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Introduction to Wireless Communication System:

Evolution of mobile  communications, Mobile Radio System around the world, Types of Wireless  communication System, Comparison of Common wireless system, Trend in  Cellular radio and personal communication. Second generation Cellular Networks,  Third Generation (3G) Wireless Networks , Wireless Local Loop(WLL),Wireless  Local Area network(WLAN), Bluetooth and Personal Area Networks

The Cellular Concept- System Design Fundamentals:

Cellular system,  Hexagonal geometry cell and concept of frequency reuse,Channel Assignment  Strategies Distance to frequency reuse ratio,Channel & co-channel interference  reduction factor, S/I ratio consideration and calculation for Minimum Co-channel  and adjacent interference, Handoff Strategies, Umbrella Cell Concept, Trunking  and Grade of Service, Improving Coverage & Capacity in Cellular System-cell splitting, Cell sectorization, Repeaters, Micro cell zone concept, Channel antenna  system design considerations.

Mobile Radio Propagation Model, Small Scale Fading and diversity:

Large  scale path loss:-Free Space Propagation loss equation, Path-loss of NLOS and LOS  systems, Reflection, Ray ground reflection model, Diffraction, Scattering, Link  budget design, Max. Distance Coverage formula, Empirical formula for path loss,  Indoor and outdoor propagation models, Small scale multipath propagation,  Impulse model for multipath channel, Delay spread, Feher’s delay spread, upper  bound Small scale, Multipath Measurement parameters of multipath channels,  Types of small scale Fading, Rayleigh and Rician distribution, Statistical models  for multipath fading channels and diversity techniques in brief.

Multiple Access Techniques:  

Introduction, Comparisons of multiple Access Strategies TDMA,CDMA, FDMA,  OFDM , CSMA Protocols., NOMA

Wireless Systems:  

GSM system architecture, Radio interface, Protocols, Localization and calling,  Handover, Authentication and security in GSM, GSM speech coding, Concept of  spread spectrum, Architecture of IS-95 CDMA system,Air interface, CDMA  forward channels, CDMA reverse channels, Soft handoff, CDMA features, Power  control in CDMA, Performance of CDMA System, RAKE Receiver, CDMA2000  cellular technology, GPRS system architecture. 

Recent Trends:  

Introduction to Wi-Fi, WiMAX, ZigBee Networks, NIMO Software Defined  Radio, UWB Radio, Wireless Adhoc Network and Mobile Portability, Security  issues and challenges in 5 G abd above Wireless networks