Wireless Communications - Spring 2005

Dr. Mohab Mangoud

 

 

Project Information and Suggestions

 

The term project is a research project related to any topic in the wireless area.

Some suggested topics are listed below, but you are by no means limited to these topics. The project can be a

 

  1. Literature survey,
  2. Analysis
  3. Simulation and Experiment.

 

If you want to be ambitious you can propose a project that includes original research. However,

repeating a simulation experiment, or a literature survey is also fine.

 

Note that your references must be published and/or you must supply an electronic link to them on your website.

 

Two people (maximum) may collaborate on the project if the joint project satisfies the following three criteria:

 

1. The project is of sufficient scope to merit collaboration by two people. It is expected that the amount of work on the collaborative project be approximately double that of a project undertaken by just one student.

 

2. The joint project cannot be separated into two effectively separate projects. In other words, there must be some reason why the work is done as a joint project rather than two separate projects.

 

3. The work can be delineated between the collaborators so that I can grade you separately.

 

Due to the more complicated nature of collaborative projects and their need to satisfy these three criteria, collaborative projects must be approved by the instructor prior to the proposal deadline.

 

The three criteria required for collaboration must be discussed in the project proposal. Both the project proposal and final report must have separate sections written by each collaborator describing their contribution. In rare cases collaboration by three students may be permitted, this also requires instructor approval prior to the proposal deadline.

 

 

Details and Deadlines:

 

• A 1 page proposal is due 3rd weeks lecture 2/5/2005. The project proposal should include

 

  1. A fairly detailed description of what you plan to do. If you are doing a literature survey you should briefly describe the papers you are using, what aspects of these papers you plan to focus on, and how you propose to compare the different approaches in each paper.

(I should not have to read the papers to understand your project proposal).

 

  1. If you are doing a simulation you should describe in detail the system that you plan to simulate and how you plan to simulate it.

 

 

Do not propose an overly ambitious project that cannot be completed by the end of the term. Your project proposal will be graded independently of the final project report. The proposal grade will be based on the level of detail and clarity in your description of the proposed work, as well as my assessment as to whether you can complete the proposed work in the available time. You are strongly urge you to meet with the instructor prior to the project deadline to get feedback on your project proposal. On average, a good proposal will require 5-10 hours of work.

 

As part of your project proposal, you must create a web site for your project and post your project proposal to the web site including your name and email. You must post your project proposal and email the instructor and the web site address by the proposal deadline. Project proposals submitted in any other form will receive no credit. Your project website will be linked to the class homepage.

 

 

The project is due by the 8th week and must be posted to your project website by then. The project after that time will be penalized, unless specific arrangements are made with the instructor in advance. Your final report should be around 10-20 pages. On average, a good project will require 20-40 hours of work beyond the project proposal, and projects with original research may require much more than that.

 

 

The final project should be presented using Microsoft power point presentation by a seminar for each student individually starting from the 9th week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTED TOPICS FOR TERM PROJECTS AND SEMINARS

 

  1. Diversity.

 

 

  1. Adaptive Modulation and Coding.

 

 

  1. Equalization techniques.

 

 

  1. Multicarrier Modulation and OFDM (simulations).

 

 

  1. Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (Sensor Networks).

 

 

  1. Statistical Multipath Channel Models.

 

 

  1. Ultra Wide Band  (UWB)

 

 

  1. Wideband CDMA.

 

 

  1. Multiple Antennas (MIMO) and Space-Time Coding (Special topic)

 

 

10. Smart antennas. (Special topic)

 

References

 

[1] Theodore Rappaport, “Wireless Communications principles and practice”, Second Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002

 

[2] Andrea Goldsmith “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2005

 

 

 

The course grades

 

The grade will be as follows:

 

Project Proposal                                                 10 marks

Project website                                                    5 marks

Final project Report (10-20 page)                    15 marks

Final project presentation and exam                20 marks

 


Total project grades                                            50 marks

Attendance and discussions                             10 marks

Mid term exam                                                    15 marks

Final year exam                                                   25 marks