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Wireless Networks For 4G/5G: Instructors: Sumit Roy and Tom Henderson TA: Collin Brady

This document provides an overview of a course on wireless networks for 4G/5G. The course objectives are to introduce topics in 5G wireless systems, including fundamentals of modern wireless networks and technical trends towards 5G. Students will conduct performance evaluations of wireless network models using the ns-3 network simulator. Assessments include homework assignments and a class project using ns-3. The course outline details weekly topics such as physical layer, medium access, LTE, WiFi, and the evolution to 5G cellular. Prerequisites include probability, computer networks, digital communications, and C++ programming.

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Wireless Networks For 4G/5G: Instructors: Sumit Roy and Tom Henderson TA: Collin Brady

This document provides an overview of a course on wireless networks for 4G/5G. The course objectives are to introduce topics in 5G wireless systems, including fundamentals of modern wireless networks and technical trends towards 5G. Students will conduct performance evaluations of wireless network models using the ns-3 network simulator. Assessments include homework assignments and a class project using ns-3. The course outline details weekly topics such as physical layer, medium access, LTE, WiFi, and the evolution to 5G cellular. Prerequisites include probability, computer networks, digital communications, and C++ programming.

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Wireless Networks for

4G/5G

Instructors: Sumit Roy and Tom Henderson


TA: Collin Brady
UW EE P 569/ EE 595 B
Course Objectives

> Introduce selected topics in 5G-oriented wireless


systems
– Fundamentals of modern wireless networks
– Technical and industry trends towards 5G
> Conduct performance evaluation studies of
wireless network models
– Mixture of mathematical analysis and network simulations
– Students will use the ns-3 network simulator for projects

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Course Assessments

> Seven homework assignments (60% of grade)


– Three will be based on hand-worked problems
– Four will be based on ns-3 network simulator
> Class project on a wireless network performance
evaluation topic (40%)
– Project will be based on using or extending ns-3
– Project outlines due by week 4
– Presentations during March 14 class time

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Office Hours and Help

> Typically, the last lecture hour each week (9PM-10PM)


will be devoted to hands-on help and ns-3 guidance
> Questions not handled in class will be handled via
email
> Office hours TBD
> Contact information for Tom Henderson
– Chat: https://ns-3.zulipchat.com
– Email: [email protected]

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5G, 10G, WiFi 6

> The next phase of wireless deployment is underway

Source: TechCrunch, Jan 10, 2019


Source: CNN, Dec. 3, 2018

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5G motivation

> Placeholder slide for video from Carlos Cordeiro, Intel


> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAVu5rbbCaM

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Course Outline

> Week 1 (Jan 10): Course Overview and Introduction to


ns-3
– Review outline
– Performance Evaluation of Wireless Networks
– ns-3 tutorial
– Experiment 0 (ns-3): Simple Wireless experiment
> Week 2 (Jan 17): Physical Layer (PHY)
– Wireless Propagation Models
– Link Budgets and Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)
– Review of Basic Detection Theory
– Packet Error Rates (PERs)
– Principles of Monte Carlo Simulation
– How the PHY is modelled in computer simulations
– Homework 1 assignment on PHY
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Course Outline

> Week 3 (Jan 24): Medium Access (MAC)


– Cellular Systems Engineering
– Basic MAC (FDMA, TDMA/CSMA)
– Throughput/Capacity
– Queueing Models
– Experiment 1 (ns-3): Link Error Models, Queueing, Multiple
Access
> Week 4 (Jan 31): Wireless LAN PHY
– 802.11 WLAN Background
– OFDM basics
– MIMO, Beam-forming
– MU-MIMO, Spatial Multiplexing
– Homework 2; plus ns-3 Project Outline due

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Course Outline

> Week 5 (Feb 7): Wireless LANs


– Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), CSMA/CA Review
– BSS and Associations
– RTS/CTS, Hidden and Exposed Node
– Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) and QoS
– Rate control
– HT MAC throughput enhancements (aggregation and block
ack)
– Experiment 2 (ns-3): Wi-Fi DCF
> Week 6 (Feb 14): LTE Radio Access Network (RAN)
– OFDMA and SC-FDMA
– uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmission modes
– Data and control plane
– Hybrid ARQ, RLC
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– Bearers and MAC Scheduler
Course Outline

> Week 7 (Feb 21): LTE Systems


– Network architecture: EPC and interfaces
– Cell search and connection establishment
– Carrier aggregation
– Backhaul
– Mobility management
– Network planning
– End-to-end data (TCP and QUIC) over LTE
– Experiment 3 (ns-3): TCP over wireless
>

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Course Outline

> Week 8 (Feb 28): Next-generation Wi-Fi


– MU-MIMO in DL and UL
– MU-OFDMA
– Scheduling dimensions
– Spatial reuse
– Power efficiency
– WiGig topics
> Week 9 (March 7): Evolution to 5G Cellular
– 5G New Radio
– Coexistence/Spectrum Sharing – LTE Unlicensed, LTE-WiFi
Sharing
– Federal/Non-Federal Sharing
– mmWave
– LTE-based public safety networks
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Course Outline

> Week 10 (Mar 14): Wrap-up


– Continue 5G introduction as needed
– Project summaries presented in class

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Prerequisites

> Basic concepts of Probability and Stochastic Systems


– Bernoulli trials, the Normal distribution and other
distributions, confidence intervals
> Undergraduate level Computer Networks
– Layered network architecture, TCP/IP and packet switched
systems, multiple access
> Undergraduate level Digital Communications
– basics of Digital Detection, Error Analysis
> Basic C++ programming at the Unix command line
> Ability to process and plot raw data files

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Outline for remainder of today

> Walk-through of a real performance study


– Drawn from IEEE 802.11ax
– TGax simulation methodology
> Introduce ns-3 and the initial ns-3 homework exercise

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References to IEEE simulation documents

> 11/14-0571r12

> 11/14-0980r16

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