Syllabus Wireless Communication - [EC3501] UNIT - I THE CELLULAR CONCEPT-SYSTEM DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS Introduction-FrequencyReuse-Channel Assignment Strategies - Handoff Strategies : Prioritizing Handoffs, Practical Handoff Considerations. Interference And System Capacity : Co-Channel Interference And System Capacity - Channel Planning For Wireless Systems, Adjacent Channel Interference, Power Control For Reducing Interference, Trunking And Grade Of Service. Improving Coverage And Capacity In Cellular Systems : Cell Splitting, Sectoring. (Chapter - 1) UNIT - II MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION Large Scale Path Loss : Introduction To Radio Wave Propagation - Free Space Propagation Model - Three Basic Propagation Mechanism : Reflection - Brewster Angle - Diffraction - Scattering. Small Scale Fading And Multipath : Small Scale Multipath Propagation, Factors Influencing Small-Scale Fading, Doppler Shift, Coherence Bandwidth, Doppler Spread and Coherence Time. Types Of Small - Scale Fading : Fading Effects Due To Multipath Time Delay Spread, Fading Effects Due To Doppler Spread. (Chapter - 2) UNIT - III MODULATION TECHNIQUES AND EQUALIZATION AND DIVERSITY Digital Modulation - An Overview : Factors That Influence The Choice Of Digital Modulation, Linear Modulation Techniques : Minimum Shift Keying (MSK), Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying(GMSK), Spread Spectrum Modulation Techniques : Pseudo - Noise (PN) Sequences, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS-SS) - Modulation Performance In Fading and Multipath Channels - Equalization, Diversity and Channel Coding : Introduction - Fundamentals Of Equalization - Diversity Techniques : Practical Space Diversity Considerations, Polarization Diversity, Frequency Diversity, Time Diversity. (Chapter - 3) UNIT - IV MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUES Introduction : Introduction To Multiple Access - Frequency Division Multiple Access(FDMA) - Time Division Multiple Access(TDMA) - Spread Spectrum Multiple Access - Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA) - Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) - Capacity Of Cellular Systems : Capacity Of Cellular CDMA, Capacity Of CDMA With Multiple Cells. (Chapter - 4) UNIT - V WIRELESS NETWORKING Introduction : Difference Between Wireless and Fixed Telephone Networks, The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Development Of Wireless Networks : First Generation Wireless Networks, Second Generation Wireless Networks, Third Generation Wireless Networks, Fixed Network Transmission Hierarchy, Traffic Routing In Wireless Networks : Circuit Switching, Packet Switching - Personal Communication Services / Networks (PCS/PCNs) : Packet Vs Circuit Switching For PCN, Cellular Packet - Switched Architecture - Packet Reservation Multiple Access(PRMA) - Network Databases : Distributed Database For Mobility Management - Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS). (Chapter - 5)
