COURSE SECTION INFORMATION
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DSP for Wireless Applications
Wireless/Mobility
Professor’s Name:
Ahmed Gabr
Course Number: ELN5054
Email:
gabra@algonquincollege.com
Course Section:
010
Academic Year:
2010/2011
Phone:
Office:
T211
Term:
Out of Class
Assistance:
by appointment
Fall
Academic Level: 05
Section Specific Learning Resources
Text book for DSP: J. McClellan, R. Schafer, M.Yoder, Signal processing first, Prentice Hall,
2003, ISBN: 0130909998.
Text book for SDR: J. Reed, Software Radio: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering,
Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0130811580.
Further reading:
John G. Proakis, Dimitris K Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing 4/E, Prentice Hall, 2007,
ISBN-10: 0131873741
Richard G. Lyons, Understanding Digital Signal Processing, 2/E, Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN10: 0131089897
Other related materials will be provided to the student as required.
Learning Schedule
Subject to change
Lectures:
Week
1
Sept 6 – Sept 10
2
Sept 13 – Sept 17
3
Sept 20 – Sept 24
Content
Introduction and Course Overview
Spectrum representation
Sampling and Aliasing
Readings and Assignments
Signal Processing First: Read
Chapters 1 and 2
Signal Processing First: 3.13.6
Signal Processing First: 4.1,
4.2, 4.4, 4.5
4
Sept 27 – Oct 1
5
Oct 4 – Oct 8
6
Oct 11 – Oct 15
7
Oct 18 – Oct 22
8
Oct 25 – Oct 29
9
Nov 1 – Nov 5
10
Nov 8– Nov 12
11
Nov 15 – Nov 19
12
Nov 22– Nov 26
13
Nov 29 – Dec 3
14
Dec 6 – Dec10
15
Dec 13 – Dec 17
FIR Filters
FIR filters (con’t) and z-transform
IIR Filters
CT Fourier Transform
Signal Processing First:
Chapter 5
Signal Processing First:
Chapter 6 and 7
Signal Processing First:
Chapter 8
Signal Processing First:
Chapter 11
Mid term
QAM
Introduction to SDR
Software Radio: Chapter 1
SDR Challenges
Software Radio: Chapter 2
Digital hardware choices
Software Radio: Chapter 7
Applications
Software Radio: Chapter 11
Review
Final Exam
Labs:
Week
1
Sept 6
2
Sept 13
3
Sept 20
4
Sept 27
5
Oct 4
6
Oct 11
7
Oct 18
8
Oct 25
9
Nov 1
10
Nov 8
11
Nov 15
12
Nov 22
13
Nov 29
14
Dec 6
15
Dec 13
Content
Labour day
Lab 1: Getting familiar with LabView: Part 1
Lab 2: Getting familiar with LabView: Part 2
Lab3: Analog to digital signal conversion
Lab 4: Digital Filtering
ThanksGiving
Lab 6: Digital Filtering
Lab 7: Frequency domain processing (FFT)
Lab8: Getting familiar with DE2 board
Lab 9: Adders, Subtractors and Multipliers
Lab10: digital filters
Lab 11: Project: SDR
No lab
No lab
Final Exam
Evaluation:
Evaluation
Assignment 1
Validates CLR#1, CLR#2, CLR#3 and EES#7
Assignment 2
Validates CLR#8, CLR#9 and EES#7
Midterm
Validates CLR#1, CLR#2, CLR#3, CLR#4, CLR#5, CLR#6, EES#3 and EES#5
Labs
Validates CLR#2, CLR#3, CLR#4, CLR#6, CLR#7, EES#2, EES#3, EES#4 and EES#5
Weight
Due date
7.5%
Week4
7.5%
Week12
20%
Week8
35%
Every week
30%
Monday
Dec 13, 2010
Final exam
Validates CLR#3, CLR#4, CLR#5, CLR#6, CLR#7, CLR#8, CLR#9, CLR#10, EES#3,
EES#4 and EES#5
Other Important Information
Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day.
I expect students to be on time for lectures.