Unit I Introduction to Wireless Communication System Evolution of mobile communications, Mobile Radio System around the world, Types of Wireless Communication System, Comparison of Common wireless system, Trend in Cellular radio and personal communication. Second generation Cellular Networks, Third Generation (3G) Wireless Networks, Wireless Local Loop(WLL),Wireless Local Area network(WLAN), Bluetooth and Personal Area Networks. (Chapter - 1) Unit II The Cellular Concept - System Design Fundamentals Cellular system, Hexagonal geometry cell and concept of frequency reuse, Channel Assignment Strategies Distance to frequency reuse ratio, Channel & co-channel interference reduction factor, S/I ratio consideration and calculation for Minimum Co-channel and adjacent interference, Handoff Strategies, Umbrella Cell Concept, Trunking and Grade of Service, Improving Coverage & Capacity in Cellular System-cell splitting, Cell sectorization, Repeaters, Micro cell zone concept, Channel antenna system design considerations. (Chapter - 2) Unit III Mobile Radio Propagation Model, Small Scale Fading and Diversity Large scale path loss : Free Space Propagation loss equation, Path-loss of NLOS and LOS systems, Reflection, Ray ground reflection model, Diffraction, Scattering, Link budget design, Max. Distance Coverage formula, Empirical formula for path loss, Indoor and outdoor propagation models, Small scale multipath propagation, Impulse model for multipath channel, Delay spread, Feher’s delay spread, upper bound Small scale, Multipath Measurement parameters of multipath channels, Types of small scale Fading, Rayleigh and rician distribution, Statistical for models multipath fading channels and diversity techniques. (Chapter - 3) Unit IV Multiple Access Techniques Access Methods : TDMA (TDD and FDMA); Spread-Spectrum Frequency-Hopping; Direct-Sequence CDMA and CSMA. Comparison of Linearly Amplified BPSK, DQPS and DQPSK and Nonlinearly Amplified (NLA) GMSK, GFSK, 4-FM, and FQPSK Radio Equipment (Coherent and Noncoherent). Radio Link Design of Digital Wireless Cellular Systems. Spectrum Utilization in Digital Wireless Mobile Systems. Capacity and Throughput (Message Delay) Study and Comparison of GMSK, GFSK, and FQPSK Modulated Wireless Systems. Time Division Multiple Access Wireless Cellular Systems. Code Division Multiple Access Spread-Spectrum Digital Cellular IS-95 System. (Chapter - 4) Unit V Wireless Systems GSM system architecture, Radio interface, Protocols, Localization and calling, Handover, Authentication and security in GSM, GSM speech coding, Concept of spread spectrum, Architecture of IS-95 CDMA system, Air interface, CDMA forward channels, CDMA reverse channels, Soft handoff, CDMA features, Power control in CDMA, Performance of CDMA System, RAKE Receiver, CDMA2000 cellular technology, GPRS system architecture. (Chapter - 5) Unit VI Recent Trends Introduction to Wi-Fi, WiMAX, ZigBee Networks, Software Defined Radio, UWB Radio, Wireless Adhoc Network and Mobile Portability, Security issues and challenges in a Wireless network. (Chapter - 6)
