EET-4367: Wireless Communications
Syllabus - Spring '08

Course Information

Description

Topics include television systems, wave propagation, antennas, digital communications, overview of the wireless communications industry, wireless communications systems and standards (1G/2G/3G systems), wireless communications channels, multiple access schemes, modern wireless technologies, wireless channel impairments and techniques to minimize them (if time permits).

Bibliography

Required Text

• Wireless Communications & Networks, W. Stallings, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2005.
• Modern Electronic Communication, Jeffrey S. Beasley and Gary M. Miller, 8th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2005.

Reference/Recommended Reading

• Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice, T. S. Rappaport, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2002.
• Wireless Communications & Networks, J. Mark, W. Zhuang, Prentice-Hall, 2003.

Course Objectives

The EET 4367 student will learn to:

• Understand the operation of analog and digital television transmission and reception.
• Understand digital modulation techniques.
• Understand electromagnetic wave propagation.
• Understand the operation of antennas used for wireless communications.
• Learn the current wireless systems and standards.
• Characterize the wireless channel.
• Understand Spread Spectrum.
• Understand multiple access schemes: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA.
• Understand wireless channel impairments and techniques to minimize them.
• Learn about modern wireless technologies such as: wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.

Topics (book chapters)

17. Television Standards (Beasley’s book)

        10. Wireless Digital Communications (Beasley’s book)

13. Wave Propagation (Beasley’s book)

        5. Antennas and Propagation (Stallings’ book)

7. Spread Spectrum (Stallings’ book)

        10. Cellular Wireless Networks (Stallings’ book)

13. Wireless LAN technologies (Stallings’ book)

        14. Wi-Fi (Stallings’ book)

15. Bluetooth (Stallings’ book)

Evaluation Criteria

Grade Composition

Hour Exams (2)	40%
Lab	25%
Final Exam	20%
Homework and quizzes	15%
Class Project	---
Total	100%

Project/Presentation

Select a term paper topic and submit paper proposal by Wednesday Feb. 6th . Presentation will be scheduled the last 2 weeks (depending on the class size). A list of suggested topics will be presented in a few days.

Grading Scale

I use a grading scale where 100 is the maximum possible score. Numerical and letter grades correspond as follows:

90 - 100	= A
80 - 85	= B	86 - 89	= AB
70 - 75	= C	76 - 79	= BC
60 - 65	= D	66 - 69	= CD
0 - 59	= F

Numerical scores are recorded and used throughout the semester, being converted to a letter grade at the end of the quarter. The overall course grade will be determined by the relative contributions from exams, quiz, lab, homework, and final exam as given on the course syllabus.

Cheating

University rules require that any student caught cheating or copying from another student receive a failing grade for the course and be reported to the Dean of Students. Copying includes copying or sharing any part of a computer file.

Statements

Academic honesty and conduct

All work in this course must be completed in a manner consistent with the Michigan Tech Senate Policies, specially the Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures.

Following is the policy adopted by the Senate on November 9, 1960 and approved by the President:

“A student detected cheating beyond any reasonable doubt during any examination period or in the preparation of any significant individual assignment such as a quarter report, is to receive a failing grade for the course, and a record of the failure is to be submitted to the Dean of Students. This record is to be for the confidential use of the Dean of Students and is to be destroyed upon the student's graduation. On the second such occurrence, a student shall be expelled from the University without the possibility of readmission.”

Cheating shall be considered to include using any information to which you are not entitled. During an exam this would include written crib sheets, writing on your body, using the information from another student’s exam paper, programming formulas or data into the memory of a programmable calculator, etc. I will make every effort to enforce this cheating policy.

Students with disabilities

MTU complies with all federal and state laws and regulations regarding discrimination, including the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (ADA). If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for equal access to education or services at MTU, please call Dr. Gloria Melton, Associate Dean of Students, at 7-2212. For other concerns about discrimination, you may contact your advisor, department head, or the Affirmative Action Office 7-3310.

Additional Information

Attendance

• You are expected to attend class sessions on a regular and continuing basis, as stated in the Student Handbook and Catalog.
• You are expected to arrive on time, according to the class schedule, and not depart until given permission.
• Tell me in advance if you will be absent (a short email note with your name, class section number, and the date(s) you expect to be absent will suffice).

Assignments

• You are required to complete and turn in assignments according to the directions, on or before the due date.
• Clearly label each assignment with your name (LAST name, FIRST name) and class section number.
• If you are absent, it is your responsibility to determine if you missed any assignments and to turn in any assignments that may have been due while you were absent.
• Follow good engineering practice by summarizing the problem statement and by showing an appropriate drawing (in case of a circuit problem, a schematic should be drawn). Equations and/or major principles used in your solution should be listed. Answers must be underlined and must include the correct units. The same practice should be used for tests and final examination.
• All exam days will be announced at least one week in advance. If a class is canceled on an exam day, the exam will be postponed to the next class meeting.

Make Up Policy

• Make up tests and other assignments can only be made up with a statement from a doctor or a documented proof of a genuine emergency. Otherwise, make up will be made only upon the instructor discretion.
• If you know you will be absent the day an assignment is due, tell me in advance. If you don't contact me, your score will be zero.

Changes

This syllabus is subject to change as found appropriated by the instructor. The changes will be announced in class in a timely fashion.