WMC_Syllabus_ECE 6-2025
WMC_Syllabus_ECE 6-2025
Course Objectives:
1 To comprehend the basic concepts, applications, and trends of wireless communication
systems.
2 To analyze different radio propagation mechanisms, mobile radio channels, frequency
reuse, interference management, and multiple access techniques in cellular systems
3 To explore the development and features of mobile communication technologies from
1G to 6G.
4 To describe recent wireless networks used along with mobile communication systems.
Course Outcomes:
1
Module Course Contents Hours Cos
1 Introduction: Wireless communication systems, Applications 08 CO1,
and Requirements of Wireless Services Types of Services, CO4
Requirements for the Services, Economic and Social Aspects
Noise- and Interference-Limited Systems, Multipath
Propagation, Fading-small scale and large scale fading,
Channel modeling-narrowband models, The Okumura–Hata
Model, The COST 207 GSM Model, The ITU-Advanced
Channel Model
2 Multiple Access and the Cellular Principle: Introduction, 08 CO2,
FDM, TDM, Packet Radio ALOHA, Carrier Sense Multiple CO4
Access, Packet Reservation Multiple Access Comparison of the
Methods.Basic principles of CDMA, OFDMA.
Principles of Cellular Networks: Reuse Distance Cell shape,
Cell Planning with Hexagonal Cells, Methods for Increasing
Capacity, Adjacent Channel Interface, Information Theory of
Multi-User Channels
3 Mobile communication systems: History of mobile 08 CO3,
communication system-1G to 5G. Global System for Mobile CO4
Communication (GSM)- features and services, Architectural
review, IS-95 and CDMA 2000, Historical Overview, System
Overview.
4. LTE and 5G, Introduction to 6G: Need for LTE, From UMTS 08 CO3,
to LTE, from LTE to LTE advanced, , 3GPP specifications for CO4
LTE, LTE system overview, 5G – specifications, features,
Introduction to 6G – features, comparison.
5 Wireless Network Technologies: 08 CO3
Bluetooth technology: Features, architecture, frequency band, CO4
IEEE 802.15.1.
RFID: concept, frequency band, classification of RFID tags,
applications.
WLAN technology: IEEE 802.16 WMAN and IEEE 802.16a
Wimax.
Wi-Fi technology: Features, architecture, frequency band, IEEE
802.11 LoRaWAN: Features, architecture, frequency band
applications.
Pre-Requisites / Pre-amble:
1. Familiarity with digital modulation techniques, signal processing, and error control coding
2
Text Books:
1 Andreas F. Molisch, Wireless Communications: From Fundamentals to Beyond 5G, 3rd Edition, ,
ISBN: 978-1-119-11720-9, December 2022, Wiley-IEEE Press
2 William Stallings, Wireless Communications And Networks,Pearson Prentice Hall
Publication-Global edition 2015
Reference Books:
1 Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking with TCP/IP Protocol Suite |
6th Edition, 2022 August, McGrawHill publication
2 Kanatas, Athanasios G. New Directions in Wireless Communications Systems. Available from:
VitalSource Bookshelf, Taylor & Francis, 2017.
3 K. David and H. Berndt, 6G: Vision, Requirements, and Challenges, Wiley, 2021.
4 A. Osseiran, J. Monserrat, and P. Marsch, 5G Mobile and Wireless Communications
Technology, Cambridge University Press, 2016 ‘ ISBN 978-1-107-13009-8
5 W. Xiang, K. Zheng, and X. Shen, 5G Mobile Communications, Springer, 2021.
On-Line Materials & Resources (Video experiments / You-tube Videos / Virtual labs / Demo
experiments videos, etc…) :
1 https://youtu.be/oYRMYSIVj1o?si=gVC51kp1J6pG9dDq
Multiple Access - FDMA/TDMA/CDMA/OFDMA
2 https://youtu.be/2nsEAw_SirQ?si=8aLStIUQTWFKDB-j
Evolution of Communication - From 1G To 4G & 5G
3 https://youtu.be/dpnRQWG6gSU?si=dgq7eonkY0aBbNKi:
6G Networks ( a NEW Era of Technology)
4 https://youtu.be/ioj6F1v59yw?si=mI7TsbGpc8tVY4Fs :
Mobile Communication - Frequency Reuse - Cell Splitting - Handoff Procedure
5 https://youtu.be/HIQ8Z2xlCS8?si=9J7mFHO0xHqmJ1iL :
GSM Architecture