Learning Wireless Communication Essentials

Mobile phones have changed our lives during the recent four decades and will become an essential and inseparable part of human life. This course will provide how mobile communication is possible from the aspect of communication systems

The principles of wireless communication theory are covered with emphasis on the essential concept delivery. I hope students will enjoy the journey from wired communication to wireless communication through this course.

In this course students will learn the various concepts required to understand wireless communications including cellular fundamentals, modulation techniques, multiple access techniques and spread spectrum communication.

This course is for the students/professionals who are interested to understand some fundamental and essential technical concepts of wireless communications which are baseline for all generations of mobile communication.

The course is divided as following modules:

Module 1:

Background

1. History of wireless communication

2. Transmission basics

3. Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

Module 2:

Cellular Concepts

1. Introduction to Cellular Systems

2. Channel Assignment and Hand Off Strategies

3. Interference and System Capacity

4. Trunking Theory

5. Capacity Improvement

Module 3:

Multiple Access Techniques

1. Background

2. Frequency Division Multiple Access

3. Time Division Multiple Access

4. Spread Spectrum Multiple Access

5. Code Division Multiple Access

Thus, this course prepares students/professionals about the very essential concepts related to wireless communication. These concepts will be useful to learners in opting undergraduate course or advanced course in the related field.