Dr. Ni Qiang


 

 

 

 

  • Postgraduate Course:


      I lead/teach the following two core Master of Science (MSc) modules, the Postgraduate-level Courses majoring in Wireless Communication Systems   (43 students enrolled in the year 2006/7):

  •   EE5511 - Advanced Digital Communications 12-weeks full time taught (Fall 2006, Spring 2006):

         This postgradute-level advanced communication course is to inroduce students the advanced topics in digital communication systems (e.g. radio channel modeling, coding, modulation, combined coding & modulation, spread spectrum, multicarrier digital transmission technologies). The main contents covered by this module are:

         Radio Channel Modelling

  1.  Basis of Antenna theory, design & radio propagation.
  2.  Large-scale path loss.
  3.  Small-scale fading/multipath effects (Outdoor & Indoor) e.g. Doppler effects/shift.
  4.  Introduction to Rayleigh-Rician-Nakagami models.

           
         Digital Communications Techniques through Wireless Channels:
           1.  M-ary ASK, M-ary PSK, M-ary QAM, M-ary FSK Continuous Phase Carrier Modulation. Probability of error performance and bandwidth efficiency.
           2.  Combined Coding and Modulation
                a.  Block codes, Convolutional Codes
                b.  TCM
                c.  Space Time Block Codes, Space Time Trellis Codes
                d.  Fundamentals of MIMO systems
           3.  Spread Spectrum Systems
                a.  DSSS
                b.  FHSS
                c.  THSS


        Multicarrier Digital Transmission Techniques:
           1.  CDMA
           2.  OFDM/OFDMA
           3.  SDMA
          
4. MIMO/OFDM with STBC codes
       
        Applications of Digital Communication Techniques in Commercial Wireless/Mobile Network Systems:
           1.  IEEE
802.11 WiFi, 802.16 WiMax, HIPERLAN, GSM, 3G UMTS.
         2. Multiple Access Techniques (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, CSMA/CA, TDD/FDD/CDD)
         3. Case studies: 802.11b CCK Modulation and Broadband Wireless Modem

  •   EE5515 - Wireless Network Technologies 12-weeks full time taught (Sring 2007, Spring 2006):

        This course/module is to inroduce students in the design, analysis and operation of wireless networks through concepts, terminologies, performance analysis and industrial standards. Existing typical commerical wireless & mobile networks (e.g. WLAN, wireless sensor, WiMAX, UWB, 2G/2.5G, 3G cellular) and network protocols (e.g. Mobile IP, Wireless TCP) will be covered as well. The main contents covered by the course are:

Introduction to Wireless Networks

  1. Overview of Wireless Network Evolution
  2. Introduction to Wireless Standards
  3. Mobile and Remote access-Wireless messaging
  4. Mobile Devices

Wireless Transmission

  1. Multiplexing: SDM, FDM, TDM, CDM
  2. Modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK
  3. Spread Spectrum, Frequency Planning and Cellular System

Wireless Access Technologies

  1. Hidden/exposed Terminals
  2. Near/Far Terminals
  3. FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
  4. Random Access Protocols & Performance Analysis

Wireless LAN and WiMaX

  1. Infrastructure vs. Ad-Hoc Networks
  2. IEEE 802.11PHY and MAC layers
  3. Bluetooth Technology
  4. Home RF
  5. Sensor Networks
  6. IEEE 802.16 WiMAX

Mobile IP

  1. Overview, Network Elements
  2. Packet Delivery, Agent Discovery, Registration
  3. Tunnelling and Encapsulation
  4. IP Micro-Mobility Support

  Wireless Transport Layer

  1. Traditional TCP and Implications on Mobility
  2. Wireless and Mobile TCP protocols

Wireless Telecommunication Network

  1. Evolution of Wireless Telecomm Networks
  2. GSM, GPRS
  3. IS-95, CDMA-2000, W-CDMA
  4. Evolution towards 4G

Wireless Multimedia Applications

  1. Traffic Characterization
  2. Application Analysis
  3. Queueing Analysis


        
Apply to/Register on our exciting MSc Courses of Wireless Communication Systems

       All Enquiries please refer to:

           ECE, School of Engineering and Design,
           Brunel University,
           Uxbridge, London
           Middlesex, UB8 3PH
           Tel: +44 (0)1895 265790
           Email: sed-msc-wcs@brunel.ac.uk

 

  • Undergraduate Course:

             EE Level-1 Undergraduate Module: Principles of Communications and Networks

                      MEng majoring in Communication Networks Engineering, Brunel (under approving)