Wireless Communications (EE402) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Wireless Communications EE402 Area Elective 2 2 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
EE316
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Problem Solving, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yaser DALVEREN
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of this course is to provide a background for wireless principles and techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • describe operation of wireless communication systems
  • discuss radio propagation including path loss and multipath fading
  • discuss effects of noise and interference on wireless transmission systems
  • describe and compare some important bandpass modulation schemes
  • discuss importance of multiple access techniques in multiuser wireless systems
  • describe spread spectrum communication, diversity and combining techniques
Course Content Introduction to wireless systems and standards, radio propagation effects, coverage and statistical channel modeling, time-varying channels, fading effects, various bandpass modulation schemes and detection systems, channel capacity, spread spectrum communications, diversity and combining in cellular systems.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to wireless communication systems, current wireless systems and standars, wireless spectrum-1 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
2 Introduction to wireless communication systems, current wireless systems and standars, wireless spectrum-2 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
3 Introduction to wireless communication systems, current wireless systems and standars, wireless spectrum-3 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
4 Radio propagation effects, path loss and shadowing, ray tracing, outage probability, cell coverage-1 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
5 Radio propagation effects, path loss and shadowing, ray tracing, outage probability, cell coverage-2 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
6 Radio propagation effects, path loss and shadowing, ray tracing, outage probability, cell coverage-3 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
7 Midterm examination-1 Study the lecture notes
8 Cellular systems, cell planning, interference effects on capacity, dynamic resource allocation-1 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
9 Cellular systems, cell planning, interference effects on capacity, dynamic resource allocation-2 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
10 Midterm examination-2 Study the lecture notes
11 Wireless channel capacity, AWGN channels, flat-fading and frequency selective channels-1 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
12 Wireless channel capacity, AWGN channels, flat-fading and frequency selective channels-2 Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
13 Statistical channel modeling, time-varying channel responses, narrowband and wideband channels, space-time channel models Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
14 Digital modulations, signal space analysis, receiver structures, speread spectrum techniques, diversity techniques Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
15 Review of topics Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson
16 Final examination period Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson

Sources

Course Book 1. Haykin, S. and Moher, M., Modern Wireless Communications, Prentice Hall, 2005.
Other Sources 2. Goldsmith, A., Wireless Communications, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005.
3. Couch, L.W, Digital and Analog Communicatin Systems, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 2007.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 10 20
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 12 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Accumulated knowledge on mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering; ability to apply the theoretical and applied knowledge to model and analyze mechatronics engineering problems.
2 Ability to identify, define and formulate problems related to the field and to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods to solve these problems.
3 Ability to design a complex system, product, component or process to meet the requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; ability to apply contemporary design methodologies; ability to implement effective engineering creativity techniques in mechatronics engineering. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include economics, environment, sustainability, producibility, ethics, human health, social and political problems.)
4 Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques, skills and tools for application of mechatronics engineering and robot technologies; ability to use information and communications technologies effectively.
5 Ability to design and perform experiments, collect and analyze data and assess the results for investigated problems on mechatronics engineering and robot technologies.
6 Ability to work effectively on intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability for individual work; ability to communicate and collaborate/cooperate effectively with other disciplines and scientific/engineering domains or working areas, ability to work with other disciplines including electrical & electronics and computer engineering.
7 Ability to express creative and original concepts and ideas effectively in Turkish and English language, oral and written, and technical drawings.
8 Ability to reach information on different subjects required by the wide spectrum of applications of mechatronics engineering, criticize, assess and improve the knowledge-base; consciousness on the necessity of improvement and sustainability as a result of life-long learning; monitoring the developments on science and technology; awareness on entrepreneurship, innovative and sustainable development and ability for continuous renovation.
9 Consciousness on professional and ethical responsibility, competency on improving professional consciousness and contributing to the improvement of profession itself.
10 Knowledge on the applications at business life such as project management, risk management and change management and competency on planning, managing and leadership activities on the development of capabilities of workers who are under his/her responsibility working around a project.
11 Knowledge about the global, social and individual effects of mechatronics engineering applications on the human health, environment and security and cultural values and problems of the era; consciousness on these issues; awareness of legal results of engineering solutions.
12 Competency on defining, analyzing and surveying databases and other sources, proposing solutions based on research work and scientific results and communicate and publish numerical and conceptual solutions in the field of mechatronics engineering.
13 Consciousness on the environment and social responsibility, competencies on observation, improvement and modify and implementation of projects for the society and social relations and be an individual within the society in such a way that planning, improving or changing the norms with a criticism.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics 10 1 10
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 125