Advanced Topics in Communications, ELEG867 (Spring of 2004)

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1. Homeworks: 30%
   
2. Midterm project: 30%
   
3. Final Project: 40%
   

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References:

1. B. Vucetic and J. Yuan, Space-Time Coding, John Wiley, 2003.
   
2. J. G. Proakis, Digital Communications , McGraw-Hill, 1994.
   
3. I. Daubechies, Ten Lectures on Wavelets,

Course Description:

This course includes trellis coded modulations (TCM), multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) systems, space-time modulation/coding, CDMA and its basic properties, some basics on wavelets.

Contents:

1. Part I: Trellis Coded Modulation
   1. Covolutional Codes with Viterbi Algorithm
   2. Trellis Coded Modulation
   
   
2. Part II: Multiple Antenna Systems
   1. Basics
   2. Diversity Combining for Multiple Receive Antennas
   3. Space-Time Coding for Multiple Transmit Antennas
      1. Basics and Symbol Error Rate Bound
      2. Space-Time Block Codes
         1. General Space-Time Block Coding/Modulation
         2. Unitary Space-Time Codes and Differential Space-Time Modulation
         3. Non-Coherent Unitery Space-Time Block Codes
         4. Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes
         5. Linear Lattice Based Space-Time Block Codes and Cyclotomic Space-Time Block Codes
         6. Lu-Kumar-Hammons-Gamal Codes
         7. Receiver Designs
      3. Space-Time Trellis Codes
         1. Tarokh's Codes and Others
         2. Super-Orthogonal Space-Time Trellis Codes
         3. Turbo Space-Time Codes
   
   
3. Part III: CDMA with Mathematical Fundamentals
   1. CDMA Basics
   2. CDMA Code Properties and Limitations
   3. CDMA Code Designs
   4. RAKE Receiver
   
   
4. Part IV: OFDM Systems with Mathematical Fundamentals
   
   
5. Part V: Wavelets
   1. Continuous Wavelets and Ultra-Wide-Band Systems
   2. Multiresolution Analysis