EE 433 Lessons - Fall 2012

 

Lsn

Date

Rappaport

Section

Molisch

Section

Topic(s)

Comment(s)

 

 

 

 

Week 1

 

1

 Aug 20 --

--

Course introduction and review of Modulation and Multiple Access

  

2

 Aug 22

9.1 - 9.3,

9.4

17.1-17.3, 18.2

TDMA / FDMA / CDMA

pngen.m

xor2.m

DSSS_Demo.m
3-4 Aug 23

Appendix B;

Agilent Article*

6.1-6.3

 3.1-3.2

Gain, dB, and Noise in detail

Gain, dB, and Noise Exercises

 Handout:  Gain/dB Quick Reference

Agilent Article on Blackboard

* Pages 1-11 Only
5 Aug 24

9.1 - 9.3,

9.4

17.1-17.3, 18.2

 Fundamentals of CDMA  
     

 

Week 2

  
6 Aug 27

1 - 1.6;

RCA Article

1-1.4

History of the US Cellular System.

PPT Slides (not on Blackboard)

RCA Article on Blackboard
7 Aug 29 3.1 - 3.2

17.5-17.6

Cell planning, frequency reuse

hexCell.m
lab Aug 30  

Ch. 21, 22, 23

Major Wireless Standards Exercise

  
8 Aug 31 3.3 - 3.5

17.5-17.6

 Interference, System Capacity and Handoffs

Rappaport: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.15, and 1.16

Molisch:  Ch. 1: #3, #5

Molisch:  Ch. 3: #1

     

 

Week 3

  
  Sept 3  

 

Labor Day - Tuesday is a Monday Schedule

 
9 Sept. 4

3.6

--

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

  
10 Sept 5 3.5 --

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

 
lab Sept 6    

Trunking Simulation Exercise

ErlangPlot.m

Erlang.zip

simulate_erlang_b.m
11 Sept 7 3.5 --

Trunking and grade of service - Examples

Rappaport: 1.9, 3.4, 3.22(a,b,c,e), and 3.23

Molisch:  Ch. 17 #1
     

 

Week 4

  
12 Sept 10

3.7 - 3.8

17.6

Coverage and capacity in cellular systems

 
13 Sept 12 4.1 - 4.2

 

 Cellular Application #1:  Intro to GSM PHY Powerpoint Slides
14 Sept 13     Cellular Application #2:  GSM Signaling
Final Project Overviews		 Powerpoint Slides
  Sept 14     Exam #1 Review  
   

 

 

Week 5

 
  Sept 17     EXAM #1  
15 Sept 19   4.1 Introduction to radio wave propagation, and free space propagation  
lab Spet 20 4.1 - 4.2

4.1

Free Space Propagation Exercise

Free-Space Modeling

findpathloss.m
16 Sept 21

4.3 - 4.4

4.1

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

Rappaport:  3.10, 3.11, 3.15.

Hint:  For Problem 3.22, use Table 1.1

Molisch:  Ch. 17 #2***
     

 

Week 6

  
17 Sept 24 4.5 - 4.6 4.2 Reflection and the Two-Ray Model

twoRayModel.m
18 Sept 26

4.8 - 4.9

4.4

Scattering and the Log-Normal Model

  
lab Sept 27  

 

Free Space Propagation Exercise

Log-Normal Modeling

  
19 Sept 28

4.7

4.3

Diffraction (Knife Edge)

 Final project selection
     

 

Week 7

  
20 Oct 1 4.8 - 4.9 3.2 System Design - Planning, Propagation, and Link Budget

 

 
21 Oct 3

4.11 - 4.13

7.1-7.5

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

 
  Oct 4     Comp Time

 
  Oct 5

4.11 - 4.13

7.1-7.5

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

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

4.23 (skip Hata Model),

 

Molisch:  Ch. 3 #2, #4

Molisch:  Ch. 4 #3a-b
     

 

Week 8

  
     

 

No Class Monday

 
  Oct 10     Exam #2 Review  
  Oct 11    

Cell Tower and MTSO Tour

  
22 Oct 12     EXAM #2  
     

 

Week 9

  
23 Oct 15

5.1 - 5.2

5.4 - 5.5

6.1-6.4

6.4 - 6.5

 Introduction to Small-Scale Fading
  
24 Oct 17

5.1 - 5.2

5.4 - 5.5

6.1-6.4

6.4 - 6.5

 Introduction to Small-Scale Fading
Time-Based Fading		  
  Oct 18     Project Time 1 & 2

 
25 Oct 19 5.4-5.5

6.1-6.4

6.4 - 6.5

 Introduction to Small-Scale Fading
Doppler-Based Fading		 Project Proposals Due  
     

 

Week 10

  
26 Oct 22

5.1 - 5.2

5.4 - 5.5

6.1-6.4

6.4 - 6.5

 Parameters of Multipath Channels (Part 1)  
27 Oct 24

5.1 - 5.2

5.4 - 5.5

6.1-6.4

6.4 - 6.5

 IParameters of Multipath Channels (Part 2)  
  Oct 25  

 

 Project Time 3 & 4  
28 Oct 26 5.6   Rayleigh Fading & Channel Statistics
Ricean Fading & Channel Statistics

Rappaport: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.28a-d, 5.30
     

 

Week 11

  
29 Oct 29     Classes Cancelled

 
30 Oct 31 5.7

 

 System Performance in Fading Channels  
lab Nov 1     Project Time

 
31 Nov 2 7.10 13.1, 13.2 Introduction to Receiver Diversity Techniques
Antenna Diversity & Performance		  
     

 

Week 12

  
32 Nov 5

7.10

13.2, 13.4,

13.5

 Time Diversity
Rake Receiver & Performance

 
33 Nov 7     Conclusion of Diversity

 
  Nov 8     Project Time 5 & 6  
  Nov 9     Exam #3 Review Rappaport 5.9, 5.15, 5.29
     

 

Week 13

 
  Nov 12  

 

Veterans Day

 
  Nov 14     EXAM #3  
  Nov 15    

Project Time 7 & 8

 
  Nov 16  

 

Project Time 9

  
     

 

Week 14

  
  Nov 19  

 

 Project Time 10  
  Nov 21  

 

 Project Time 11

Project Status Report Due
     

 

Thanksgiving Break

 
     

 

Thanksgiving Break

 
     

 

Week 15

  
  Nov 26  

 

 Project Time 12  
  Nov 28  

 

 Project Time 13  
  Nov 29  

 

 Project Time 14 & 15  
  Nov 30  

 

 Project Time 16  
     

 

Week 16

  
  Dec 3  

 

 Project Time 17  
  Dec 5  

 

 Project Time 18

 
  Dec 6  

 

 Project Time 19 & 20

Project Report Rough Drafts Workshop
  Dec 7  

 

 Project Time 21

Project Written Report Due 17:00
           
  Dec 10    

Reading Day

Final Report Format

 

Example Report 1

Example Report 2
       

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

  
       

Final Exam Presentations

Presentation Instructions

Presentation Evaluation Sheet