ECE5660  SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS

Instructor: Dr. Mohab Mangoud,

 
Room: 245, ( 273 : mohab@vt.edu.
 
Lecture hours: S T 6:00PM - 7:15PM "Collage of Computing and IT, AAST, Abokeer, Alexandria"
 
Office hours:
•R R between 11 and 1 pm my office
•or by appointment ( contact me)
 
Textbook:
􀂉 M Buehrer Manuscript :"SS and CDMA"
􀂄 A.J. Viterbi, CDMA: Principles of Spread Spectrum Communication,
􀂄 R.L. Peterson, R.E. Ziemer, and D.E. Borth, Introduction to Spread Spectrum Communications
􀂄 S. Verdu, Multiuser Detection
 

Course Grading

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HW and mini-project assignments+Midterm (30%)

Final Exam (30%)

Class Projects (40%)

“The instructor reserves the right to change the grading scheme”

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Timetable and Lectures downloads

Lecture(1) Tuesday 8/22/2006 Course overview +

Review of digital communications

 lecture: (download)    

Chapter 1 (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(2) Sunday 8/27/2006 Introduction to Spread Spectrum lecture : (download)    

Chapter 2 (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(3) Tuesday 8/29/2006 DS spread spectrum lecture : (download)   

 Chapter 3 (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(4) Sunday 9/3/2006 DS spread spectrum (2)

Home work (2 and 3) download

Lecture(5) Tuesday 9/5/2006 FH spread spectrum lecture :  (download)                                  

 Chapter 4 (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(6) Sunday 9/10/2006 FH spread spectrum (2)  

 

Lecture(7) Tuesday 9/12/2006 Spreading waveforms lecture:    (download)                               

Chapter 5  (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(8) Sunday 9/17/2006 Spreading sequences lecture:    (download

 

     

mini-project # 1 assignment (download)

due dateTuesday   10/3/2006

Lecture(9) Tuesday 9/19/2006 Code acquisition lecture    (download

Chapter 6  (SS. Buehrer)

Lecture(10) Sunday 9/24/2006 Code acquisition (2) lecture     (download

 

     

mini-project # 1 assignment (download)

due dateTuesday   10/18/2006

Lecture(11) Tuesday 9/26/2006 Code tracking lecture    (download

Chapter 7  (SS. Buehrer) 

Lecture(12) Sunday 10/1/2006 Code tracking (2)  
Lecture(13) Tuesday 10/3/2006 Performance of Uncoded DS-SS in Jamming Channels  
Lecture(14) Sunday 10/8/2006 Performance of DS-SS in Rayleigh Fading: The Rake Receiver  
Lecture(15) Tuesday 10/10/2006 Performance of Coded DS-SS Systems  
Lecture(16) Sunday 10/15/2006 Performance of Frequency Hopped Systems  
Lecture(17) Tuesday 10/17/2006 Mini Projects workshop / Mid term exam  
Lecture(18) Sunday 10/22/2006 Introduction to CDMA  
Lecture(19) Tuesday 10/24/2006 CDMA – System Capacity  
Lecture(20) Sunday 10/29/2006 CDMA – Link Performance: The Gaussian Approximation  
Lecture(21) Tuesday 10/31/2006 CDMA: Radio Resource Management - Part 1  
Lecture(22) Sunday 11/5/2006 CDMA: Radio Resource Management Part 2  
Lecture(23) Tuesday 11/7/2006 CDMA: Spread Spectrum Packet Radio Networks  
Lecture(24) Sunday 11/12/2006 Multiuser Detection – Linear Techniques  
Lecture(25) Tuesday 11/14/2006 Multiuser Detection – Non-linear Techniques  
Lecture(26) Sunday 11/19/2006 Class Project Seminar (1)  
Lecture(27) Tuesday 11/21/2006 Class Project Seminar (2)  
Lecture(28) Sunday 11/26/2006 Class Project Seminar (3)  
Lecture(29) Tuesday 12/3/2006 Class Project Seminar (4)  
Lecture(30) Sunday 12/7/2006 Class Project Seminar (4)  

Evaluation sheet (download)