Course Title and Code

Signal Processing for mm Wave Communication for 5G and Beyond (EE5629M)

Programme

PG

Course Credit

3-0-0-3 (Lecture-Tutorial-Practical-Total Credits)

Course Category

PME

Prerequisites

BE in ECE/EE

Course Content

S/N Topic Lecture (hours)
1 Wireless Channel–A ray tracing model-Part-I (With an outline on modern modem structure) 5
  Wireless Channel–A ray tracing model-Part-II  
2 Understanding of various channel related parameter statistics. Narrow band and broadband aspect; mmWave channel model 5
3 Understanding angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) concept, understanding channel gain. Introduction of single antenna beamforming in mmWave, an antenna array processing concept 5
4 Details of beamforming in mmWave: Concept of antenna many fold vector, beam parameters, efficiency of beams pattern 6
5 Hybrid beamforming concept. Beamforming in MIMO system Part-I (Precoder, phase shifter, equalizer concepts)
Beamforming in MIMO system Part-II (Optimization of design parameters)
5
6 MIMO-OFDM with mmWave beamforming. Parameter estimation in mmWave system (Mainly LMMSE based) 5
7 Introduction of impairments and a basic analysis in mmWave system 5

Total: 36 hours

Learning Outcomes

In this course, students will learn the complete mmWave communication from the signal processing point of view. They will study mmWave channel models, MIMO-OFDM in mmWave, and beamforming technology. Students will also perform rigorous MATLAB simulations to understand mmWave beamforming with MIMO-OFDM.

Textbooks

  • Fundamentals of Wireless Communication by David Tse, Pramod Viswanathan, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN-10: 0521845270.
  • Millimeter Wave Communication Systems by Kao-Cheng Huang, Zhaocheng.