Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Toni Huovinen, Markku Renfors

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4, 5 : Wednesday 14 - 17, TB223

Requirements

Exam (5 cr). Possibility for up to 7 cr by completing a Matlab project.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The course focuses on the principles and theory of spread spectrum communications with emphasis on CDMA. Issues to be covered include principles of SS techniques, spreading codes, code acquisition, code tracking and performance analysis of single- and multi-user detection in various channel conditions. Applications in WCDMA and positioning systems.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Basics of spread spectrum techniques, spreading, multiple access, DS-CDMA basics, multi-access interference.
2.	Spreading sequences, shift registers, spreading code families and their properties (m-sequences, Gold, Kasami, orthogonal codes).
3.	Code acquisition and tracking, search strategies, mean acquisition time analysis. Multipath propagation and impact on code synchronization; Feedback and feedforward code tracking structures
4.	Conventional single-user detection, performance analysis in AWGN, fading and single/multi-user channels, gaussian approximations, diversity reception, rake receiver, near-far resistance and multiuser efficiency.
5.	Optimal multi-user detection: decision strategies and performance analysis, optimal near-far resistance. Sub-optimum multi-user detection: decorrelating and MMSE detection, iterative detection, parallel and successice interference cancellation.
6.	Satellite-based positioning systems; focus on CDMA satellite navigation; acquisition and tracking - specific structures for navigation; challenges in satellite navigation; differences with CDMA communication systems.	Overview of satellite navigation systems nowadays (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Compass-Beidou, etc.)

Evaluation criteria for the course

The assessment is based on the exam, which is targeted to measuring the knowledge gained in the core contents.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	CDMA ¿ Principles of Spread Spectrum Communications	Viterbi					English
Book	Introduction to spread spectrum communications	Peterson, Ziemer, Borth					English
Book	Multiuser detection	Verdu					English
Lecture slides	Spread Spectrum Techniques	Tapani Ristaniemi			jaetaan luentojen alussa		English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Practical works Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	20.01.2009
Modifier	Elena-Simona Lohan