Paper Info
Title
A Wireless Communications Systems Laboratory Course
Abstract
A novel wireless communications systems laboratory course is introduced. The course teaches students how to design, test, and simulate wireless systems using modern instrumentation and computer-aided design (CAD) software. One of the objectives of the course is to help students understand the theoretical concepts behind wireless communication systems through hands-on experiments and to make them more confident both in system design and analysis. The course also aims at increasing the interest of students in engineering and technology. Therefore, laboratory experiments that are complementary to the materials discussed in the theoretical part of the course are designed specifically to incorporate the use of several wireless devices that students probably use extensively in their daily lives. Complementing and expanding upon the materials covered in other communication courses is another merit of this laboratory-based course. Meeting the course requirements also helps students improve their oral presentation and report preparation abilities. The evaluation of the course indicates that most of the objectives are achieved. This paper discusses the experiments designed to teach various wireless communication concepts to the students on a weekly basis, as well as the interesting projects and the other course requirements, which could be replicated by other universities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TE.2009.2032166
Education, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
DocType
Volume
wireless device,Wireless Communications Systems Laboratory,communication course,course requirement,novel wireless communications system,laboratory-based course,wireless communication system,various wireless communication concept,computer-aided design,laboratory course,wireless system
Journal
53
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0018-9359
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
8
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S. Guzelgoz1161.66
Hüseyin Arslan233233.33