Course Name: Mobile Cellular communication

Course No.: EEE 4273

3 Credits, 3 hours/week

Course Teacher: Md. Jakaria Rahimi and Monirul Islam.

Week
1-2

Topic

Remark

3-4

Cellular Radio System:

Frequency reuse, co-channel interference, cell splitting and
components.

Class test at wk 4

5-6

Handoffs and Dropped Calls:

Reasons and types, forced handoffs,
handoffs.

Class test at wk 6

Introduction:
Concept, evolution and fundamentals, analog and digital
cellular systems.

mobile

assisted

Frequency Management and Channel Assignment

Fundamentals, spectrum utilization, fundamentals
channel assignment, traffic and channel assignment.

of

Mobile Radio Propagation:

Propagation characteristics, models for radio propagation,
antenna at cell site and mobile antenna.

8-9

Digital Cellular Systems:

Introduction to 2G cellular networks, time division multiple
access and code division multiple access.coding,modulation

Class test at wk 9

10-11

2.5G and 3G Digital Cellular Systems:

Introduction to GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA.

Class test at wk
11

12-13

Some Advance Techniques:

Concept of diversity branch and signal paths, introduction to
OFDM and MIMO-OFDM

Books:
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Wireless Communication: Principles and Practice, T. S. Rappaport, 2nd edition.

Wireless Communication and Networking, Vijay K Gargm, 1st edition.
Wireless and Cellular Communications. C. Y. Lee. McGraw Hill Professional, 2006.
Handouts.