Course Catalog 2007-2008

TLT-5606 SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES, 5-7 cr
Spread Spectrum Techniques

Courses persons responsible
Tapani Ristaniemi

Lecturers
Toni Huovinen

Lecturetimes and places
Per IV,V: Friday 12 - 15, TB224

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 3 h/week 3 h/week -
Exercise - - - 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Assignment - - - 10 h/week 10 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

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

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.       
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. 		      

Requirements for completing the course
Exam (5 cr). Possibility for up to 7 cr by completing a Matlab project.

Evaluation criteria for the course

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

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Multiuser detection Verdu       Yes  English 
    Book Introduction to spread spectrum communications Peterson, Ziemer, Borth       No  English 
    Book CDMA ¿ Principles of Spread Spectrum Communications Viterbi       No  English 
    Lecture slides Spread Spectrum Techniques Tapani Ristaniemi     jaetaan luentojen alussa Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TLT-5400 TLT-5400 Digital Transmission 7 Mandatory

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 60 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 108
    Exercises 30
    Assignments 20
    Laboratory assignments 12
    Total sum 170

    Correspondence of content
    83170 Spread Spectrum Techniques

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    Last modified 07.02.2007
    Modified byMarkku Renfors