Cellular Communication System Design

The students will be involved in the planning and design of cellular and wireless personal communication systems at the system level. Issues such as the choice of modulation and channel coding schemes as well as multiple access methods will be dealt with. Fundamentals of digital signal processing will be briefly introduced. DSP techniques used in the design of baseband digital signal transmission and reception will be covered. Carrier-modulated signals, such as AM, QAM and PSK signals, used for transmission through band-pass channels will be discussed. Channel equaliser design for compensation of channel distortions and inter-symbol interference (ISI) will be dealt with.