EE 544: CDMA COMMUNICATIONS
Dr. Stella N. Batalama
133 Bell Hall
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
Tel: 645-2422 x2164
E-mail: batalama@eng.buffalo.edu

Course Objective:
The mail goal of the course is to present the most current insight into the field of spread-spectrum techniques with emphasis on code-division-multiple-access communications systems.

Topics:
1. Introduction to Spread-Spectrum concept and its implications.
2. Direct Sequence and Frequency Hopped Spread-Spectrum systems.
3. Spread-Spectrum signal generation: Binary shift-register sequences for Spread-Spectrum systems.
4. Multiuser CDMA systems.
5. Spread-Spectrum signal propagation (multipath, co-channel interference, narrowband interference).
6. Receiver-Design concepts for CDMA communications. (synchronization, demodulation)
7. Adaptive interference suppression for CDMA systems.
8. Special Topics:
    - CDMA Technology
    - Multirate CDMA
    - Anti-Jam Communications
    - GPS Technology and Satellite Communications
    - Smart Antennas
    - Turbo-Codes and CDMA

Textbook:
S. Glisic and B. Vucetic, ``Spread Spectrum CDMA Systems for Wireless Communications,'' Artech House, 1997.

Reference Books:
1. Andrew J. Viterbi, ``CDMA - Principles of Spread Spectrum Communication,'' Addison Wesley, 1995.
2. V. K. Garg, K. Smolik and J. E. Wilkes, ``Applications of CDMA in Wireless/Personal Communications,'' Prentice Hall, 1997.

Course Evaluation:
One term project will be required for the successful completion of the course in addition to homework assignments and a test.
20% homework assignments,
30% test,
50% term project (project proposal, presentation of the final project, project report, participation during the proposal and final project presentation of others).

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