Wireless Communications

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Wireless Communications
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ10Л006
  3.    Study program TKII
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester III/6   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Venceslav Kafedjiski
  9.    Course Prerequisites Taken course: Digital Communications 1, Wireless Channels

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  The student will acquire fundamental knowledge of fading channels, modulation and coding for flat fading, Spread Spectrum signals and OFDM, smart antennas and MIMO systems and will be able to comprehend the principles of functioning of the current and future wireless systems.

11.    Course Syllabus: Large-scale and small-scale fading classification. Free Space Path Loss. Empirical models. Shadowing. Statistical Characterization of Time Varying Channels. Rayleigh and Ricean Fading. Detection in Slow, Flat Fading. Outage Probability. Diversity Types and Combining Techniques. Error Control Coding for Fading Channels: Interleaving and Error Probability. Adaptive Transmission for Fading Channels: Adaptive Transmit Power, Adaptive Modulation, Adaptive Coding. Cellular Systems. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum. Multiuser Spread Spectrum Systems. Multicarrier Modulation. OFDM. Bit Allocation and Channel Estimation. OFDMA and SC-FDMA. Antenna Arrays and Smart Antennas. Types of Antenna Arrays. MIMO Systems – Channel Model and Capacity. Space Time Coding and Spatial Multiplexing. Multiuser MIMO and Massive MIMO.

12.    Learning methods:  Lectures, Recitations, Laboratory Excersises, Self Learning, Project, Homework, Company Visits and Lectures by Experts from Industry.
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 10
16.2. Individual tasks 10
16.3. Homework and self-learning 85
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 10
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 10
17.3. Activity and participation 10
17.4. Final exam 70
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Attending Lectures, Recitations and Laboratory Excersises.
20.  Forms of assessment During the semester, two partial written exams are conducted (at the middle and at the end of the semester, duration 120 minutes), tests that are conducted during the classes and a test covering the laboratory exercises. For students who have passed the partial exams and the laboratory exercise test, a final oral exam (of duration 60 minutes) may be administered. The final grade includes points from the partial exams, tests and the final oral exam.
In the planned exam sessions, a written exam is taken (duration 120 minutes). For students who have passed the written exam and the laboratory exercise test, a final oral exam (duration 60 minutes) may be administered. The final grade includes points from the written exam, tests and the final oral exam.
The student should prepare a seminar paper and submit it by the exam date at the latest.
It is not allowed to use books, lecture notes, written material and notes of any kind during the exam, as well as a mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device, except a calculator
21.  Language Macedonian and English
22.  Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal Evaluation and Survey Questionnaire.
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Venceslav Kafedjiski Wireless Communications Course Notes – FEIT 2016
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Andrea Goldsmith  Wireless Communications  Cambridge University Press  2005
2  Andreas F. Molisch  Wireless Communications, 2nd Edition  Wiley  2010