2020-Fall
EE245 Frontiers in Wireless Communications: From Theory to Practice

School of Information Science and Technology
ShanghaiTech University

5G not only enhances today’s mobile broadband services, but also expands mobile networks to support a vast diversity of devices
and services and connect new industries with improved performance, efficiency, and cost. We now regard 5G technology as
transformative as the automobile and electricity. In general, 5G use cases can be broadly categorized into three main types of
connected services:
1) Enhanced Mobile Broadband, such as VR and AR, with faster, more uniform data rates, lower latency, and cost-per-bit;
2) Mission-Critical communications, such as remote control of critical infrastructure, vehicles, and medical procedures;
3) Massive Internet of Things.
In this course, we will introduce the latest 5G designs and provide in-depths reviews of thevarious key enabling technologies including
the advanced, flexible LDPC/Polar channel coding, the advanced massive MIMO antenna technologies, and the advanced spectrum
sharing techniques. In the meantime, we will leverage on the equipment we have in the Network Intelligence Center (NICE), e.g. the
software-defined radio platform USRP, to design and build an end-to-end prototype of the IoT transceivers following the 3GPP
specifications and test the real 5G networks with the prototype. This course will enhance the students’ research and innovation
capabilities and prepare them ready for the 5G era and the upcoming 6G.

1. Lecturer:
Prof. Xiliang Luo (luoxl@shanghaitech.edu.cn)
Office: SIST 1C-403A, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong District, Shanghai
Office Hour: Tuesday: 9:00am-11:30pm (or just drop by)

TA: TBD
Office: SIST 1A-413
Office Hour: Tuesday, Wednesday 7:30pm-9:00pm

2. Class Schedule:

3. Discussion Group:
https://piazza.com/shanghaitech.edu.cn/spring2020/ee245/home

4. Grading:
* Thesis: 40%
* Lab Prototype: 60%

5. Textbooks & References:
(1) 5G NR标准：下一代无线通信技术, Erik Dahlman, 2019, 机械工业出版社 ISBN: 978-7111624740 [朱怀松等译]
(2) 5G NR: The Next Generation Wireless Access Technology, Erik Dahlman,  Academic Press, 2018, ISBN: 978-0128143230 [English Version]
(3) 窄带物联网(NB-IoT)标准与关键技术，戴博，人民邮电出版社，2016，ISBN：978-7115437600
(4) 3GPP TS 36.211, v14.12.0, E-UTRA: Physical channels and modulation
(5) 3GPP TS 36.212, v14.10.0, E-UTRA: Multiplexing and channel coding
(6) 3GPP TS 38.211, v15.7.0, NR: Physical channels and modulation
(7) 3GPP TS 38.212, v15.7.0, NR: Multiplexing and channel coding
(8) Fog-Enabled Intelligent IoT Systems, Y. Yang, X. Luo, et al, Springer, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-23184-2

6. Lecture notes etc.