Module 6: Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for 5G: Synchronization, Beamforming, DOA Estimation, and Multipath Fading Mitigation

• Synchronization
  • Introduction
  • Simulating Wireless Channel
  • Time Synchronization
  • Time Synchronization with Interpolation
  • Coarse Frequency Synchronization
  • Fine Frequency Synchronization
  • Frame Synchronization
• DOA & Beamforming
  • Beamforming Overview
  • Direction-of-Arrival Overview
  • Types of Arrays
  • SDR Requirements
  • Intro to Matrix Math in Python/NumPy
  • Steering Vector
  • Receiving a Signal
  • Conventional Beamforming & DOA
  • 180-Degree Ambiguity
  • Beam Pattern
  • When d is not λ/2
  • Spatial Tapering
  • Adaptive Beamforming
  • MVDR/Capon Beamformer
  • Covariance Matrix
  • LCMV Beamformer
  • MUSIC
  • ESPRIT
  • Circular Arrays
  • Conclusion and References
• Multipath Fading
  • Multipath
  • Fading
  • Simulating Rayleigh Fading
  • Mitigating Multipath Fading