ECSE610 (Winter 2016): Wireless Telecommunications

Instructor: Prof. Tho Le-Ngoc (ENGMC815, tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca)

Office Hours: Wednesday/Friday, 17:30-19:00 (appointment by e-mail)

Lecture Time: Wednesday/Friday, 16:05‐17:25

Lecture Room: ENGTR2100

MARKING: Assignments (35%); Open-book Midterm Exam (30%), Term-Project (35%)

GRADING: A³85%, A-³80%, B+³75%, B³70%, B-³65%, C³55%, F<55%

Grader: Mr. Ruikai Mai (ruikai.mai@mail.mcgill.ca)

Lecture Notes:

The following lecture notes have been sent to the registered students (Please send a request to tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca if you have not received them):

· Jan. 20, 2016: updated Course Outline to replace the previous versions

· Jan. 20, 2016: updated lecture notes A to replace the previous versions

· Jan. 20, 2016: lecture notes B

· Feb. 2, 2016: lecture notes C

· Feb. 4, 2016: updated lecture notes C on Modulation Techniques to replace the previous versions

· Feb. 4, 2016: lecture notes D1 on Channel Capacity

· Feb. 13, 2016: lecture notes D2 on Diversity Techniques

· Feb. 19, 2016: lecture notes E on OFDM

References

o A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Chapter 12, and materials from various sources

· Feb. 21, 2016: lecture notes F on OFDM

References

o E.G. Larsson, P. Stoica, Space-Time Block Coding for Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2003

o A. Paulraj, R. Nabar, D. Gore, Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2003

o A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Chapter 10

o Tse, P. Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Chapters 7-9

o C.A. Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Design (3rd edition), John Wiley, 2005

· Mar. 17, 2016: lecture notes G on Multi-User Communications

· Mar. 25, 2016: lecture notes H on Cellular Communications

· Apr. 6, 2016: lecture notes I1 on Wireless Access Networks: Part I

· Apr. 8, 2016: lecture notes I2 on Wireless Access Networks: Part II

· Apr. 15, 2016: lecture notes J on Resource Allocation in Wireless Cellular Networks

Assignments:

The following Assignments have been sent to the registered students (Please send a request to tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca if you have not received them):

· Jan. 8, 2016: Project Topic Selection, Due date: Friday, Jan. 15, 2016

· Feb. 2, 2016:  returned Project Topic Selection with comments

· Feb. 21, 2016: Assignment 1. Due date: Friday, Mar. 4, 2016

· Mar. 4, 2016: Assignment 1 with corrections. Due date: Monday, Mar. 7, 2016

· Mar. 10, 2016: returned graded Assignment 1 with comments

· Mar. 25, 2016: Assignment 2 (Worth 10%). Due date: Monday, Apr. 11, 2016

Notes: Please submit your assignment by the due date to both ruikai.mai@mail.mcgill.ca and tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca.

Open-book Midterm

· Date: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016. The exam will cover lectures A-F and Assignment 1.

· Mar. 14, 2016: sample of ECSE16W14 Midterm sent out

Term Project:

· Guidelines and Regulations (sent out before Jan. 13, 2016, please send a request to Tho Le-Ngoc if you have not received them)

· Topic Selection counted as an Assignment of 5% (Due date: January 15, 2016)

· Proposal counted as an Assignment of 5% (Due date: February 12 17, 2016)

o Mar. 25, 2016: returned marked proposals with comments

· Interim Report, 10% (Due date: April 1, 2016)

· Final Report and PPT, 25% (Due date: April 15, 2016)

Notes: Please submit your term-project documents following the Guidelines and Regulations to both ruikai.mai@mail.mcgill.ca and tho.le-ngoc@mcgill.ca by the due date.