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4G curriculum (older)

For students clearing pending subjects of the 4G scheme (7-digit subject codes, e.g. 4341602). Students admitted under the current scheme study the 5G curriculum.

4351104 · Semester 5 · 4G scheme

Mobile & Wireless Communication

Notes and solutions following the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) syllabus for 4351104. Independent material — not issued by the university.

Electronics & Communication Engineering

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Syllabus units

Unit 1: Fundamental of Cellular Communication9 h · 16 marks
  • Evolution of Cellular communication - 1G to 5G
  • Basic cellular concept and cellular system
  • Cell shape selection and type of cell
  • Cluster concept, frequency reuse and system capacity
  • Co-channel and adjacent channel interference
  • Channel assignment strategies
  • Enhancing coverage and capacity of cellular system
  • Handoff
Unit 2: GSM Networks and its evolutions11 h · 18 marks
  • GSM architecture
  • GSM 900 system specification
  • GSM channel Classification (List and use only)
  • GSM call Procedure
  • Concept of authentication and ciphering
  • Frequency hopping
  • Block diagram of Signal processing in GSM
  • GPRS- General Packet Radio Service
  • EDGE- Enhanced Data rate for Global Evolution
  • GSM Identifier
Unit 3: Mobile Handset5 h · 8 marks
  • Mobile handset: block diagram
  • Baseband section
  • Charging control section
  • Batteries
  • SIM card and SIM card interface
  • Radiation hazards due to Mobile, SAR
Unit 4: Spread spectrum techniques and its evolution8 h · 14 marks
  • Concept of Spread spectrum, its criteria and applications
  • Types of spread spectrum technique
  • CDMA
  • Advantages of CDMA
  • compare CDMA and GSM
  • Call Processing in CDMA
  • Key features of CDMA standards
  • High speed downlink packet access (HSDPA)
Unit 5: Advance wireless standards and wireless technologies9 h · 14 marks
  • 4th Generation technology
  • 5G -system Architecture and Advantages of 5G
  • Bluetooth
  • RFID
  • ZIGBEE
  • Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET)

About this course

The mobile communication has seen an exponential growth over the years. Not only that, but there are different technologies, such as GSM and CDMA with their variations and the 5th generation mobile technology is the latest one. This scenario demands the need for more skilled technicians for operation, maintenance and servicing of mobile cellular systems. Also wireless connectivity provides mobility, flexibility to the users, so it is necessary to understand different wireless technologies. This course gives the opportunity to the students to learn the fundamentals of these technologies, which they will find in the workplace. Hence this course is designed to maintain various types of mobile communication systems and wireless technologies.