ECET 4431:Wireless Communications Systems

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECET 3410 Corequisite: ECET 4431L
This course integrates topics involving antennas, electromagnetic propagation, and digital communications to investigate point-to-point radio frequency communication systems. Topics include: radiation patterns, directivity, polarization, antenna types, path-loss models, knife-edge diffraction, link-budget analysis, superheterodyne receivers, digital modulation/demodulation, system performance enhancements, multiple-access techniques, and duplexing techniques. Applications to terrestrial, satellite, and cellular communications are included.