University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 6509 -- Wireless Communications

Spring 2013 Calendar

  Monday Wednesday Friday
Week 1
January 7
Topic: Introduction to wireless communications
Reading Assignment: Chap. 1, pp. 1-21
January 9
Topic: Modern wireless communication systems I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 1, pp. 1-21
January 11
Topic: Modern wireless communication systems II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 2, pp. 25-54
Week 2
January 14
Topic: Cellular system design I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3
January 16
Topic: Cellular system design II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3
January 18
Topic: Cellular system design III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3
Week 3
January 21
No class
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
January 23
Topic: Cellular system design IV
Reading Assignment: Chap. 3
Written Assignment: Homework 1
January 25
Topic: Channel impairments I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
Week 4
January 28
Topic: Channel impairments II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
January 30
Topic: Channel impairments III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
Written Assignment: Homework 2
Homework 1 due
February 1
Topic: Large scale path loss models I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
Week 5
February 4
Topic: Large scale path loss models II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
February 6
Topic: Large scale path loss models III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 4
Written Assignment: Homework 3
Homework 2 due
February 8
Topic: Small scale fading I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
Week 6
February 11
Topic: Small scale fading II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
February 13
Topic: Small scale fading III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
Homework 3 due
February 15
Topic: Small scale fading IV
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
Week 7
February 18
Topic: Small scale fading V
Reading Assignment: Chap. 5
Written Assignment: Homework 4
February 20
Topic: Digital modulation I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
February 22
 Topic: Digital modulation II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Week 8
February 25
Topic: Digital modulation III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Homework 4 due
February 27
   Topic: Digital modulation IV
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
March 1
 Topic: Digital modulation V
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Week 9
March 4
Spring Break
No Class
March 6
Spring Break
No Class
March 8
Spring Break
No Class
Week 10
March 11
Topic: Digital modulation VI
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
March 13
Topic: Digital modulation VII
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
March 15
Topic: Digital modulation VIII
Reading Assignment: Chap. 6
Written Assignment: Homework 5
Project proposal due
Week 11
March 18
 Topic: Equalization I
Reading Assignment:  Chap. 7
March 20
Topic: Equalization II
Reading Assignment:  Chap. 7
March 22
Topic: Diversity combining I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
Homework 5 due
Week 12
March 25
Topic: Diversity combining II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
March 27
Topic: Diversity combining III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
March 29
Topic: Channel Coding I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
Week 13
April 1
Topic: Channel Coding II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
April 3
Topic: Channel Coding III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 7
April 5
Topic: Multiple access I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
Week 14
April 8
Topic: Multiple access II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
April 10
Topic: Multiple access III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
April 12
Topic: Multiple access IV
Reading Assignment: Chap. 9
Written Assignment: Homework 6
Week 15
April 15
Topic: Wireless systems and standards I
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
April 17
Topic: Wireless systems and standards II
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
April 19
Topic: Wireless systems and standards III
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
Week 16
April 22
Topic: Wireless systems and standards IV
Reading Assignment: Chap. 11
Homework 6 due
April 24
Topic: Advanced topics
 
April 26
No class
Week 17
April 29
No class

 
May 1
No Class

Project report due at 4pm

May 3
No Class