LECTURES - Wireless


Textbook supplemental reference material    http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/molisch/secondedition.html

DATE CHAPTER REMARKS
January 16 No Class
University Holiday		 Martin Luther King Day
January 23 Chapter 1
IEEE Wireless Certification Outline
Errata File (October 2014)		 Overview, Introduction
On-line errata file for 2nd Edition of textbook
January 30 Chapter 2 Technical Challenges of Wireless
Cell Systems
February 6 Prelude to Chapter 3
Chapter 3		 Noise and Interference Limited Systems
RF Link Budgets
February 13 Antennas and Propagation
Chapter 4
Ionsphere & HF Propagation		 Intro to Chapter 4
Propagation Mechanisms
RF environment (HF to Microwave)
February 20 Chapter 5
Chapter 6 (not on Midterm Exam)		 Wireless Channel: Statistical Descriptive
Implications for Wide Bandwidth Channels
Problem Set # 1 Due (Chapters 1, 2 & 3)
February 27 Mid-Term Review
 Review of Chapters 1 through Chapter 5
Wireless Interference Project
Problem Set # 2 Due (Chapters 4 & 5)
March 5  Sunday 1 - 3 PM Mid-Term Exam
Location: Bayou 3332		 Chapters 1 thru 5
Associated Lecture Material
and Problem Sets # 1 and # 2
March 13 No Class
University Holiday		 Spring Break
March 13 - 19, 2016
March 20 Chapter 6 (continued)
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Textbook Appendices		 Channel Modeling and Measurement
March 27 Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Satellites		 Antennas
Wireless Communication Structures, Satellites
April 3 Chapters 11, 12 and 13
Chapter 17		 Modulation and Diversity
Multiple Access, Co-Channel Interference & Traffic Engineering
Problem Set # 3 Due
April 10 Chapter 18
802.11 Systems
Chapter 29		 Spread Spectrum
Wireless LANs (802.11)
April 11 (Tuesday) Last Day to Drop/Withdraw

April 17 Chapter 19
Chapter 27
4G-LTE Presentation Summary
Modeling a 4G-LTE System		 OFDM
3GPP LTE (4G LTE)
4G-LTE MATLAB/Simulink Design
April 24 Review for Final Exam
Selected Project Presentations		 Review of All Material Covered
Problem Set # 4 Due
April 30  Sunday 1 - 4 PM Final Exam
Location: Bayou 3332 		Grades submitted on or before May 13th
Spring Grades Available over
E-services on or before May 25th

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