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Wireless Communications

Instructor: Nguyen Le Hung

Email: nlhung@dut.udn.vn; nnguyenlehung@yahoo.com

Department of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering
Danang University of Technology, University of Danang

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This undergraduate course helps students to understand
mathematical fundamentals and practical transmission
techniques in emerging broadband wireless
communications systems (e.g, WiMAX, LTE-A).
The course lecture notes also provide possible research
directions in mobile broadband communications.

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Chapter 1: Introduction to modern wireless networks
History & development of 1G/2G/3G/4G networks.
Promises and future trends
Chapter 2: Wireless channel models.
Path loss and shadowing
Multipath fading channels
RF Link budget analysis
Chapter 3: Physical-layer transmission techniques.
Signals and spectra
Digital modulations
Channel coding
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
Diversity techniques
Space division multiple access (SDMA)
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Pre-requisites: Basis knowledge of statistics, stochastic
processes and digital communications systems.
References:
A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge
2005.
Gordan L. Stüber, Principles of Mobile Communication,
Second Edition, 2002
Recent IEEE journal and conference papers.

Course assessment:
Labs: 20%
Midterm exam: 30%
Final exam: 50%
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