100641 - HLSI-001 Introduction to Wireless Communication Fundamentals and the Radio Frequency Spectrum
Overview
HLSI-001 Introduction to Wireless Communication Fundamentals and the Radio Frequency Spectrum provides an overview of fundamental concepts for wireless communications and an introduction to the radio frequency spectrum and approaches for achieving efficient spectrum use.
Participants explore concepts in depth through interactive simulations to apply and extend knowledge gained through video lectures, text notes, example videos, and more.
The course also includes links to selected external learning resources including additional interactive simulations, tutorial documents, and videos of a major radio frequency spectrum sharing competition.
Participants will earn 1.0 CEU upon completion this course.
Agenda/Schedule
Course Content:
1. Wireless communication links
- Systems and subsystems: transmitters, receivers, antennas
- Wireless channels, noise and interference
- Signals and their properties
- Information capacity of a channel
- Analog and digital modulation
- Multiplexing, duplexing, and multiple access
- Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
- Decibels and how to use them to simplify calculations
2. The RF spectrum, frequency agility, and spectrum management
- Frequency-domain representation of signals
- Wireless communication link performance metrics
- Transmitter settings that can be adapted to optimize wireless link performance
- Software defined radio (SDR): Applications, Enabling Technologies, and Examples
- RF spectrum management
- Spectrum sharing/dynamic spectrum access with examples
- Primary and secondary users
- Spectrum sharing approaches: overlay, underlay, and interweave
- Spectrum access systems (SAS), TV white space (TVWS) database
- Defense-related RF spectrum concepts: electromagnetic battlespace, electromagnetic spectrum operations, electromagnetic maneuver warfare
Additional Information
The Hands-on Learning for Radio Frequency Spectrum Innovation program includes two courses:
• HLSI-001: Introduction to Wireless Communication Fundamentals and the Radio Frequency Spectrum
• HLSI-002: Intelligent Control of Frequency-Agile RF Systems
Purchase both as a bundle for a discounted price of $450 total ($225 per course).
Speaker(s)/Instructor(s)
Dr. Carl Dietrich is a research faculty member who is also with the Bradley Department and Wireless atVirginia Tech. His research interests encompass multiple aspects of wireless communications including software defined radio, spectrum sharing, and application of multi-antenna systems, as well as engineering education and workforce development, Dietrich also provides educational and consulting services through SDRS Wireless.
Other
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