, dB, and Noise

Agilent Article on Blackboard

* Pages 1-11 Only
        Week 2  
3 25 Aug

1 - 1.6;

RCA Article

1 - 21

Evolution of major wireless standards in the US and abroad.

 RCA Article on Blackboard
4

27 Aug

3 - 3.4

57 - 67

Cell planning, frequency reuse, channel assignment strategies, and handoffs.

hexCell.m
lab 28 Aug    

Project Time 0

 
5

29 Aug

   

Homework #1 discussion - Chapter 1

hw 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.9, 1.15, and 1.16
        Week 3  
 

1 Sept

     No Class Monday

 

6

3 Sept

3.5

67-77

 Interference and System Capacity  
lab

4 Sept

 

 

 Project Time - 1 & 2  
7
5 Sept
     GSM Analyzer Demonstration Hospital Point

Final project selection

Project Proposals Due
        Week 4  
8 8 Sept

3.6

77 - 86

Trunking and grade of service (1/2) - Voice

 

9

 10 Sept 3.6 77-86 Trunking and grade of service - (2/2) - Data

ErlangPlot.m

Erlang.zip

lab

11 Sept

     Project Time - 3 & 4  
10 12 Sept

3.7 - 3.8

86 - 96

Improving coverage and capacity in cellular systems

 Hospital Point

 

 

 

 

Week 5

 
11

15 Sept

3.7 - 3.8

86 - 96

Improving coverage and capacity in cellular systems (continued)

 

  
12 17 Sept

4 - 4.2

105 - 110

 Introduction to radio wave propagation, and free space propagation

Exam #1 Review or catch-up day

  

lab

18 Sept

     Project Time - 5 & 6  
13 19 Sept    

Homework #2 discussion - chapter 3

hw 3.4, 3.10, 3.11, 3.15,            3.22(a,b,c,e), and 3.23. 

Problem 3.29 is Extra Credit

 

Hint:  For Problem 3.22, use Table 1.1
        Week 6  

14

 22 Sept

4.3 - 4.5

110 - 120

Relating power to electric field, the three basic propagation mechanisms.

 Exam #1 Evening Review Session
15 24 Sept     EXAM #1  
lab 25 Sept     Project Time - 7 & 8  
17 26 Sept

4.6

120 - 126

Reflection and the Two-Ray Model

twoRayModel.m
        Week 7  
18 29 Sept 4.7 126-135 Diffraction (Knife Edge) 6-Week Project Milestones
19 1 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 1)

 findpathloss.m
lab 2 Oct     Project Time - 9 & 10  
20 3 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 2)

 hataModel.m
        Week 8  

21

 6 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 2)

  

22

 8 Oct

4.11 - 4.13

157 - 167

Indoor propagation models, building penetration, ray tracing and site specific modeling

  

lab

 9 Oct    

Project Time - 11  & 12

  

23

10 Oct

    

Homework #3 discussion - Chapter 4 Part 1

 hw 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 (use antenna gain = 10 dB), 4.19, 4.20, 4.23 (skip Hata Model)
        Week 9  
 

13 Oct

     No Class Monday

 
24 15 Oct

5 - 5.2

177 - 191

 Small scale fading and impulse response of a multipath channel
  
lab 16 Oct     Project Time - 13 & 14  

25

17 Oct

5.4 - 5.5

197 - 209

 Parameters of multipath channels. Project Status Report 1 Due
        Week 10  
26 20 Oct

5.6

210 -214

 Introduction to fading;  Rayleigh, Ricean, and Nakagami-m fading  
27 22 Oct

5.6

210 -214

 Introduction to fading;  Two Ray, Rayleigh, and Ricean.  
lab 23 Oct     Project Time - 15 & 16  
28

24 Oct

5.6

210 -214

 Rayleigh, and Ricean Fading  
        Week 11  
29 27 Oct     Project Time - 17 Dr. Anderson
30 29 Oct     Project Time - 18 at SDR Forum

lab

30 Oct

     Project Time - 19 & 20

 
31

31 Oct

     Guest Speaker / Project Time hw 4.29a-c, 5.1, supplemental #1

Extra Credit:  4.31
        Week 12  
32 3 Nov

5.6

210 -214

 Nakagami-m Fading, Recap Time-Based and Motion-Based Fading  

33

5 Nov

5.7

214 - 229

 Statistical modeling for multipath fading channels:  The Clarke and Gans, 12-Week Project Milestones
lab 6 Nov     Project Time - 21 & 22  
34 7 Nov

5.7

214 - 229

 Statistical modeling for multipath fading channels: Two-Ray Rayleigh (formal), and the Saleh & Valenzuela.  
        Week 13  
35 10 Nov Supplemental  

Jody's 802.11 Overview

  
 

11 Nov

     Veterans Day

 
36 12 Nov Supplemental  

Jody's Wireless Standards, Part 1

 hw 5.7a-d, 5.15, 5.28a-d, 5.30

selected sections only

lab

13 Nov

     Project Time - 22 & 23  
37 14 Nov Supplemental  

Jody's Wireless Standards, Part 2

pngen.m

xor2.m

DSSS_Demo.m
        Week 14  
36 17 Nov    

Guest Speaker -- Dr. Ben Henty / APL

  
37 19 Nov    

Exam #2 Review

  
lab 20 Nov     EXAM #2  
38 21 Nov     Project Time - 24 & 25  
        Week 15  
39

24 Nov

     Project Time - 26  
40 26 Nov    

Project Time - 27

 Project Status Report 2 Due
  27 Nov     Thanksgiving Break

 
  28 Nov     Thanksgiving Break

 
        Week 16  
41 1 Dec     Project Time - 29  
42 3 Dec     Project Time - 30  
lab 4 Dec     Project Time - 31 & 32  
43 5 Dec     Project Time - 33  
        Week 17  
45 8 Dec     Project Time - 34  
  9 Dec     Project Written Report Due 17:00

Final Report Format

 

Example Report 1

Example Report 2
           
        Final Exam Presentations

Thursday December 11

0755 -- 1055

 Presentation Instructions