School of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
1st Semester – A.Y. 2014/2015 /
Course: / Cellular Communications – 903522(3 Cr. – Elective Course)
Instructor: /
Dr. Jamal Rahhal
Telephone: 5355000 ext 22853, Email:Course Website: / http://fetweb.ju.edu.jo/staff/EE/jrahhal/CellComm.html
Catalog Data: / Introduction to telephony and traffic theory. Calculating the probability of blocking for parallel and series links. Cellular communication design and frequency assignment. Traffic management and call setup, hand-offs and calculating C/I ratio. Propagation models: Knife edge model and effect of multiple edges. Performance enhancement by proper cell site design and sectorization. Modulation for Cellular Systems. Probability of error rate performance in fading multi-path channels. Source and channel coding for cellular systems. Voice coders and GSM compression formats. Error correcting and convolutional codes. Interleaving and deinterleaving. Encryption and decryption. Case studies.
Prerequisites by
Course: / EE 0903422 – Communications II(pre-requisite)Prerequisites
By Topic: / Students are assumed to have a background of the following topics:- Basic Digital Communication analysis techniques.
- Signal representation.
Textbook: / Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice by Theodore S. Rappaport, Prentice Hall; 2 edition, 2002.
References: /
- Mobile Communications Engineering: Theory and Applications. William C.Y. Lee., McGraw-Hill Professional, 2 edition, 1997.
- Telecommunications Crash Course bySteven Shepard,McGraw-Hill Professional,
3 edition, 2014. - Wireless and Cellular Telecommunications by William Lee, McGraw-Hill Professional, 3 edition, 2005.
- Cellular Networks: Design and Operation - A Real World Perspective by Paul Bedell, Outskirts Press, 2014.
Schedule &
Duration: / 16 Weeks, 42contact hours (50 minutes each) including exams.
Minimum Student
Material: / Textbook, class handouts, scientific calculator, and an access to a personal computer.Minimum College
Facilities: / Classroom with whiteboard and projection display facilities, library, computational facilities.Course Objectives: / The following are the main objectives of this course:
•Develop the basic concepts of Cellular Communications.
•Build a comprehensive knowledge of current cellular communication standards.
•Develop an engineering sense about CellularCommunication Systems.
Course Learning Outcomes and Relation to ABET Student Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student should:
1. / Describe the main concepts and components of Cellular Communication systems. / [e,k]
2. / Describe the frequency reuse, frequency plan and call setup in cellular systems. / [a,k]
3. / Calculate the required parameters to design and analyze the Cellular Communication system. / [a,c,k]
4. / Analyze the different performance measures of cellular systems. / [a]
5. / Design a simple cellular communication system. / [b,k]
Course Topics:
Topic Description / Hrs
1. / Introduction to Telephony and Traffic Theory / 3
2. / Cellular Communication Design. / 9
3. / Cellular Communications environment (Channel Effects). / 6
4. / Modulation for Cellular Communications. / 6
5. / Error Control Coding for Cellular Communication Systems. / 6
6. / Audio Compression for Cellular Communication Systems. / 6
7. / 2 G, 2.5G, 3G Cellular Communication Systems and Wi-Max. / 6
Ground Rules: / Attendance is required and highly encouraged. To that end, attendance will be taken every lecture. All exams(including the final exam) should be considered cumulative. Exams are closed book. No scratch paper is allowed. You will be held responsible for all reading material assigned, even if it is not explicitly covered in lecture notes.
Assessments: / Exams, Quizzes, Projects, and Assignments.
Grading policy: / Quizzes, H.Wand Project / 20 %
Midterm Exam / 30 %
Final Exam / 50 %
Total / 100%
Last Updated: / September 2014