3G Training Course Syllabus


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3rd Generation Mobile

For DSP, ASIC & RF Engineers

Course Syllabus


Mobile Communication Generations...
  • 1st generation analog mobile
  • 2nd generation mobile - GSM
  • 3rd generation UMTS, IMT2000
  • 3G partnership project (3GPP)
DSP Fundamentals Review
  • ADCs and DACs / Signal Conditioning
  • Anti-alias and reconstructions Filters
  • z-domain representation and transforms
  • The DFT, FFT and Power Spectra o FIR and IIR Digital Filters
  • All -pass, CIC, MA, ARMA, comb filters etc..
  • Poles and zeroes and the Z-domain
  • The Generic DSP Processor Architecture
Advanced DSP Algorithms Review
  • Decimation and interpolation
  • Polyphase, QMF and multirate filters
  • Under sampling and bandpass sampling
  • Sigma delta and bandpass sigma delta
  • Least squares (LS) and Least mean squares (LMS)
  • Channel equalisation / Inverse system identification
  • Echo Control for feedback suppression
DSP Baseband Communications
  • Information theory
  • Noise in communications systems
  • Pulse shaping / Matched Filtering
  • Intersymbol interference
  • Root raised cosine (RRC) filtering
  • Equalisation LMS Decision Feedback Equaliser (DFE)
  • Bit rates and "chipping" rates
Modulation and Mixing Strategies
  • AM/FM/PM modulation
  • ASK/PSK/FSK signalling
  • Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
  • Complex notation and representation
  • Quat enary phase shift keying (QPSK), 8- PSK
  • RF and IF modulation and demodulation
Multiuser Access (MA) and Detection Techniques
  • Time/Frequency/Code Division MA (TDMA/FDMA/CDMA)
  • Spread spectrum techniques
  • Coding gain
  • Direct Sequence Code Division MA ( DS-CDMA)
  • PRBS sequence generation - Gold, Kasami, Walsh
  • OVSF - Orthogonal variable spreading function

Wideband Receiver Techniques
  • The CDMA near far problem
  • Power control
  • Matched filters
  • The rake receiver
  • Adaptive multiuser receiver
  • Adaptive channel equalisers (DFE)
  • Interference suppression techniques
  • Adaptive beamforming
  • Fading channels
Channel and SourceCoding
  • Block coding/ Reed-Solomon coding
  • Convolutional coding
  • Turbo coding
  • Trellis coding
  • Viterbi decoding; Hard and soft decoding
  • Rate matching - puncturing/repetition bits
  • Interleaving and deinterleaving
  • Speech coding - Linear predictive techniques
  • Adaptive multirate speech coding
Software Radio (SR) DSP
  • Undersampling techniques
  • Direct digital downconversion
  • Bandpass sigma delta
  • Zero IF techniques
  • Case Studies - Harris DDC chipset
  • FPGA enabled SR
  • "Bluetooth" example
Universal Mobile Telephone System (UMTS)
  • UTRA - UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
  • IMT2000
  • FDD - Frequency division duplex
  • TDD - Time division duplex
  • 3GPP - 3G partnership project
  • ARIB/ ETSI/ TIA/ TTC ITU & commercial companies
3GPP Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) Study
  • Transport, data, control and pilot channels
  • Uplink and downlink architectures
  • 3GPP - 3G partnership project
  • 3GPP - Standard study
  • Bits, slots and radio frames
  • Rate matching
  • Air interface o
  • Channel leakage and spurs
Bit True Simulation and RF Requirements
  • Noise budget analysis
  • RF amplifer headroom requirements
  • AWGN vs true WCMDA modelling