IEE1620 System Aspects in Communication

This course covers following main topics.

• Introduction: communication systems overview.
• LTE System: Frame Architecture, Downlink/Uplink Transmission, Channels, Access Techniques
• Radio Access Techniques: Duplex Methods, OFDM and OFDMA, Channelizers, SCFDMA, WCDMA, FHSS, DSSS.
• Transmission Schemes: SISO/SIMO/MISO/MIMO.
• Cellular Systems and Architectures: link budget (pathloss), fading, shadowing, channel propagation - key concepts; system design constraints; mobile station, base station, end users, gateways; classical architecture and future architectures (Pico and Femto cells),. 4G/5G: high speed Access Systems.
• Cooperative Communication: Resource Optimization, device to device communications
• Interference Mitigation and Coexistence: types of coexistence, comparison - pros and cons,
• PHYSICAL Layer Design: Software Defined Radio Architectures, Channelizer Designs, Multirate Processing Techniques.
• MAC Layer Design: Scheduling Techniques and tradeoffs.