ICEN 574: Modern Wireless Networks
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive study of recent wireless data and telecommunication networks. Topics include fundamentals of wireless coding and modulation, wireless signal propagation, cellular networks: 1G/2G/3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and 5G, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless local area networks, 60 GHz millimeter wave gigabit wireless networks, vehicular wireless networks, and wireless protocols for Internet of Things including Bluetooth, BLE, 802.15.4, Zigbee, LoRA and SigFox. The thrust is mostly on PHY and MAC layers.
Prerequisites:
ICEN 416 Computer Communication Networks and ICEN 472 Advanced Digital Communications.
Lecture:
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 01:15-02:35PM
Location: Building 25 Room: B005
Office Hours:
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:00-1:00PM and also by appointment
Location: Library (LI) 88B
| Instructor |
|---|
 Prof. Dola Saha Email: dsaha AT albany DOT edu |
Blackboard: ICEN 574: Modern Wireless Networks
Books
Highly Recommended:
- Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall and Johan Skold, "5G NR: The Next Generation Wireless Access Technology", First Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-128-14323-0, 2018.
- Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall and Johan Skold, "4G, LTE-Advanced Pro and The Road to 5G", Third Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-128-04575-6, 2016.
- Eldad Perahia and Robert Stacey, "Next Generation Wireless LANs: 802.11n and 802.11ac", Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-1-107-01676-7, 2013.
- Stefania Sesia, Issam Toufik and Matthew Baker, "LTE - The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice", Second Edition, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-66025-6
Grading Information
- Four Short Projects, 25% each.
Grading Scale
A: 100-95 points A-: 94-90 points
B+: 89-87 points B: 86-84 points B-: 83-80 points
C+: 79-77 points C: 76-73 points C-: 72-70 points
D+: 69-67 points D: 66-63 points D-: 62-60 points
E: 59 points and below
B+: 89-87 points B: 86-84 points B-: 83-80 points
C+: 79-77 points C: 76-73 points C-: 72-70 points
D+: 69-67 points D: 66-63 points D-: 62-60 points
E: 59 points and below
Policies
Assignments: Assignments will be posted in Blackboard. No late assignments will be accepted. All assignments are due by 11:59PM on the due date in Blackboard (unless otherwise specified). Any re-grading requests will be considered up to 5 business days after posting the grades for the corresponding assignment. No re-grading requests will be entertained after the 5-day period has passed. You are not supposed to collaborate on homework assignments.
Academic Honesty and Overall Regulations: Every student has the responsibility to become familiar with the standards of academic integrity at the University. Plagiarism and any act of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be reported to the Graduate/Undergraduate Education in UAlbany. Read the Standards of Academic Integrity and Policies in the Undergraduate Bulletin or Graduate Bulletin.
Course Calendar
Subject to change as per travel schedule, material progreess and unforseen events
| Week | Date | Discussion Topic | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 24 | Introduction | slide |
| Wireless Physical Layer | slide | ||
| 2 | Jan 29 | Signal, Modulation, Coding, Channel Capacity | |
| Jan 31 | Doppler, Coherence Time, DSSS, CDMA, Access Methods | ||
| 3 | Feb 5 | Signal Propagation, Pathloss, Shadowing, Multipath, Channel Models | |
| Feb 7 | OFDM, Channel Diversity, Beamforming, MIMO | ||
| Cellular Systems | We will use OpenAirInterface for project. | ||
| 4 | Feb 12 | 1G/2G/3G Systems, Cell, GSM, CDMA, Handoff | slide_1, slide_2, slide_3, slide_4 |
| Feb 14 | LTE - Architecture, Frame, Synchronization, RACH | ||
| 5 | Feb 19 | OFDM, SC-FDMA, Space Time Coding | |
| Feb 21 | Packet Core – S-GW, P-GW | ||
| 6 | Feb 26 | Mobility Management | |
| Feb 28 | PDCP, RLC, RRC, Control and Data Channel | ||
| 7 | Mar 5 | Bearer Management, Hybrid ARQ | |
| Mar 7 | MU-MIMO, Precoding | ||
| 8 | Mar 12 | Carrier Aggregation, CoMP, D2D | |
| Mar 14 | 5G (5G NR, LTE for Massive MTC) | ||
| 9 | Mar 19 | Spring Break | |
| Mar 21 | |||
| Wireless LANs | We will use USRPs in lab to detect and decode OTA packets. | ||
| 10 | Mar 26 | PHY, MAC, PCF, DCF, IFS, Carrier Sense, Backoff | slide_1 |
| Mar 28 | Synchronization, Association, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac | ||
| 11 | Apr 2 | Enhanced DCF, Frame Aggregation, STBC | |
| Apr 4 | Channel Bonding, HT/VHT Frame, Preambles | ||
| 12 | Apr 9 | MU-MIMO, Grouping | |
| Apr 11 | Tx Beamforming | ||
| 60GHz mmWave | |||
| 13 | Apr 16 | mmWave propagation and fading, 802.11ad standard | |
| Apr 18 | Beamforming protocol, Session transfer | ||
| Vehicular Networks | |||
| 14 | Apr 23 | 802.11p, DSRC | |
| Apr 25 | Propagation, Routing | ||
| Communication for Internet of Things | Choose between Adafruit LoRA Feather board or Dragino LoRa Shield for project. | ||
| 15 | Apr 30 | Bluetooth, BLE and iBeacon – PHY and MAC | slide_1 |
| May 2 | 802.15.4, Zigbee, Cluster Tree Network, UWB, Spread Spectrum | ||
| 16 | Mar 7 | LPWAN – LoRA and SigFox | |
| May 15 | Final Presentation (1:00pm-3:00pm) |