Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications

By Prof. R. David Koilpillai | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 2989

An in-depth understanding of the wireless channel and the related impairments (multipath, fading), small-scale and large-scale propagation effects ,Understanding of the design of cellular systems,Detailed discussion of Multiple Access (TDMA/CDMA/OFDM), Antenna diversity, MIMO, Wireless Channel Capacity, Computer simulations of wireless systems,Exposure to current and emerging wireless and cellular systems (LTE, 802.11)

INTENDED AUDIENCE: B.E. / B.Tech/ M.E./ M.Tech/ Ph.D. students who have completed digital communications
PRE-REQUISITES : Analog and Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : All wireless and cellular companies such as Qualcomm, Ericsson, Tejas, Samsung, Sasken, Intel, Texas Instruments,Motorola, Ittiam, Aruba, MoJo Networks.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Communication and Signal Processing
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	24 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Overview of Cellular Systems and evolution 2g/3G/4G/5G

Week 2: Cellular Concepts – Frequency reuse, Cochannel and Adjacent channel Interference, C/I, Handoff, Blocking, Erlang Capacity

Week 3: Wireless propagation Part 1 - Link budget, Free-space path loss, Noise figure of receiver

Week 4: Wireless propagation Part II - Multipath fading, Shadowing, Fading margin, Shadowing margin,

Week 5: Antenna Diversity

Week 6: Wireless Channel Capacity

Week 7: MIMO

Week 8: CDMA Part I

Week 9: CDMA Part II

Week 10: OFDM and LTE Part I

Week 11: OFDM and LTE Part II

Week 12: Large Scale Propagation effects and Channel Models

Books and references

1.T. S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications – Principles and Practice” (2nd edition) Pearson, 2010, ISBN 9788131731864

2.A. Molisch, "Wireless Communications," Wiley, 2005Haykin & Moher, "Modern Wireless Communications" Pearson 2011 (Indian Edition)

3.J. G. Proakis, "Digital Communications," McGraw Hill

4.A. Goldsmith, "Wireless Communications," Cambridge Univ Press, 2005

5.D. Tse and P. Viswanath, "Fundamentals of Wireless Communications," Cambridge Univ Press, 2005

Instructor bio

Prof. R. David Koilpillai

IIT Madras

R. David Koilpillai received the B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. In June 2002, David joined the EE faculty of IIT Madras. He is currently the Qualcomm Institute Chair Professor in EE and Dean (Planning). During the period April 2008 – December 2009, he served as the Co-Chair of the IITM special Task Force for setting up the new IIT at Hyderabad. David also served as Head, Central Electronics Centre of IITM during 20010-11. David’s technical areas of expertise include cellular and broadband wireless systems, and DSP techniques for wireless communications. He is the Faculty Coordinator of the IITMSAT Student Satellite initiative. During January – July 2007, David was on sabbatical from IITM and served as the Chief Scientist, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT), a public-private R&D initiative of the Govt. of India, and was responsible for launching the national project – Broadband Wireless Consortium of India (BWCI). Prior to joining IITM, David was at General Electric Corporate R&D for four years and Ericsson USA for eight years, where he held different technical and managerial positions. In 2000, he became the Director of the Ericsson’s Advanced Technologies and Research Department at RTP, North Carolina, developing GPRS/EDGE handset technology. David’s technical contributions at GE and Ericsson have resulted in 32 US patents, 10 Canadian Patents and 19 WIPO/European patents. In 1999 David received the “Ericsson Inventor of the Year” award, the highest technical recognition within Ericsson. In Nov 2003 David was elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. In 2014, David received the Srimathi Marti Annapurna Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching (Best Teacher Award of IIT Madras)David’s current technical activities are in the areas of Cellular evolution - 4G and 5G, Smart grid Communications, DSP for High Speed Coherent optical communications

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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