TELCOM 2725: Code Division Multiple Access

Spring 2004
   
Instructor: Prashant Krishnamurthy

Contact Info: 740, IS Bldg. Tel:412-624-5144 prashk@pitt.edu

 In TELCOM 2725, we look at theory and application of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) techniques for digital wireless communications. The emphasis will be on CDMA in mobile cellular communications. We will look at the IS-95, cdma2000, and UMTS standards. The concepts that will be covered include direct sequence spread spectrum and spreading codes, implementation in IS-95 systems, orthogonal variable spreading codes, diversity, power control and soft handoff in CDMA systems. Some other applications of spread-spectrum (satellite, GPS and military) will be considered if time permits.

Prerequisites: TELCOM 2210 Electronic Communications 2 or its equivalent, TELCOM 2710 – Foundations of Wireless Communications, calculus, knowledge of Fourier Transforms, and Probability
COURSE INFORMATION

Textbook: (Required)

Vijay K. Garg, Wireless Network Evolution: 2G to 3G, Prentice Hall, 2002

ISBN: 0-13-028077-1

Recommended:

H. Holma and A. Toskala, WCDMA for UMTS, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.

 

Tools:

Matlab Students Edition with Simulink/Communications Toolbox

Systemview software available on PCs in the teaching lab

 

Syllabus
   
COURSE MATERIALS

Course Materials

If you are having a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Office of Disability Resources and Services (DRS), 216 William Pitt Union (412-648-7890/412-383-7355) as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.