ELT-44506 Project Seminar on Digital Communication Circuits and Systems, 4-8 cr

Person responsible

Markku Renfors

Lessons

Implementation 1: ELT-44506 2015-01

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer

Assignment
Laboratory work
Seminar

2 h/week
2 h/week
2 h/week
+2 h/week
+2 h/week
+2 h/week

Requirements

The common or individually planned project work and its reporting must be completed in an acceptable way.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

The idea of the course is to introduce and develop skills in the use of software defined radio platforms for developing/testing/prototyping signal processing algorithms, transmitters and receivers. After successfully completing the course, a student will have the skills to utilize the LabVIEW/USRP software and hardware environment for developing communication signal processing algorithms and prototyping & testing transmission links in real-time with real RF modules and RF signals.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge

1. Introduction to the LabVIEW graphical programming environment and to the USRP hardware. Including Matlab functions in the environment. Basic hands on training for real-time testing of algorithms and transmission links.

2. Develoment of the needed algorithms and system model for the target system in the LabVIEW/USRP environment. A common, generic transmission link model is offered as a target for the exercise. Alternatively, individual project topics may be defineded depending on the student's background and interests.

3. Implementation of algorithms on FPGA.

4. Laboratory exercises from ELT-43506 Communication Systems Laboratory Course may be included to develop needed RF measurement skills for the project.

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Quality of the project work and laboratory exercise work and quality of the reporting of the project.

Assessment scale:

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

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description

ELT-41306 Communication Theory Mandatory

ELT-43006 Digital Transmission Advisable

ELT-43106 Multicarrier and Multiantenna Techniques Advisable

Additional information about prerequisites
Good skills in performing electronic measurements is a mandatory background for taking the course. The required theoretical background knowledge depends on the chosen exercises.

Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course Description

ELT-44506 Project Seminar on Digital Communication Circuits and Systems, 4-8 cr TLT-5556 Project Seminar on Digital Communication Circuits and Systems, 4-8 cr

Last modified 27.01.2015

Study type	P1	P2	P3	P4	Summer
Assignment Laboratory work Seminar			2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week	+2 h/week +2 h/week +2 h/week

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Introduction to the LabVIEW graphical programming environment and to the USRP hardware. Including Matlab functions in the environment. Basic hands on training for real-time testing of algorithms and transmission links.
2.	Develoment of the needed algorithms and system model for the target system in the LabVIEW/USRP environment. A common, generic transmission link model is offered as a target for the exercise. Alternatively, individual project topics may be defineded depending on the student's background and interests.
3.	Implementation of algorithms on FPGA.
4.	Laboratory exercises from ELT-43506 Communication Systems Laboratory Course may be included to develop needed RF measurement skills for the project.

Course	Mandatory/Advisable	Description
ELT-41306 Communication Theory	Mandatory
ELT-43006 Digital Transmission	Advisable
ELT-43106 Multicarrier and Multiantenna Techniques	Advisable

Course	Corresponds course	Description
ELT-44506 Project Seminar on Digital Communication Circuits and Systems, 4-8 cr	TLT-5556 Project Seminar on Digital Communication Circuits and Systems, 4-8 cr