COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering

2. Course Name: Wireless Mobile 3. Course Code 4. L-T-P 5. Credits

Communication
Code: ECL316 2 - 0- 2 3

6. Type of Course Programme Core  Programme Elective Open Elective

(Check one):

7. Frequency of offering (check one): Odd  Even Either semester Every semester

8. Brief Syllabus: Mobile Radio Systems around the world, examples of Wireless Communication Systems, Co-
channel interference Analysis- Hand over Analysis, Call flows, 3G and 4G technologies, WIMAX, LTE, VoLTE,
Multiple Access Techniques, Large scale path loss, propagation mechanisms, Small scale fading, parameters
of multipath channels, Mobile radio propagation

9. Total lecture, Tutorial and Practical Hours for this course (Take 14 teaching weeks per semester)

Lectures: 268 hours Tutorials: 0 hours Practicals: 28 hours

10. Course Outcomes (COs)

Possible usefulness of this course after its completion i.e. how this course will be practically useful to him once
it is completed

Categorize wireless and mobile standards and technologies in present, past and future sets and
CO 1
factors involved in doing so.
Plan and design a cellular network with given set of operator's frequencies and geographical
CO 2
allocations.
Able to understand the need of 3G, understand the UMTS technology and its standards,
CO 3 architecture, interfaces and specifications. Introduction to W-CDMA and comparison between W-
CDMA and IS 95.
Able to understand the characteristics of different multiple access techniques in mobile/wireless
CO 4
communication.
To calculate the network parameters such as time dispersion parameters, coherence bandwidth, Doppler spread
CO 5
and coherence time. To study multipath fading and techniques to limit multipath fading.
11. UNIT WISE DETAILS No. of Units: ____5______

Unit Number: 1 No. of Lectures: 3 Title: Introduction

Content Summary: Difference between wireless and mobile, Advantage, Disadvantage and Applications of
Wireless communication, Evolution of Mobile Radio Communication, Paging and Messaging system, Cordless
Telephone System, Mobile Radio Systems around the world, examples of Wireless Communication Systems,
Cellular Systems.

Unit Number: 2 No. of Lectures: 7 Title: Cellular Communication

Content Summary: Cellular Networks- Spatial reuse- Co-channel interference Analysis- Hand over Analysis-
Erlang Capacity Analysis- Spectral efficiency and Grade of Service, Erlang formulas, Improving capacity - Cell
splitting and sectorization.
 Unit Number: 3 No. of Lectures: 7 Title: 3G and 4G technologies
Content Summary: Need of 3G cellular networks, UMTS technology, UMTS standards, UMTS network
architecture UMTS interfaces and specifications, UMTS channels and security, 4G technology, WIMAX, LTE,
VoLTE, introduction to 5G.
Unit Number: 4 No. of Lectures: 6 Title: Multiple access Techniques
Content Summary: Duplexing, Frequency Division Multiple Access, Time Division Multiple Access, spread
spectrum Multiple Access, Direct sequence spread spectrum, Frequency Hopping systems, CDMA Systems, SDMA
Systems, Packet Radio Multiple Access Techniques.

Unit Number: 5 No. of Lectures: 5 Title: Mobile Radio Propagation

Content Summary: Mobile Radio Channels, Propagation mechanisms, Small scale fading, parameters of multipath
channels, time dispersion parameters, coherence bandwidth, Doppler spread and coherence time, types of fading.
An introduction to diversity and combining techniques.

12. Brief Description of Self-learning components by students (through books/resource material etc.):

IP multimedia systems, 5 G technologies, IMT-2000, IEEE 802.11 WLAN Technology, Rake Receiver Concept,
Channel Coding.
13. Books Recommended:

Text Books:
1. Theodore S. Rappaport: “Wireless Communications, Principles and Practice”, Pearson Education Asia, 2 nd
edition, 2002.
2.Simon Haykin and Michael Moher, “Modern Wireless Communications”, Person Education, 3 rd edition, 2004.

Reference Book:
1. William C Y Lee. “Mobile Communications Engineering Theory and Applications”, Second Edition, McGraw
Hill Telecommunication,2002.
2. Andrea Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University press, 2007.
3. William Stallings. “Wireless Communications and Networks”, Pearson Education Asia.
4. T. L. Singal. “Wireless Communication”, McGraw Hill Education (India).

Reference Websites:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117104099/
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117102062/

Practical Content
Software/Kit Estimate
Sr. Unit
Title of the Experiment based/Component d Time
No. Covered
based
To get Familiarize with Qualnet 4.5 Software 1 I hr. 40
1. minutes
Simulation Tool.
To establish a call in an abstract Software 4 I hr. 40
2. minutes
cellular scenario.
Global System for Mobile Software/Virtual lab 3 I hr. 40
3. Communication (GSM)- Design a GSM minutes
link in Qual net.
Free Space Propagation – Path Loss Software/Virtual lab 5 I hr. 40
Model minutes
4. To determine the freespace loss and
the power received using Matlab
program.
Draw a pattern for cell to study the Software/Virtual lab 2 I hr. 40
5.
Frequency reuse concept. minutes
Draw a network to study the concept of Software/Virtual lab 2 I hr. 40
6.
Sectoring. minutes
 Draw a pattern for cell to study the Software/Virtual lab 2 I hr. 40
7.
concept of Handoff. minutes
Outdoor Propagation – Okumura Software 5 I hr. 40
Model minutes
8. To write a Matlab program to calculate
the median path loss for Okumura
model for outdoor propagation
Outdoor Propagation – Hata Model Software 5 I hr. 40
To write a Matlab program to calculate minutes
9.
the median path loss for Hata model
for outdoor propagation.
To understand the basic aspects of Software 4 I hr. 40
10. DS-CDMA in single user case and two minutes
user case