Course Code Course Title L T P C

10211EC112 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 2 2 0 3

a) Course Category

Program Core

b) Preamble

This course addresses the fundamental concepts of wireless communication and provides an
overview of existing and advanced wireless communication standards. It covers mobile radio
propagation, multiple access techniques, multi user systems and various wireless
communication standards.
c) Prerequisite

Communication Systems

d) Related Courses

MIMO Wireless Communication, Cellular Mobile Communication

e) Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to

Knowledge Level
(Based on
CO Nos. Course Outcomes
Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy)
Interpret a wireless channel and evolve design a cellular
CO1 K2
system based on resource availability
Identify suitable modulation schemes for the wireless
CO2 K2
channel and system.
Compare multiple access techniques in wireless
CO3 K2
communication
Identify different types of equalization and diversity
CO4 K2
techniques.
Explain the various types of wireless networks and
CO5 K2
standards
f) Correlation of COs with POs

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO 10 PO 11 PO 12 PSO1 PSO2

CO1 M M M L - - - - - L - M - -

CO2 H M M M L - - - - L L L M -

CO3 L L L M L - - - - L L M M -

CO4 M L L M L - - - - L L M M -

CO5 L L M L H - M - - M L H - M

g) Course Content

UNIT I CELLULAR CONCEPTS AND MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION 12

Overview of wireless communication– Cellular concept: Frequency reuse, Hand off, System
capacity – Radio Propagation: Large scale path loss, Reflection, Diffraction, Scattering, Link
budget design - Small scale fading – Multipath channel parameters : Doppler shift, Time dispersion
parameters, Coherence bandwidth, Doppler spread , Coherence time – Types of fading: Flat fading,
Frequency selective fading, Fast fading and Slow fading.
UNIT II MODULATION TECHNIQUES 12
Overview of digital modulation – Linear modulation: Principles of Offset QPSK, π/4 QPSK –
Constant envelope modulation : Minimum Shift Keying, Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying, –
Spread spectrum modulation techniques: DS-SS, FH-SS – Modulation performance in fading and
multipath channels.
UNIT III MULTIPATH MITIGATION TECHNIQUES 12

Equalization : Adaptive equalization , Linear and Non-Linear equalization – Zero Forcing, and
Minimum Mean Square Error Algorithms – Diversity techniques : Micro and Macro diversity –
Diversity combining techniques –Transmit diversity – Error probability in fading channels with
diversity reception – Rake receiver.

UNIT IV MULTI USER SYSTEMS 12

Multiuser channels : Uplink and downlink – Multiple Access : FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA,
Hybrid techniques – Random Access : ALOHA , Slotted ALOHA , CSMA – Power control –
Uplink/downlink channel capacity – MIMO multiuser systems.

UNIT V WIRELESS COMMUNICATION STANDARDS 12

Evolution – 3G Overview : WCDMA/UMTS, 3GPP Network structure – 4G features and
challenges – IMS , LTE system over view and physical channels, WiMax/IEEE802.16–
Advanced broad band wireless access : UWB, AWS – 5G wireless system : Architecture and 5G
deployment.

Total : 60 Hrs
h) Learning Resources

Text Books

1. Rappaport. T.S., “Wireless communications”, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition, 2010.

2. Andrea Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3. Andreas F.Molisch, “Wireless Communications”, John Wiley , 2006.
4. Ajay R. Mishra, “Cellular technologies for emerging markets:2G, 3G and beyond” John
Wiley, 2010
5. Simon Haykin & Michael Moher, “Modern Wireless Communications”, Pearson
Education, 2007.

Reference Books

1. Vijay. K. Garg, “Wireless Communication and Networking”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,

2007.
2. Kaveth Pahlavan,. K. Prashanth Krishnamurthy, "Principles of Wireless Networks", Prentice
Hall of India, 2006.
3. Clint Smith. P.E., and Daniel Collins, “3G Wireless Networks”, 2nd Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2007.
4. William Stallings, "Wireless Communications and networks" Pearson / Prentice Hall of
India, 2nd Ed., 2007

Online Resources
1. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_ee66/preview
2. http://www.sp4comm.org/docs/chapter12.pdf
3. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc23_ee75/preview
4. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117104099
5. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105134