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Date

Section

Reading

Topic(s)

Comment(s)

Week 1

1

24 Aug

6.1-6.3

255-260,

264-267,

277-281

Review of Modulation and Multiple Access

2

25 Aug

9.1-9.3,

9.4

447-456

Fundamentals of CDMA

pngen.m

xor2.m

DSSS_Demo.m

Appendix B;

Agilent Article*

611-614;

1-11

Course introduction and review of Gain/dB

4

28 Aug

1 - 1.6;

RCA Article

1 - 21

History of the US Cellular System.

PPT Slides (not on Blackboard)

RCA Article on Blackboard

Week 2

5

31 Aug

3 - 3.4

57 - 67

Major wireless standards:  AMPS, IS-95, GSM.

Cell planning, frequency reuse

hexCell.m

6

1 Sept

Gain, dB, and Noise in detail

Gain, dB, and Noise Exercises

Agilent Article on Blackboard

* Pages 1-11 Only

7

2 Sept

3 - 3.4

57 - 67

Frequency reuse and System Capacity

4 Sept

3.5

67-77

Interference and System Capacity

Homework #1 discussion - Chapter 1

hw 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.15, and 1.16

Week 3

7 Sept

Labor Day - Tuesday is a Monday Schedule

9

8 Sept

3.6

77 - 86

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

10

9 Sept

3.6

77-86

Trunking and grade of service - (2/2) - Data

ErlangPlot.m

Erlang.zip

11

11 Sept

3.6

77-86

Trunking and grade of service - Examples and Simulation

Parents Weekend

Week 4

12

14 Sept

3.7 - 3.8

86 - 96

Coverage and capacity in cellular systems

lab

15 Sept

Project Overviews

13

16 Sept

3.7 - 3.8

86 - 96

Coverage and capacity in cellular systems (continued)

14

18 Sept

Comp Time

Dr. Anderson at Virginia Tech

Week 5

15

21 Sept

Review of Stochastics

lab

22 Sept

Overview of Lab Facilities and Resources

16

23 Sept

Exam #1 Review

hw 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

Exam #1 Evening Review Session

17

25 Sept

EXAM #1

Final project selection

Project Proposals Due 

Week 6

18

28 Sept

4 - 4.2

105 - 110

Introduction to radio wave propagation, and free space propagation

lab

29 Sept

Lab - Free-Space Propagation

19

30 Sept

4.3 - 4.5

110 - 120

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

20

31 Sept

4.6

120 - 126

Reflection and the Two-Ray Model

twoRayModel.m

Week 7

21

5 Oct

4.7

126-135

Diffraction (Knife Edge)

lab

6 Oct

Project Time - 1 & 2

22

7 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 1)

findpathloss.m

23

8 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 2)

hataModel.m

hw 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 (use antenna gain = 10 dB), 4.19

Week 8

12 Oct

No Class Monday

lab

13 Oct

Project Time - 3 & 4

24

14 Oct

4.8 - 4.9

135 - 144

Scattering and link budgets (part 3)

25

16 Oct

4.11 - 4.13

157 - 167

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

Week 9

26

19 Oct

Review of Stochastics / Catch up day

hw 4.20, 4.23 (skip Hata Model), 4.29a-c

Extra Credit:  4.31

lab

20 Oct

Project Time - 5 & 6

27

21 Oct

5 - 5.2

177 - 191

Introduction to Fading

Motion-Based Fading

Exam #2 Evening Review Session

28

23 Oct

5.4 - 5.5

197 - 209

Time-Based Fading

Week 10

29

26 Oct

lab

27 Oct

Project Time - 7 & 8

Dr. Anderson at ONR Meeting

30

28 Oct

EXAM #2

Oct 26-30.

31

30 Oct

Double on 27th or leave early 29th

Week 11

32

2 Nov

5.4 - 5.5

197 - 209

Parameters of multipath channels

lab

3 Nov

Project Time - 9 & 10

33

4 Nov

5.6

210 -214

Two Ray, Rayleigh, and Ricean Fading (Part 1)

34

6 Nov

5.6

210 -214

Two Ray, Rayleigh, and Ricean Fading (Part 2)

Week 12

35

9 Nov

5.7

214 - 229

Two Ray, Rayleigh, and Ricean Fading (Part 2)

lab

10 Nov

Project Time - 11  & 12

11 Nov

Veterans Day

36

13 Nov

5.7

214 - 229

Two Ray, Rayleigh, and Ricean Fading (Part 2)

Project Status Report 1 Due

Week 13

37

16 Nov

5.7

214 - 229

Statistical modeling for multipath fading channels:  The Clarke and Gans

lab

17 Nov

Project Time 13 & 14

38

18 Nov

Statistical modeling for multipath fading channels: Two-Ray Rayleigh (formal), and the Saleh & Valenzuela (part 1)

39

20 Nov

Project Time 15

Dr. Anderson at Georgia Tech

Week 14

40

23 Nov

Project Time 16

hw 5.15, 5.28a-d, 5.29 5.30, 5.32

selected sections only

Exam #3 Evening Review Session

lab

24 Nov

Project Time 17 & 18

41

25 Nov

Project Review with Instructor

26 Nov

Thanksgiving Break

27 Nov

Thanksgiving Break

Week 15

42

30 Nov

Project Time 19

lab

1 Dec

Exam #3

Project Time

Dr. Anderson

43

2 Dec

Project Time 20

at SDR Forum

44

4 Dec

Project Time 21

Week 16

45

7 Dec

Project Time 22

lab

8 Dec

Project Time - 23 & 24

Project Report Rough Drafts Due

46

9 Dec

Project Time - 25

Project Report Rough Drafts Returned

47

11 Dec

Project Time - 26

Project Written Report Due 17:00

14 Dec

Reading Day

Project Written Report Due 17:00

Final Report Format

Example Report 1

Example Report 2

15 Dec

Project reports returned with comments to be addressed during presentations 17:00

21 Dec

Final Exam Presentations

Monday December 21

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