Feedback for Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications

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Re evaluation of Assignment 6

There was an error in the evaluation of question 5 in assignment 6. The correct answer is option (a) as indicated in the solutions posted.
But the assignment was evaluated with option (c) as the answer. This has been corrected now. The correct score for assignment 6 are posted now. Please take a look.

Assignment 11 and 12 Solutions

Assignment 11 and 12 Solutions have been uploaded. Please go through them. All the best for the final exam.

Assignment 11 deadline extension

Due to multiple requests and confusion, assignment 11 deadline has been extended till 18 November midnight.

Hall ticket for October 22nd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the October 22nd NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on October exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the October 22nd exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

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Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.

Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on October 22, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.

In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

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NPTEL team

Feedback for Week 11 and Week 12

The link to give your feedback is :

Week 11

Week 12

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

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NPTEL Team

Lecture notes

Lecture notes for Week 12 has been uploaded.

Assignment 12 MIMO

Assignment 12 has some basic problems on MIMO Channels. Try them out. The problems are simple, hence quickly finish them before deadline,(15/10/17) and prepare for your exams.
All the best for your exams!

Assignment 11

Assignment 11 has been released. Please attempt it.

Assignment 10 solution

Assignment 10 solution has been uploaded. You can find it here

Assignment 9 Solution

Assignment 9 Solutions have been released. You can find them here

Lecture notes

Lecture notes for Week 10 and Week 11 have been posted.

Assignment 8 Solutions

Assignment 8 Solutions have been uploaded. It can be found here

Feedback for week 10

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 10 contents.

This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

Feedback for week 9

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 9 contents.

This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

Assignment 9 deadline extension

Assignment 9 deadline extended to October 5,2017

Assignment 7 Solutions

Assignment 7 solutions have been released. please go through them here

Assignment 10

Assignment 10 has been released. Please try it out.

Assignment 9

Assignment 9 has been released. Please go through the problems

Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration have been extended till Sep 26th, 5pm (Tuesday).

Payment of the exam fee can be done till: Sep 27, 10am (Wednesday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

Assignment 8

Try out Assignment-8 problems... The deadline is 30 Sep 2017.

Feedback for week 8

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 8 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 8

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Assignment 7

Assignment 7 has been posted under Week 7. Please attempt it. The deadline is 27 September.

Week 9 lectures released!

Dear Candidates,

Week 9 lectures are now available.
Kindly visit https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37/course to access the contents

Assignment Solutions 4,5,6

Solutions to problems of Assignment-4,5,6 has been posted. Kindly go through them as you may find answers to most of the forum questions there.

Lecture notes for Weeks 7, 8 and 9 are uploaded

Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 11-15th October 2017. We will notify the same through email.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/cert_preview/certificate_latest.pdf

-NPTEL Team

Feedback for week 7

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 7 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 7

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Week 8 lectures released!

Dear Candidates,

Week 8 Course videos are now available.
Kindly visit https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37/course to access the contents.

Feedback for week 6

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 6 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 6

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

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NPTEL Team

Assignment 4 deadline extension

Due to multiple requests, the deadline for Assignment 4 has been extended till 7th September.

A Reminder on Certification Exam - Register Today

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Registration is open from 29th AUGUST 2017 (Tuesday) until 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).

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Week 7 Lectures now available

Dear Candidates,

Week 7 Course videos are now available.
Kindly visit https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37/course to access the contents.

Assignment 6

Assignment 6 has been uploaded. The deadline is September 14.

REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 29th AUGUST 2017 (Tuesday) until 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 22nd October 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Tentative list of exam cities: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnptel.ac.in%2FLocalChapter%2FAssets%2Fspoc_refdocs%2FOct_2017_Exam_Cities.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFksV6ScgWkPREriW7zk7jpDmjAbA

Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 11 -15th October 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate: Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature. Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till September 20, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this, email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after September 20 2017.

Register Now

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NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for week 5

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 5 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

Week 5

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Week 5 and Week 6 Lecture notes ...

Dear Students,

Week 5 and Week 6 Lecture Notes can be accessed using the following links.

Regards,
Prof. David
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Week 5
Lec 20: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEMzRiaWtBb3FjSzg/view
Lec 21: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtET08wRkYzakR5YVE/view
Lec 21b: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEX3kzTFppelUxVW8/view
Lec 22: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEWHlMZ1hqS0RvRWs/view
Lec 23: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEOWg2bzVFWmFoUzA/view
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Week 6
Lec 24: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEM2xYV1hWQnRoUGs/view
Lec 25: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEQWpiQ1lGVGRxVW8/view
Lec 26: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEeVVfVWp4MEtpY2s/view
Lec 27: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtENlBVRS1GV0ItaGs/view
Lec 28: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEWmtSb3d2LXZOUVE/view
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Assignment 3 Solutions

The solutions to Assignment 3 has been posted on the portal under Week-3 contents. You may also access the same from this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEWmtGWEhtZjVYdzA/view?usp=sharing

Assignment 5

Assignment 5 has been uploaded. The deadline is 5th September.

Dead line extended

Assignment 3 deadline has been extended to 22nd August.

Assignment 2 Solutions

Assignment 2 Solutions are available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtENjFWbnBxdkVUbEU/view?usp=sharing

Feedback for week 4

Dear student

We are glad that you have Joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 4 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

Week 4

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

Computer Assignment 1

Computer Assignment 1 has been uploaded in Unit 5: Week 4. Please try out the Computer assignment and answer the related Computer Assignment Questions.No report/code submission is required. You will be evaluated based on the score in Computer Assignment Questions quiz. The deadline for Computer Assignment 1 is 1st September.

MATLAB access for the course

Hello everyone,

A new unit is created under the name MATLAB. It contains the instructions to install MATLAB and also some introductory videos to get started with MATLAB.

Please go through the material and try out the MATLAB pre-assignment if you haven't already done so.

If there are any questions related to MATLAB, please post your queries in the forum with the subject line starting with MATLAB.

Here how it should look like: " MATLAB: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

We have Maria Gavilan, an engineer from Mathworks to help us clear doubts exclusively related to MATLAB. I request everyone to follow the above guidelines while asking questions so that it will be helpful for everyone to sort out the questions.

We will soon upload the Programming assignment 1.

Assignment 4

Assignment 4 has been posted under week 4.

Submission deadline: August 31st 11:59pm

Deadline extended...

Dear all,
The deadline for Assignment 2 has been extended to 17th August 2017, 23:59 hrs. (Thursday)

Notes for Lec 15-19

Dear Students,

The notes for Week 4 Lectures have been uploaded. They can be accessed using the following links and clicking the box "Text Version"

Regards,
Prof. David
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Lec15_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEWWYtRTlkZnZBUW8/view

Lec16_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEZHlsdUhKSEpNajA/view

Lec17_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEUHZ6M0lTVDNmdzg/view

Lec18_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEeDc0ZnVVYTRrTkk/view

Lec19_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEMEFiTjNBdkU1SjA/view

Week 4 Video Contents released

2017-08-14

Dear Candidates,

Week 4 Video contents are now available on the portal.
Week 4 Assignment will be available soon.

Please check the below link to access the contents.
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37

- NPTEL Admin

Solutions to Assignment 1

Solutions to Assignment 1 has been posted on the portal. You may also access through this link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEa2t1clhBdERtdXM/view?usp=sharing

Feedback for week 1 ,week 2 and Week 3

Dear student

We are glad that you have Joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 1,Week 2 and 3 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

Lec5-9 notes

Dear Students,

The notes for Lec 5-9 have been uploaded. The files can be accessed via the following links:

Regards,
Prof. David

Lec5_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtES0lVV3lmMDBWZHM/view

Lec6_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEQVdXaGpEM1FGUjQ/view

Lec7_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEQ3hrcHRENXdrVUE/view

Lec8_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtESGlSUWFhcHMtb2c/view

Lec9_notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69Ufh-_sYtEYnN3cHk2bkxDR0E/view

Assignment 3

Assignment 3 has been posted on the portal. This assignment has problems covering concepts from Lecture 10-14. The submission deadline is August 20, 2017.
You may access the assignment under Unit-4 ("Cellular System Design, Capacity, Handoff and Outage") in the "Course outline" section of the course page or through this link : https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37/unit?unit=35&assessment=44

Week 3 Video Contents released

Dear Candidates,

Week 3 Video contents are now available on the portal.
Week 3 Assignment will be available soon.

Please check the below link to access the contents.
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37

- NPTEL Admin

Lec10-15 Notes

Dear Students,

The notes that is seen in the videos of Lectures 10-15 have been uploaded. Please use them to follow along with the lectures. Request your feedback on the usefulness of these lecture notes. Thanks.

Regards,
Prof. David

Matlab pre-assignment

Matlab pre-assignment has been uploaded on the portal. The assignment is not graded and is meant for the students to try out, and get familiar with some basic functions and signal processing in Matlab. It will be a 'warm-up' exercise for the upcoming Matlab assignments.

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 has been uploaded on the portal. the submission deadline is 15th august midnight. You can attempt as many times as you want. the final attempt will be considered for grading. Scores will be declared after the submission deadline.

Unit2_Notes Posted ...

Dear Students,

A warm welcome to each of you. We are in the first week of the course.
Whenever a student posts a question on the Forum,one of the
Teaching Assistants (TAs) or myself will answer it

We have four TAs assisting in this course:
- Mahesh, Vaibhav, Manideep and Rohith

In response to requests from students, a detailed study companion
has been prepared for Lectures 1-4. These Lecture notes contain additional
information that will be helpful in understanding the lectures better.
The notes also contain worked examples which will be helpful in
solving the assignment.

For any help or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the TAs and myself.
We will respond to the queries at the earliest.

Best regards,
Prof. David

Assignment 1

Assignment 1 has been posted. Please go through the lectures and attempt the questions in assignment 1. The due date is 7th August. You can attempt multiple times. Scores will be declared after the deadline.

Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications : Week 1 Video Contents

Dear Candidates

Week 1 Video contents are now available on the portal. Please check the below link to access the contents.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37

- NPTEL Admin

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on JULY 24, 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:

The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications

Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs37/

Course duration : July 24, 2017-October 13, 2017 (12 weeks)

Dates of exams : 22 October 2017

Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm

o Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.

Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.

Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning

- NPTEL team.