EEC 457/557 – Modern Applications of Digital Communications

Course Description and Objectives

A review of basic digital communication techniques, analysis of digital modulation and demodulation, design and performance analysis of optimum receivers, basics of mobile communications, application of modern and vehicular communications in intelligent transportation systems, evolution from 1G to 5G and cellular networks, mmwave and 5G, 5G standards and specifications, 5G use cases and architectures, eMBB, mMTC, URLLC use cases, 5G NR air interface and radio access network.

Instructor

Prof. Mehdi Rahmati
Email: m.rahmati @ csuohio DOT edu
Office location: Fenn Hall 336
Office hours: T & TH 3-4 pm

Teaching Assistant

TBD

Class Hours

• T & TH 4-5:50 pm
  

• Classroom: TBD
  

• Lectures: weekly lectures to be uploaded on Blackboard
  

  • EEC 492: (12 weeks, 3 credits)

  • EEC 592: (full semester, 4 credits)

Textbooks

• 5G Wireless: A Comprehensive Introduction, William Stallings, Pearson, 2021.
  

• Digital Communications, 5/e, John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi, McGraw-Hill, 2008
  

Other References:

• Class lecture notes and selected research papers

• Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications, Theodore Rappaport, Robert Heath, Robert Daniels, and James Murdock, Pearson, 2015.

• Wireless Communications, Principles and Practice, Theodore Rappaport, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2005.

Grading

This course is cross-listed as both an undergraduate and a graduate course. Letter assignments will be made in accordance with the grading policies of the university. The course contains a project (a report and resentation). The topics will be announced in the second week of class.

• • Term report 30%

  • Homework 15%

  • Attendance 5%

  • Quizzes and Class activities 10%

  • Midterm 20%

  • Final: 20%
    

Resources (Blackboard)

Please see Blackboard for lecture notes and other resources.

Student Conduct

Students are expected to do their own work. Academic misconduct, student misconduct, cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Violations will be subject to disciplinary action as specified in the CSU Student Code of Conduct (available here).

Disability Accommodation

Educational access is the provision of classroom accommodations, auxiliary aids and services to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students regardless of their disability. Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the Office of Disability Services at (216) 687-2015. The Office is located in Rhodes West 210. Accommodations need to be requested in advance and will not be granted retroactively.

Schedule

• Basics of Digital Communications
  

• Evolution of Cellular Networks
  

• 5G Standards and Specifications
  

• Overview of 5G Use Cases and Architecture
  

• Enhanced Mobile Broadband
  

• Massive Machine Type Communications
  

• Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications
  

• 5G NR Air Interface and radio Access Network
  

• Wireless Transmission and Antennas
  

• 5G Air Interface Physical Layer, Modulation Schemes, Waveforms, and Numerologies
  

• MmWave Communications, Wave Propagation, Physical Layer Design, and Algorithms
  

• Air Interface Channel Coding
  

• 5G RAN (Radio Access Network)