OFDM for Wireless Communications

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a bandwidth efficient digital modulation technique which forms the basis of many wireless standards such as 802.11, 802.16, 802.20, DVB-T/H and 3GPP LTE.

This intensive 3 day course incorporates a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of OFDM modulation to advanced techniques such receiver synchronisation and channel estimation. Presented concepts are reinforced with case studies of OFDM based cutting edge wireless standards. The course is presented in an intuitive manner, and is underpinned by a strong practical element in which attendees are invited to design and simulate physical layer elements of OFDM systems.

Content

The course will include:

OFDM Principles & Implementation
OFDM in 802.xx & LTE
Power Considerations
Advanced & Emerging Architectures
OFDM Receiver Design
Propagation Channels

Audience

The course is suitable for all engineering, technical marketing and technical management staff wishing to gain an understanding of modern use of OFDM techniques for wireless communications.

Event Aim

To educate participants in the theory, algorithms, implementation and application of OFDM modulation and receiver synchronisation techniques as well present case studies of cutting edge wireless standards that make use of OFDM.

On successful completion of the course, attendees will be able to:

Use key DSP algorithmic techniques for the implementation of OFDM wireless system
Understand the main components of an OFDM transmitter
Appreciate the design strategies and components for an OFDM based receiver
Understand the use of OFDM within various wireless standards
Recognise the DSP hardware and software implementation cost of OFDM implementation
Know the advantages (and some disadvantages) of OFDM over techniques such as spread spectrum
Understand methods for channel equalisation & channel coding
Understand synchronisation techniques for OFDM based systems
Recognise the future evolution of OFDM systems towards beamforming and MIMO systems

Presentation

DSP and wireless system physical layer design is clearly a very mathematical subject and often seen as somewhat esoteric. In this course the necessary mathematical theory is presented on a “need to know basis” in an intuitive style. Through the use of simulations and DSP demonstrations attendees shall quickly learn the key principles required for a more complete understanding. This presentation style and ethos has been presented with considerable success to many companies, both small and large.

The course format is: 45% Lectures | 40% DSP software hands-on simulation | 15% Tutorial Discussion

Laboratory Sessions: Professional DSP design software will be used for the laboratory sessions. This advanced software provides a comprehensive and state of the art DSP toolbox for modern signal processing.

Course Materials: All attendees will receive electronic and printed versions of the teaching materials. A DVD containing all the simulation models used during the course will also be distributed. The notes provided form a superset of the materials presented on the course and will allow further in depth study after the course.

Pre-requisites

This course has been carefully designed to present the complex mathematical theory often associated with DSP in an intuitive and straightforward style to a wide audience of scientists, engineers, project managers and even marketing staff. The following prior experience is useful but not essential: Fundamentals of DSP | Basic communication systems | Bachelor level mathematics

OFDM syllabus (41.3 kB)

Event Date

01.11.2010 09:00 - 03.11.2010 17:00 Conference Center in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Instructor: Prof. Bob Stewart and team

Prof. Bob Stewart and team Professor Bob Stewart and his team of experienced design engineers from Steepest Ascent of have successfully presented in Europe, United States and Asia. Prof Bob Stewart has extensive experience presenting industry DSP courses in the USA and Europe. He is currently a faculty member of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Prior to joining the University of Strathclyde, Prof Stewart was a visiting professor in Dept of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1990, and a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California in 1986/7. Since 1997 he has been a parttime visiting professor at UCLA.

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Prices

1.670,00 € regular fee
1.500,00 € early registration until 70 days before course
1.420,00 € per participant of two from the same company
1.340,00 € per participant of three or more from the same company
920,00 € University Rate (Please enclose evidence.)

All prices exclude German VAT

Provider

Steepest Ascent

Steepest Ascent has a long history in providing both Public and On-Site courses within the UK, USA and Europe. Through a number of European and US partners Steepest Ascent has delivered a wide range of detailed technical courses to some of the worlds top engineering and academic institutions.

www.steepestascent.com
Contact: Amreet Bhumbra
Phone: +44 141 552 8855
Email: info@steepestascent.com
Ladywell, 94 Duke Street | Glasgow, G4 0UW | United Kingdom