WCM611B Master's Research Project II
Lead Faculty: Dr. Shekar Viswanathan
Course Description
Two-month course, meets once a week.
A continuation of WCM 611A. Students complete the project including all required documentation and formally present their final product to a review panel for evaluation. Grading is H, S, or U only. Course is In Progress (IP) grade eligible.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Complete and submit the written project report.
- Demonstrate both written and oral communication skills relevant to a focused research interest.
- Develop the ability of critical and innovative ideas for current and future research areas.
- Identify the needs and importance of the selected research topics for further development.
- Gain sufficient hands-on training as a team member.
- Construct a statistical model for signal analysis in communication area that allows to prove the model, describe the properties and apply in the real world problem.
- Apply the concept of random variable function and the signal sampling techniques for estimation theory.
- Design, implement, and test of wireless communication systems using the spread spectrum transmission and reception, CDMA and GSM principles.
- Integrate the operation and protocols for simplex tone and data paging systems, WAP, WML, WLAN based IEEE 802.11b.
- Utilize the different kinds of coding and decoding schemes used in wireless(Trellies coding, Turbo coding etc.), detection theory concepts: Bayesian approach to statistical inference, hypothesis testing and the Neyman-Pearson lemma, maximum likelihood decision rules, minimax decision rules, composite hypothesis testing, CFAR detection.
- Implement Data Encryption Standard (DES), identification and authentication and public key systems.
- Augment multiuser modulation and demodulation principles including MAI, Chernoff and Bhattacharya bounds, etc.
- Develop the ability of critical thinking and innovative ideas for current and future research in the area of Wireless Communication.
