31 Ec647
31 Ec647
COURSE OBJECTIVE
The objective of this subject is to provide the students with the understanding of basic principles
in the generation and detection of spread spectrum signals. Examples on current applications and
future development of spread spectrum communication systems will be described.
COURSE CONTENT
Unit-I: Introduction
Introduction to spread spectrum, spread spectrum techniques, Direct sequence system, frequency
hopping systems, pulse FM(chirp) system, hybrid systems, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
in IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
Unit-IV: Synchronization
Need for synchronization, types of synchronizers, Synchronous CDMA - Auto and Cross
Correlations of Spreading Codes and Signals, Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Systems; Bit-Error-Rate Analysis of Synchronous CDMA Systems; Asynchronous CDMA -
Asynchronous CDMA Systems, Multiuser Interference Analysis and Chip-shape Function
Design, Bit-Error-Rate Analysis of Asynchronous CDMA Systems
Unit-V: Rake Receiver, Capacity Analysis & Power Control
Multipath Effects (Delay Spread and Distortion) and Rake Receiver Approach; Capacity Analysis of
Cellular CDMA Communication Systems; Power Control in CDMA Communication Systems,
Interference Rejection for DS/SS
TEXT BOOKS
1. Khaled Fazel and Stefan Kaiser, Multi-Carrier and Spread Spectrum Systems: From OFDM and
MC-CDMA to LTE and WiMAX, 2nd Edi tion, Wiley, 2008.
2. V.P. Ipatov, Spread spectrum and CDMA: principles and applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
3. R.L. Peterson, R.E. Ziemer, D.F. and Borth, Introduction to Spread Spectrum Communications,
Prentice Hall, 1995.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Students would be able to –
CO1: Understand the architecture and elements of a spread-spectrum system and a CDMA system
CO2: Understand the characteristics of spread-spectrum signal waveforms
CO3: Apply their knowledge of communications technology to CDMA and wireless systems
CO4: Understand the methods for spread-spectrum and CDMA system performance analysis
CO5: Capture most recent development in CDMA and its role in 3G wireless systems