Wireless Cellular and LTE 4G Broadband
B.E., VIII Semester, Electronics & Communication Engineering/
Telecommunication Engineering
[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]
Subject Code 15EC81 IA Marks 20
Number of 04 Exam Marks 80
Lecture
Hours/Week
Total Number of
50Lecture
(10 Hours
Hours
/ Module) Exam Hours 03
CREDITS – 04
Course Objectives:
Students shall be able to
1. Understand the basics of LTE standarization phases and specifications.
2. Explain the system architecture of LTE and E-UTRAN, the layer of LTE,
based on the use of OFDMA and SC-FDMA principles.
3. Analyze the role of LTE radio interface protocols to set up, reconfigure
and release the Radio Bearer, for transferring the EPS bearer.
4. Analyze the main factors affecting LTE performance including mobile
speed and transmission bandwidth.
Module – 1
Key Enablers for LTE features: OFDM, Single carrier FDMA, Single carrier
FDE, Channel Dependant Multiuser Resource Scheduling, Multiantenna
Techniques, IP based Flat network Architecture, LTE Network Architecture. (Sec
1.4- 1.5 of Text).
Wireless Fundamentals: Cellular concept, Broadband wireless channel (BWC),
Fading in BWC, Modeling BWC – Empirical and Statistical models, Mitigation of
Narrow band and Broadband Fading (Sec 2.2 – 2.7of Text).
Module – 2
Multicarrier Modulation: OFDM basics, OFDM in LTE, Timing and Frequency
Synchronization, PAR, SC-FDE (Sec 3.2 – 3.6 of Text).
.
OFDMA and SC-FDMA: OFDM with FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA,
OFDMA and SC-FDMA in LTE (Sec 4.1 – 4.3, 4.5 Text).
Multiple Antenna Transmission and Reception: Spatial Diversity overview,
Receive Diversity, Transmit Diversity, Interference cancellation and signal
enhancement, Spatial Multiplexing, Choice between Diversity, Interference
suppression and Spatial Multiplexing (Sec 5.1 – 5.6 of Text).
Module – 3
Overview and Channel Structure of LTE: Introduction to LTE, Channel
Structure of LTE, Downlink OFDMA Radio Resource, Uplink SC-FDMA Radio
Resource (Sec 6.1 – 6.4 of Text).
.
Downlink Transport Channel Processing: Overview, Downlink shared
channels, Downlink Control Channels, Broadcast channels, Multicast channels,
Downlink physical channels, H-ARQ on Downlink (Sec 7.1 – 7.7 of Text).
Module – 4
Uplink Channel Transport Processing: Overview, Uplink shared channels,
Uplink Control Information, Uplink Reference signals, Random Access
Channels, H-ARQ on uplink (Sec 8.1 – 8.6 of Text).
Physical Layer Procedures: Hybrid – ARQ procedures, Channel Quality
Indicator CQI feedback, Precoder for closed loop MIMO Operations, Uplink
channel sounding, Buffer status Reporting in uplink, Scheduling and Resource
Allocation, Cell Search, Random Access Procedures, Power Control in uplink (Sec
9.1- 9.6, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 Text).
Module – 5
Radio Resource Management and Mobility Management:
PDCP overview, MAC/RLC overview, RRC overview, Mobility Management, Inter-
cell Interference Coordination (Sec 10.1 – 10.5 of Text).
Text Book:
Arunabha Ghosh, Jan Zhang, Jefferey Andrews, Riaz Mohammed,
‗Fundamentals of LTE‘, Prentice Hall, Communications Engg and Emerging
Technologies.
Reference Books:
1. ‗LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced‘ HarriHolma and Antti Toskala,
Second Edition - 2011, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Print ISBN:
9780470660003.
2. ‗EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS) ; THE LTE AND SAE EVOLUTION
OF 3G UMTS‘ by Pierre Lescuyer and Thierry Lucidarme, 2008, John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Print ISBN:978-0-470-05976-0.
3. ‗LTE – The UMTS Long Term Evolution ; From Theory to Practice‘ by
Stefania Sesia, IssamToufik, and Matthew Baker, 2009 John Wiley & Sons
Ltd, ISBN 978-0-470-69716-0.