SSY145 Wireless Networks Hani Mehrpouyan,

Department of Signals and Systems, Communication Systems Group, hani.mehrpouyan@chalmers .se

Outline

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Course Focus Course textbook Lectures Course project Course final exam Sample project topics

Course Focus Wireless data communications including wireless Internet.

Gain insights into the current and future technologies in this field. Gain an understanding of the impact of commercial, political, and regulatory factors on the design of wireless systems.

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Course Textbook Erik Dahlman et al., “3G Evolution: HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband,” Second edition, Academic Press, 2008, ISBN: 9780123745385.

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Lectures An overview of wireless communications.

Guest lectures by industry experts.

Each lecture is followed up by a bunch of review questions that are posted on the course homepage.

Solution hints for these questions is also posted on the course website.

The questions in the written examination is selected from these review questions.

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Project Worth 50 percent of the final course grade.

Four students per group.

Groups will be set up randomly.

Each group chooses a topic from a predefined list.

Also possible to propose own topics.

Presented at a “mini conference”.

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Project Deliverables Planning Presentation

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Presented by all group members.

Presents the followings:

Scope of the project.

Main Objectives .

Limitations.

Intended project planning and completion.

Approximately 10 minutes long.

Seeks to encourage cooperation between different groups.

Project Deliverables Progress Report

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Brief overview of the project and its motivation.

Main objectives

Limitations

Planning of the project

Progress charts with specific timelines

Results

References

2-4 pages

Project Deliverables Final Report

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This report should be done in latex or word.

Standard IEEE conference format should be used.

Includes: Abstract (Very brief summary of the project and its motivation). Introduction (motivating the idea behind the project and performing literature review). Review and Results. Conclusions.

Review question based on the theme of the project. It will be used in the final exam.

Project Deliverables Final Presentation

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Presented by all group members.

All the materials used in the presentation should be prepared by the group.

All illustrations must be prepared by the group itself.

15-20 minutes including questions.

Project Deliverables Individual Log Book

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Describing the workload and her/his distributions amongst the group members.

Describing the overall dynamic of the group.

3-5 pages long.

Project Sample Projects from Last Year I

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Recent developments in Wireless LANs (802.11i)

Wireless Regional Area Networks (802.22)

Bluetooth Networks

Enhanced Uplink: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

Wireless Networks Simulation Tools

Mobile ad hoc Networks (MANET)

ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

Project Sample Projects from Last Year II

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LTE Downlink Transmission Scheme

LTE Access Procedure

LTE Transmission Procedures

Flexible Bandwidth in LTE

LTE Scheduling

LTE-System Architecture Evolution (SAE)

LTE-Advanced

Looking forward to seeing you in SSY145

Thanks!