University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 6509 -- Wireless Communications

Spring 2004 Calendar

  Tuesday Thursday
Week 1
January 6
Topic: Introduction to wireless communications
Reading Assignment: Chap. 1, pp. 1-21
January 8
Topic: Modern wireless communication systems
Reading Assignment: Chap. 2, pp. 25-54
Week 2
January 13
Topic: Guest lecture by Dr. Petre Stoica on model order selection
January 15
Topic: Cellular system design I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3, pp. 57-67
Written Assignment: Homework 1
Week 3
January 20
Topic: Cellular system design II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3, pp. 67-96
January 22
Topic: Cellular system design III & Channel impairments
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3
Written Assignment: Homework 2
Week 4
January 27
Topic: Channel impairments
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
January 29
Topic: Large scale path loss models
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
Homework 1 due
Written Assignment: Homework 3
Week 5
February 3
Topic: Small scale fading I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
February 5
Topic: Small scale fading II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
Homework 2 due
Week 6
February 10
Topic: Small scale fading III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
February 12
Topic: Small scale fading IV and Digital modulation I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Written Assignment: Homework 4
Homework 3 due
Week 7
February 17
Topic: Guest lecture by Dr. Ding-Zhu Du on Connected Dominating Set in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
February 19
Topic: Digital modulation II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Homework 4 due
Week 8
February 24
Topic: Digital modulation III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Written Assignment: Homework 5
February 26
Topic: Equalization I
Reading Assignment:  Chap. 7
Week 9
March 2
Topic: Equalization II
Reading Assignment:  Chap. 7
Homework 5 due
March 4

Midterm exam
Week 10
March 9
Spring Break
No Class
March 11
Spring Break
No Class
Week 11
March 16
Topic: Equalization III
Reading Assignment:  Chap. 7
March 18
Topic: Equalization IV & Diversity combining I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
Project proposal due
Week 12
March 23
Topic: Diversity combining II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
March 25
Topic: Guest lecture by Liuqing Yang & Channel Coding I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
Week 13
March 30
Topic: Channel Coding II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
April 1
Topic: Channel Coding III & Multiple access I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
Week 14
April 6
Topic: Multiple access II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
April 8
Topic: Multiple access III
Reading Assignment: Chaps. 9
Written Assignment: Homework 6
Week 15
April 13
Topic: Wireless systems and standards I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
 
April 15
Topic: Wireless systems and standards II 
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
Homework 6 due
Week 16
April 20
Topic: Wireless systems and standards III 
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
April 22
No Class
Week 17
April 27
Project report due
No Class
April 28 (Wednesday)
Final exam
Exam period: 10 am - 12pm