COA031

COA031: Broadband Transmission Technology, Spring 2025

Lecturer:

Prof. Dah-Chung Chang, E-mail: dcchang@ce.ncu.edu.tw

Office: E1-311, TEL: 03-4227151 ext 35511

Lecture Time:

E1-304/Wed. 7:00pm-9:30pm

(Office Hours: 4:00-5:50pm Wed., E1-311)　

TA Information:

E1-306, TEL: 03-4227151 ext 35534

Course Goal:

This course helps students build a complete communication knowledge and establish a good analysis ability for modern broadband communication systems. Main topics include communication signal processing, fundamental digital communication architecture, OFDM technology, MIMO and beamforming, analog front end problems, and the introduction to modern wireless broadband transmission systems.

You can learn main knowledge of algorithms and architectures adopted in a general broadband communication transceiver and practice the methodology and the skill how to design a communication transceiver from the system level to the architecture level.

Class Strategy:

4 MATLAB homeworks for each one

1 term exam (openbook)

Multiple MATLAB labs in class (if time is available)

Course Outline:

Part A: Communication Signal Processing

1. Adaptive Signal Processing Applications for Communications

2. Receiver Detection and Signal Estimation

Part B: Single-Carrier Communications

3. Digital Modulation and Demodulation

4. Synchronization

5. Channel Equalization

Part C: Multicarrier Communications

6. OFDM: Principle, Channel Estimation, and Synchronization

7. MIMO Technology: Spatial Diversity, Spatial Multiplexing Detection, and Beamforming

Part D: RF Architecture

8. RF/AFE Systems

9. RF Imperfections Compensation

Class Schedule

Day	Week	Topics	Remarks
2/19	1	Course Introduction Adaptive Communication Signal Processing-1
2/26	2	Adaptive Communication Signal Processing-2	Lab: LMS/NLMS
3/5	3	Receiver Signal Detection and Estimation-1	Lab: NLMS/RLS Equalizer
3/12	4	Receiver Signal Detection and Estimation-2
3/19	5	Single-Carrier Communication Techniques-1	Lab: EKF Target Tracking
3/26	6	Single-Carrier Communication Techniques-2	1. Lab: BPSK Demod with Sync 2. SDR M-QAM TX/RX Demo
4/2	7	Spring Break	學校春假停課
4/9	8	OFDM Principle
4/16	9	PAPR Reduction	Lab: OFDM Basic Code
4/23	10	OFDM Channel Estimation	Lab: OFDM Channel Estimation
4/30	11	OFDM Synchronization
5/7	12	MIMO and MIMO OFDM	1. Lab: 2X2 STBC MIMO Transmission 2. SDR MIMO OFDM TX/RX Demo
5/14	13	DOA Estimation and Beamforming	Lab: MUSIC DOA Estimation Algorithm
5/21	14	RF, Analog Front End, and Imperfections Compensation -1
5/28	15	RF, Analog Front End, and Imperfections Compensation -2
6/4	16	Term Exam (Open-book at HOME)	Openbook at HOME 考試時間 19:00-22:00 <注意> 請預先準備與練習可將作答卷照片合併為單一 pdf 檔的 APP 軟體，畫質必須清晰可辨文字與繪圖，首頁上方需要簽名與寫學號，上傳的答案卷僅限一個 pdf 檔!

Homework Assignment: (注意: 截止日後第 3 天晚間系統將自動關閉上傳)

Items	Deadline	Subject	Upload sites
HW 1	2025/3/31	Adaptive Equalizer with NLMS and RLS
HW 2		OFDM Channel Estimation
HW 3		64-QAM MIMO Receiver
HW 4		DOA Estimation and Beamforming