Course Name: Probability and Random Variables/Processes for Wireless Communications

Course abstract

Concepts in probability and random variables/ processes play a fundamental role in understanding various aspects of wireless communication systems. Characterizing several components of wireless systems such as the average transmit power, bit-error rate and behavior of the fading channel coefficient requires knowledge of principles of random variables and processes. This course is designed to serve as a basic course towards introducing the students to various aspects of probability from the perspective of modern digital and wireless communications. Thus, it will focus on basic concepts in probability, random variables and random processes, while also illustrating digital/ wireless communication specific examples to better bridge the gap between theory and application.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham

He received his Bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.. From April 2007 to May 2009 he was employed as a senior wireless systems engineer at Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, California, where he worked on developing 3G UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA mobile chipsets as part of the Qualcomm CDMA technologies division. His research interests are in the area of next-generation wireless communications and networking, sensor and ad-hoc networks, digital video processing for wireless systems, wireless 3G/4G cellular standards and CDMA/OFDM/MIMO wireless technologies. He has contributed to the 802.11n high throughput wireless LAN standard and has published extensively in leading international journals and conferences. He was awarded the CAL[IT]2 fellowship for pursuing graduate studies at the University of California San Diego and in 2009 he received the Upendra Patel Achievement Award for his efforts towards developing HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+ WCDMA technologies at Qualcomm. Since 2009 he has been a faculty member in the Electrical Engineering department at IIT Kanpur, where he is currently an Associate Professor, and is also associated with the BSNL-IITK Telecom Center of Excellence (BITCOE). At IIT Kanpur he has been awarded the P.K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship (June 2012 to May 2015) for excellence in research. His popular video lectures for the NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) course on Advanced 3G and 4G Wireless Mobile Communications can found at the following YouTube link ( NPTEL 3G/4G ).


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Course Sponsors

Teaching Assistant(s)

NEERAJ VARSHNEY

M.Tech in ECE,
Pursuing PhD at Dept. of EE,
IIT Kanpur

 Course Duration : Sep-Nov 2015

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 Enrollment : 17-Aug-2015 to 21-Sep-2015

 Exam registration : 15-Sep-2015 to 15-Oct-2015

 Exam Date : 01-Nov-2015

Enrolled

3288

Registered

254

Certificate Eligible

205

Certified Category Count

Gold

9

Silver

0

Elite

102

Successfully completed

71

Participation

23

Success

Elite

Gold





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>=90 - Elite+Gold
60-89 - Elite
35-59 - Successfully Completed
<=34 - Certificate of Participation

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 50% of Exam Score + 50% of Assignment Score.
Probability and Random Variables/Processes for Wireless Communications - Toppers list

ASHIK ANUVAR 97%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TRIVANDRUM

A V KRISHNA 95%

NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX

KUNAL KISHORE 94%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

ATHIRA VIJAY N 93%

THANGAL KUNJU MUSALIAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SHYAMA SREEKUMAR 93%

THANGAL KUNJU MUSALIAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SATISH KUMAR CHILAMKURTI 93%

RAILWAYS

SURAJ SRIVASTAVA 93%

SAMSUNG RESEARCH INDIA BANGALORE

KANCHARLA NAVEEN KRISHNA 90%

NOTHING

NACHIKET VIJAY AYIR 90%

IIIT HYDERABAD

NITHIN V SABU 88%

THANGAL KUNJU MUSALIAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SREEGIRI S S 88%

TKM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOLLAM

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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.