The focus of this course is on modeling, design and optimization of the physical level of wireless transmission systems including cellular and personal communication systems, satellite systems, and radio relay links.

Estimation theory, electrical communications

The general characteristics of the simulation model of wireless transmission systems are described, general principles of simulating communication systems are emphasized, and particular constructs for modeling propagation channels and system components (such as filters, modulators/demodulators, encoders/decoders, nonlinear amplifiers, and synchronization structures) are presented. Techniques for estimating performance parameters are introduced, with particular emphasis on error probability estimators, showing with laboratory projects how they can be used to perform computed aided design of transmission systems. A laboratory project is developed.

4 hours of software lab. are held every week The Matlab tool is employed.

Selected chapters from:

' Hiroshi Harada, Ramjee Prasad, Simulation of communication systems, ISBN:0-306-43989-1, Plenum Press (New York, NY, USA), 1992

' Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan, Simulation and Software Radio for Mobile Communications, ISBN: 1580530443, Artech House (Fitchburg, MA, USA), 2002

Written project plus oral exam