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1. This document provides information about a Mobile Communications course offered at National University of Sciences & Technology. The course is taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering and covers topics related to cellular and mobile communication systems. 2. The course objectives are to help students understand modern wireless systems and cellular networks, and analyze mobile system design under various wireless channel impairments. Upon completing the course, students will be able to describe the basics of cellular networks, simulate systems using MATLAB, and discuss state-of-the-art wireless technologies. 3. The course will cover topics such as cellular systems, interference, frequency reuse, modulation techniques, multiple access, propagation effects, and 4G/LTE technologies over 15 weeks. Student performance

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1. This document provides information about a Mobile Communications course offered at National University of Sciences & Technology. The course is taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering and covers topics related to cellular and mobile communication systems. 2. The course objectives are to help students understand modern wireless systems and cellular networks, and analyze mobile system design under various wireless channel impairments. Upon completing the course, students will be able to describe the basics of cellular networks, simulate systems using MATLAB, and discuss state-of-the-art wireless technologies. 3. The course will cover topics such as cellular systems, interference, frequency reuse, modulation techniques, multiple access, propagation effects, and 4G/LTE technologies over 15 weeks. Student performance

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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


(SEECS)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Course Code:
Credit Hours:
Instructor:
Office:
Lecture Days:
Class Room:
Knowledge
Group:

Mobile Communications
Semester:
Prerequisite
Codes:
Dr. Syed Ali Hassan
Discipline:
SEECS A-310
Telephone:
Wednesday 1100-1250
E-mail:
Thursday
1200 1250
IAEC-16
Consulting Hours:
EE451
3+0

Telecom and Computer Networks

Updates on LMS:

Fall 2014
EE- 351 Communication
Systems
BEE-3
051-90852125
[email protected]
Thursday: 2:00pm-3:00pm; also,
through appointment via e-mail
After every lecture

Course Description:
This course is intended to provide a thorough, up-to-date, treatment of wireless physical mobile
communication systems. To this end, the course will start with an introduction to wireless communications.
This introduction will be followed by in-depth discussions on the challenges, constraints, and modeling of
radio propagation and wireless channels. The emphasis on fundamental issues should benefit not only to
students taking formal instruction, but also practicing engineers who are likely to already have a detailed
familiarity with the standards and are seeking to deepen their knowledge of the fundamentals and principles
of this important field.

Course Objectives:
The concepts learnt in the course will make the student capable of understanding modern wireless systems
and cellular systems. A thorough analysis and study of wireless propagation medium will benefit the students
in designing mobile systems that are robust to these channel impairments. The course is a prelude to more
complex wireless systems course that introduces deep concepts like spectral shaping and noise
characteristics.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):


PLO

BT Level*

1. Understand the basics of Cellular and Mobile Communication Systems

C-1,2,3,6

2. Analyze and design of mobile systems under various wireless channel


impairments

C-4,5,6,7

3. Program MATLAB-based Computer Simulations

P-4,5

4. Describe a state-of-the-art wireless technology project

A-1,2,3

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

* BT= Blooms Taxonomy, C=Cognitive domain, P=Psychomotor domain, A=Affective


domain

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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)


School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(SEECS)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Mapping of CLOs to Program Learning Outcomes
PLOs/CLOs
PLO 1 (Engineering Knowledge)
PLO 2 (Problem Analysis)
PLO 3 (Design/Development of Solutions)
PLO 4 (Investigation)
PLO 5 (Modern tool usage)
PLO 6 (The Engineer and Society)
PLO 7 (Environment and Sustainability)
PLO 8 (Ethics)
PLO 9 (Individual and Team Work)
PLO 10 (Communication)
PLO 11 (Project Management)
PLO 12 (Lifelong Learning)

CLO1

CLO2

CLO3

CLO4

Mapping of CLOs to Assessment Modules and Weightages


Assessments/CLOs
Quizzes: 5%

CLO1

CLO2

CLO3

Assignments: 10%

OHT-1: 15%

OHT-2: 15%

Project: 5%

End Semester Exam:50%

Books:
Text Book:
Reference
Books:

CLO4

T. S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall

1) Principles of Mobile Communications, 3nd Edition. By: Gordon L. Stuber. Publisher: Kluwer
publishers

Topics to be Covered:
Cellular Systems
Interference Geometry
Reuse Factor
Trunking Theory
Cell Sectoring
Hand-offs
Path loss
Free-space
Ground Ray

Multipath-fading
Fading Characteristics
Fading distributions
Fade Envelops
Average Fade Duration
Coherence Bandwidth
Coherence Time
Shadowing
Shadow distributions
Coverage probability

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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)


School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(SEECS)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Multiple-Access Techniques
TDMA
FDMA
CDMA
FDMA
OFDMA
SC-FDMA

Single- and multi-carrier modulation techniques


QPSK, FSK, MSK, GMSK, OFDM
Digital Power Spectral Analysis
BER Calculations
Matched Filtering

Lecture Breakdown:
Week
No.

Topics

Sectio
ns

Lectures

Lecture 1: Introduction to Cellular Systems


Lecture 2: History of Wireless Communications
Lecture 3: Wireless/Cellular Generations

1,2 & 3

Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture

4, 5 & 6

4: Cellular Systems
5: SNR and SINR
6: Co-channel interference
7: Frequency reuse
8: Trunking theory
9: Hand-offs
10: Wireless channel impairments
11: Path loss
12: Free Space and Ground Ray Models
13: Introduction to Shadowing
14: Shadowing distributions
15: Converge and Outage Probability

7, 8 & 9

10, 11 & 12

13, 14 & 15

OHT-1
7

10

11

Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture

16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:
22:
23:
24:
25:
26:
27:
28:
29:
30:

Introduction to Multipath Fading


Fading Distributions: Rayleigh and Rice
Fading Envelopes
Average Fade Duration
Level Crossing Rate
Coherence Time
Coherence Bandwidth
Doppler Spectrum
Broadband Channel Models
Multiple Access Techniques
TDMA/FDMA
CDMA
Introduction to Digital Modulations
Geometry of Signals
Matched Filtering

16, 17 & 18

19, 20 & 21

22, 23 & 24

25, 26& 27

28, 29 & 30

OHT-2
13

Lecture 31: Correlation Receivers

31, 32& 33
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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)


School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(SEECS)
Department of Electrical Engineering

14

15

16

17

18

Lecture 32: Linear Modulation Techniques


Lecture 33: Power Spectrum Analysis
Lecture 34: Bit Error Rate Calculations
Lecture 35: Nyquist Pulses
Lecture 36: ML and MAP Receivers
Lecture 37: Multi-carrier Modulation Techniques
Lecture 38: OFDM
Lecture 39: Sub-Channel allocations in OFDM
Lecture 40: Introduction to 4G/LTE
Lecture 41: Downlink OFDMA
Lecture 42: Clustered-Carrier and Interleaved OFDMA
Lecture 43: Uplink SD-FDMA
Lecture 44: CDS with SC-FDMA
Lecture 45: SC-FDMA MIMO
Week 18: ESE

34, 35 & 36

37,38& 39

40, 41 & 42

43, 44 & 45

Total
Lectur
es:

45

Grading Policy:
Quiz Policy: The quizzes will be unannounced and normally last for ten minutes. The
question framed is to test the concepts involved in last few lectures.
Number of quizzes that will be used for evaluation is at the instructors
discretion. Grading for quizzes will be on a fixed scale of 0 to 10. A score of
10 indicates an exceptional attempt towards the answer and a score of 1
indicates your answer is entirely wrong but you made a reasonable effort
towards the solution. Scores in between indicate very good (8-9), good (67), satisfactory (4-5), and poor (2-3) attempt. Failure to make a reasonable
effort to answer a question scores a 0.
Assignment In order to develop comprehensive understanding of the subject,
Policy: assignments will be given. Late assignments will not be accepted / graded.
All assignments will count towards the total (No best-of policy). The
students are advised to do the assignment themselves. Copying of
assignments is highly discouraged and violations will be dealt with severely
by referring any occurrences to the disciplinary committee. The questions in
the assignment are meant to be challenging to give students confidence
and extensive knowledge about the subject matter and enable them to
prepare for the exams.
Plagiarism: SEECS maintains a zero tolerance policy towards plagiarism. While
collaboration in this course is highly encouraged, you must ensure that you
do not claim other peoples work/ ideas as your own. Plagiarism occurs
when the words, ideas, assertions, theories, figures, images, programming
codes of others are presented as your own work. You must cite and
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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)


School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(SEECS)
Department of Electrical Engineering
acknowledge all sources of information in your assignments. Failing to
comply with the SEECS plagiarism policy will lead to strict penalties
including zero marks in assignments and referral to the academic
coordination office for disciplinary action.

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