This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the principles and system design techniques of wireless communications.

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Requirements
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* Pre-requisites: Principles of Communications
* You also need to be familiar with the following subjects:

1. Probability

2. Linear Algebra, Matrix

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References
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[1] David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
[2] Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
[3] Andreas F. Molisch, Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005.
[4] Dimitri Bertsekas and Robert Gallager, Data Networks (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, 1992.
[5] Robert G. Gallager, Principles of Digital Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
[6] John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi, Digital Communications (5th Edition), McGraw Hill, 2005.
[7] B. Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Edition), Prentice-Hall, 2001.

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Course Organization
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Lecture 1: Overview of Wireless Communications (notes)
Lecture 2: Fading Channel (notes)
Lecture 3: Diversity (notes)
Lecture 4: Capacity of Fading Channels (notes)
Lecture 5: Multiple Access (notes)
Group Presentation
Case Study

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Assessment
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Exam 60% + Coursework 40%

1. Exam: This is a two-hour closed-book exam which normally consists of 5-6 questions.

2. Coursework: You are required to group with 2-3 fellow students to complete a course project together.

3. Bonus: A few problems will be released in three tutorial classes. The student who can correctly demonstrate the solution in class will get the corresponding bonus points (i.e., every * denotes 1 point). The accumulated bonus points will be counted into your final score of coursework.

More about the course project:
You are required to finish a survey on an advanced topic in wireless communications. To demonstrate your understanding of the topic, you need to give a 20-minute presentation (50%) and submit a final report (50%) in the end of the semester.