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Example syllabus for a course on Wireless Communications


Textbook: Wireless Communications - Principles and Practice (Rappaport)

Week

Lecture/Module

Title

Time

1 Lecture Course Introduction
1 Lecture Cellular Concept
2 Lecture Interference
2 Lecture Capacity
Tutorial SnowMAN: Snowpack Monitoring Network 25:23
3 Lecture Microcells
3 Lecture Propagation Introduction
 
  The Wireless Communication Channel [WCC]
4 WCC_0 Introduction 3:45
4 WCC_1 Module Objectives & the Free Space Model 25:48
4 WCC_2 Large-scale Phenomena and Models 26:18
5 WCC_3 Small-scale Phenomena and Models 41:15
5 WCC_4 Fade Mitigation and Link Budgets 30:51
5 WCC_5 Example Application & Module Conclusion 15:46
6 Lecture Communications Introduction 15:46
 
  Communication Theory as Applied to WSN [CTA]
6 CTA_0 Introduction 2:25
6 CTA_1 Module Objectives & WSN Constraints 14:31
7 CTA_2 Modulation Approaches 35:25
7 CTA_3 Modulation for Digital Systems 27:54
7 Lecture Spread Spectrum
7 Tutorial GPS 18:34
8 Lecture OFDM
8 CTA_4 Source Coding 43:26
8 CTA_5 Channel Coding 40:17
8 Lecture Equalization
9 Lecture Speech Coding Introduction
9 Lecture Speech Coding I
10 Lecture Speech Coding II
10 Lecture Multiple Access Techniques Introduction
11 CTA_6 Medium Access Control (MAC) 30:24
11 CTA_7 Sychronization, Trade-off Study & Module Conclusion 31:44
 
  Radio Frequency Hardware [RFH]
11 RFH_0 Introduction 6:37
11 RFH_1 Overview & Block Diagrams 15:47
12 RFH_2 Filters Part A 23:31
12 RFH_3 Filters Part B 12:37
12 RFH_4 Amplifiers 22:42
12 RFH_5 Up/Down Conversion 20:11
12 RFH_6 Oscillators & Synthesizers 25:54
13 RFH_7 Modulation Basics 18:10
13 RFH_8 Antennas Part A 18:10
13 RFH_9 Antennas Part B 20:11
14 Lecture Current Topics I - Standards
14 Lecture Current Topics II - TBD
15 Lecture Current Topics III - TBD
 
  Wireless Sensor Networks
15 MOT_1 WSN for Environmental Monitoring 11:08
15 MOT_2 WSN Example: Economics of Sensing 19:20
15 MOT_3 WSN Engineering: Overview 39:13