Dunne, B. E., & Wilson, C. (2011, June), Wireless Communication Systems: A New Course on the Wireless Physical Layer with Laboratory Component  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18557

\bibitem{asee_peer_18557}
  Dunne, B. E., \& Wilson, C. (2011, June), \emph{Wireless Communication Systems: A New Course on the Wireless Physical Layer with Laboratory Component}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18557

Bruce E. Dunne and Codie Wilson.  "Wireless Communication Systems: A New Course on the Wireless Physical Layer with Laboratory Component".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18557 Internet.  17 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_18557}
  Bruce E. Dunne and Codie Wilson.
  "Wireless Communication Systems: A New Course on the Wireless Physical Layer with Laboratory Component".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18557 Internet.  17 Jul, 2024

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AB  -     Wireless Communication Systems: A New Course on the Wireless              Physical Layer with Laboratory ComponentThe wireless transmission of data has emerged as one of the most important technologiescurrently in use, with its importance expected to increase in the future. The industriesdeveloping these technologies are looking for students with competence in the wirelessfield. Not only is this technology achieving broader application, but efforts to improveperformance are ongoing and critical as higher and higher data rates under more adverseoperating conditions are desired. The need is increasing for students to be prepared in thisfield in order to be competitive in the marketplace. Furthermore, our students arecurrently taking on projects in the junior and senior year that have a wirelesscommunication subsystem. The new course in wireless communications is intended tohelp insure our students’ competency in these areas for now and into the future.The course concentrates on the study of the physical layer of typical wirelesscommunication systems. These systems include cellular telephony, wireless LANs andPANs, satellite communications and RFID systems. The course is primarily focused onthe enabling technologies that perform the communication of data through the airinterface from one point to another. Topics include the block-diagram level study of theair interface, antenna design, modulation theory, coding theory and an introduction to thesupporting protocols. Performance under conditions of interference and techniques tominimize the impact of interference will also be considered. The laboratory component ofthe course utilizes a mixture of hardware-based experiments using higher-endinstrumentation along with MATLAB/Simulink block-level simulation. Experimentsinclude analog and digital modulation, antenna design and build, cellular topology, PANmedia access control and spread spectrum techniques.Of particular challenge in the delivery of this course was how to properly present theoften highly complex material to the intended audience of ECE seniors and first-yearGraduate students. Our assumption was that the students have a good background insignals and systems but no advanced course in communications or signal processing. Offurther complication is the fact that the field is very broad and very active making itdifficult to narrow the topic selection. Lastly, it is a challenging course to teach since itdemands expertise in several fields.In this paper, we present an overview of the course topics and describe the areas covered.We also discuss what was left out due to time and complexity considerations. We furtherdescribe the laboratory experiments and how they integrate with the lecture material. Wethen offer our assessment of the experience and give suggestions for further improvementin the next offering. Lastly, we include the results of a student assessment that offersinsight into the applicability and interest in the course.
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