Electrical Engineering 224B

Title Fundamentals of Wireless Communication
Units 3
Prerequisites 121, 226A, or equivalent.
Description Introduction of the fundamentals of wireless communication. Modeling of the wireless multipath fading channel and its basic physical parameters. Coherent and noncoherent reception. Diversity techniques over time, frequency, and space. Spread spectrum communication. Multiple access and interference management in wireless networks. Frequency re-use, sectorization. Multiple access techniques: TDMA, CDMA, OFDM. Capacity of wireless channels. Opportunistic communication. Multiple antenna systems: spatial multiplexing, space-time codes. Examples from existing wireless standards.
Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?
Spring 2012 Anant Sahai 6.4 / 7 6.3 / 7
Spring 2010 David Tse 6.1 / 7 5.5 / 7
Spring 2008 David Tse 6.4 / 7 6.5 / 7
Spring 2006 David Tse 6.4 / 7 6.4 / 7
Spring 2004 David Tse 6.2 / 7 6.6 / 7
Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?
6.3 / 7 6.3 / 7
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