Principles of Wireless Communications
Spring 2014

Principles of Wireless Communications is a graduate-level course for students who are interested in the fundamentals of modern wireless communication systems. It aims to introduce the fundamental aspects of wireless systems and provide a unified view of physical-layer wireless communication theory. Throughout the courese, we shall use implemented systems as examples to explain the theoretical concepts.

• (6/11) The schedule of the final presentations can be found here.
• (6/10) We are looking for 9 volunteers (9 teams) to deliver their final presentation this Thursday (6/12). 5 extra points will be added to the overall grade of the whole semester for those who volunteer. If you are interested, please email me by the end of Tuesday (6/10).
• (6/10) You can visit MD-525 to check your exam, from 14:00 to 17:00 on 6/10 and 6/11.
  Exam scores; Make-up exam scores.
• (6/7) Homework 4 is now finalized. Due: 6/19 in class.
• (5/5) On 5/8, we will use the last hour of the lecture to attend the talk by Prof. Shuo-Yen Robert Li's talk on Network Coding.
• (4/29) During the exam on 5/1, the seats are assigned according to this table. Please be on time.
• (4/26) Homework 3 is now finalized. Due: 5/8 in class.
• (4/26) Please pick up graded Homework 2 at MD-525 (knock the door first).
• (4/23) The lecture on 4/24 will start at 13:30.
• (4/17) The exam is scheduled from 14:30 to 16:30 on 5/1 at EE2-225. The exam is closed book, but you are allowed to bring a two-sided cheat sheet in A4 size (two sheets only).
• (4/10) Please email the project proposal to the instructor by the end of 4/10.
• (4/10) Problem 6 of Homework 2 will not be graded this time (out of scope). Please hand in your solution together with Homework 3.
• (3/27) Please sign up your team for the final project here.
• (3/27) Template for the proposal: LaTex, pdf.
• (3/9) Please fill out the poll to provide feedback and improve the course.
• (3/7) Homework 1 is now finalized. Due: 3/13 in class.
• (2/27) Typically I update the slides every Wednesday and Thursday. Please download the latest version of slides before each lecture.
• (2/26) The new lecture room is EE2-225 (電機二館225室).
• (2/20) We will try to find a larger lecture room. Stay tuned.
• (2/20) For those who have not added the course, come to class on 2/27 for authorization codes.
• (2/17) Welcome!

• Instructor:
  I-Hsiang Wang (王奕翔), ihwang AT ntu DOT edu DOT tw
• Office Location and Office Hours:
  MD-524 (明達館524室), Time: Tuesday and Wednesday, 17:30 - 18:30
• Lecture Room and Lecture Hours:
  EE2-225 (電機二館225室), Time: Thursday 14:20 - 17:20
• Teaching Assistant:
  Hsu Kao (高序), r02942074 AT ntu DOT edu DOT tw
  Office hour: Wednesday 19:00 - 21:00, MD-525 (明達館525室)

• Textbook:
  D. Tse and P. Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2005. Link 1; Link 2
• References:
  1. A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  2. A. El Gamal and Y.-H. Kim, Network Information Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Prerequisites:
  Probability, Linear Algebra, Principles of Communications.
  Digital Communications I and II (preferably), Information Theory (preferably).
• Grading:
  Exam (40%), Homework (30%), Project (30%)

• Lecture 00: Version 1 (2/20)
• Lecture 01: Version 1 (2/20); Version 2 (2/26); Version 3 (3/11)
• Lecture 02: Version 1 (2/27); Version 2 (2/27); Version 3 (3/5); Version 4 (3/11)
• Lecture 03: Version 1 (3/12); Version 2 (3/20)
• Lecture 04: Version 1 (3/19); Version 2 (3/26); Version 3 (4/9); Version 4 (4/17)
• Lecture 05: Version 1 (4/17); Version 2 (4/24) (typo fixed)
• Lecture 06: Version 1 (5/7); Version 2 (5/9); Version 2 (5/15)
• Lecture 07: Version 1 (5/22); Version 2 (5/27)
• Lecture 08: Version 1 (5/29); Version 2 (6/5)

• Homework 1: Version 1 (3/2); Final Version (3/7)
• Solution to Homework 1: Version 1 (4/17)
• Homework 2: Version 1 (3/27)
• Solution to Homework 2: Version 1 (4/26)
• Homework 3: Final Version (4/26)
• Homework 4: Final Version (6/7)