Online Training
Our technical education programs are tailored specifically for remote access and individual learning. Programs are based on traditional 10-week university courses. Students will have access to slide decks that navigate through the material, as well as manuscripts with detailed information. Sign-up to have access to downloadable versions of the basic training material below.
In both the individually-based as well as the for-credit institutional forms, students and instructors will hold regular 90 min review and Q&A sessions on Zoom. For individual-based courses the students will book their own Zoom calls with the instructor, while the Zoom meetings for the institutional format will be held weekly over a ten-week period.
Assignments, grading, and final exams are offered in the institutional format. Certificates of completion are issued for the individual-based format. The technical material can be individually compiled from the topics list of any of the study areas, with one topic per week for a total of 10 topics for a full course. For more details, schedule a Zoom meeting.
Fundamentals of Wireless Networks
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The OSI model, data link layer, network layer, transport layerTCP:
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A congestion protocol, TCP/IP, Automatic Repeat Requests
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Basic of wireless communications: modulation, the channel, link budget
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Transmission effects, fading, shadowing, path loss, channel capacity
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Medium access methods, CDMA, medium access control (MAC) layer
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Random access, ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA/CD, Ethernet 802.3
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Queuing theory, the M/M/1 queue, M/M/m and M/M/infty queues
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M/G/1 queues and their analysis with random walk theory
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Networks of queues, Burke's Theorem, Jackson's Theorem
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Multipacket reception (MPR) and spread ALOHA, K-user systems
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MPR protocols with Poisson arrivals
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Routing in networks, Bellman-Ford, AODV
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Basics of network information theory, connectivity of networks
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Network coding theory, BATS coding, delay-tolerant networks (DPN)
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Examples and applications
Probability and Random Processes
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Axiomatic probability theory, basics, axioms and theorems.
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Distributions, binomial, Poisson, exponential, waiting times.
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Limit theorem, Gaussian distribution, weak & strong law of large numbers.
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Concepts of convergence, the Marchenko-Pastur law.
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Transformations of random variables, convolution.
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Random processes, definition, statistical description.
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Stationarity, ergodicity, filtering of random processes, example: fading channels.
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Estimation theory, classical estimation, MVE, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound.
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Examples, radar system, timing synchronization.
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Bayesian estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, MMSE.
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Linear estimation, orthogonality principle, example: linear prediction.
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Wiener filtering, sequential linear minimum mean-square filtering.
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Kalman filtering, the extended Kalman filter, unscented Kalman filter.
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Neural networks and principles of deep learning, use in nonlinear filtering.
Waveform Communications
Items below are downloadable when you sign-up.
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Linear system, fourier series, convolution, LTI channels & equalizers.
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AM modulation, double/single side band, DSB/SSB, bandwidth & power.
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Sampling theorem, aliasing, signal reconstruction, the link budget.
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The bit, information theory, digital signal representation, matched filter.
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Error probabilities, signal constellations, discrete modulation, channels.
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Convolutional codes and trellis-coded modulation concepts.
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Nyquist and ISI-free signaling, complex signals, wireless modulations.
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Bandwidth, duration, spectral efficiency and channel capacity.
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Frequency-Shift Keying & OFDM, fast fourier transform (FFT) modulation.
Items below are accessible and downloadable in advanced training.
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Time-varying and dispersive channels, equalization of OFDM signals.
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Error control coding in communications, methods and complexity.
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Key FEC methods: turbo coding, LDPC codes and iterative decoding.
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Error correcting coding principles, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes.
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The 802.3an modem, a modern complex communications system.
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Multiple-antenna (MIMO) communications and massive MIMO for 5G.
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Spread-spectrum communications for LPI/LPD system and CDMA.
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Fountain coding, network coding, and BATs coding for networks.
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Iterative signal receivers, turbo equalization, spatial coupling & capacity.