WMC 405T - GSM & CDMA Mobile Technologies  
 

Indicative contents

  • Introduction to Mobile & Wireless Communication systems, Overview of Wireless communication systems-AMPS, GSM, GPRS, IMT-2000, UMTS. TDMA-based Digital Cellular System- IS-54, CDMA-based Digital Cellular systems- IS-95, PDC and DECT, 3G and beyond.
  • Cellular concepts for mobile, Cell planning, Frequency re-use, radio propagation, Propagation pathloss and propagation models, statistical models for indoors and outdoors channels.
  • Modulation techniques for mobile radio, fading and multipath channel. Fundamentals of equalization, algorithms for adaptive equalizations. Diversity techniques.
  • Multiple access techniques for wireless communications FDMA, TDMA, CDMA,
    Packet radio protocols pure ALOHA, slotted ALOHA, Carrier sense multiple access protocols.
  • GSM Architecture, GSM Architecture and Interfaces, Radio Link Features in GSM, GSM Logical channels and Frame Structure, GSM vocoders, Channel coding, GSM Services, Privacy and security in GSM system, Management of GSM Networks. SS7.
  • Spread spectrum Techniques, CDMA Architecture, IS-95 Architecture and Air Interfaces, logical and physical channels, Speech and channel coding, call processing, Soft handoff and power control, security and identification, Reverse and forward link capacity, CDMA2000.
     

Module Resources

  • Essential reading
    1. Course notes
  • Recommended Reading
    1. Kaveh Pahlavan “Principles of Wireless Networks”, Pearson education, 81-7808-646-8
    2. Dr. Kamilo Feher: “Wireless Digital communications”, PH edition, ISBN 2001
    3. Vijay K.Garg, Joseph E.Wilkes “Principles and Applications of GSM” Pearson education Inc, ISBN: 81-7808-655-7,2002
    4. Andreas F.Molisch: “Wideband Wireless Digital Communications”, Pearson education Inc, ISBN: 81-7808-301-9, 2002
    5. Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, Second edition, Addison Wesley; 2003
    6. Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice” Second edition, Prentice Hall PTR, 2001
    7. Gunnar Heine “GSM Networks protocols terminology and implementation” Artech House, 1999.