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1. \textit{Wireless and Cellular Communications} 
Thomas Schwengler,  Lulu Press, Inc. 2019.
\url{https://morse.colorado.edu/~tlen5510/text/} \\\\
2. \textit{Multiple Access Techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond}, by Mojtaba Vaezi, Zhiguo Ding, and H. Vincent Poor,  Springer 2019.\\\\
3. \textit{Massive MIMO Networks: Spectral, Energy, and Hardware Efficiency},  by Emil Bj\"{o}rnson, Jakob Hoydis, and Luca Sanguinetti, Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing, 2017.\\\\
4.  \textit{Cloud Mobile Networks: From RAN to EPC}, by Mojtaba Vaezi, Ying Zhang, Springer 2017.\\\\
5.  \textit{Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications} by Theodore S. Rappaport, Robert W. Heath, Robert C. Daniels, James N. Murdock, Prentice Hall, 2014.


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\newcommand\catalogDesc{This course covers several topics on fifth generation (5G) of wireless systems with a specific focus on the physical layer and air interface technologies. 5G systems are being developed by industry for deployment starting in 2020. In comparison to 4G systems, 5G systems are to support for 10 times higher the peak data rate, 10 times lower latency, and 10 times higher number of connected devices. We then look at the opportunities and challenges introduced by using mmWave frequency bands, massive MIMO, cloud-RAN, and full-duplex communications. Pre-requisites: Undergrad Signal Processing and Communication.}
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15-Jan & Introduction, Overview of cellular systems & \\
22-Jan & Cell planning, GSM & \\
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5-Feb & Overview of 4G LTE technology - OFDM & summary 1\\
12-Feb & What is 5G? OFDM in 5G & HW2\\
19-Feb & SDMA, CDMA, code domain NOMA & summary 2\\
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– Problem sets are typically due the following week of the assigned date, on Thursday by 11:59 p.m. (please check Blackboard)\\
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– There will be 20% penalty for late problem sets. No assignment is accepted after posting the solutions.\\
– Students are allowed, even encouraged, to work on the problem sets in groups of two/three, but solutions must be written individually.\\
– The summaries must be sent at least two hours before the beginning of the class in which the paper is discussed.\\
– No credit will be given to the late summaries as the papers will be discussed in
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\textbf{Paper Summaries:}

The purpose of paper summaries in this course is to introduce
the fundamental research in 5G wireless communication systems. This requires reading deeply on a wide range of topics with the following purposes: 1) To make the
students ready for the specific topic to be discussed in the class. 2) To familiarize the students with the process of writing research papers/reports in the wireless
communication field.

You are expected to carefully read the papers and submit a one-page summary describing the motivation for the work, the problem studied, key ideas/contributions,
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– What is the major contribution of the paper?\\
– What is the paper’s strength?\\
– What is the paper’s weakness?\\
– What would you do to extend the work?\\
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