eMasters Courses

The Electrical Depart of IIT Kanpur offers an online eMasters program for professionals. This page contains information about the eMasters courses which I teach.

Applied Linear Algebra For Wireless Communications

Course objectives and teaching methodology

Linear algebra is required to design, analyze and optimize state-of-the-art wireless systems. The objective of this course is to teach linear algebra concepts which are applicable for such wireless communication systems.

Prerequisites: None

Course Website:

  • Jan.-Mar. 2022, Jul.-Sep. 2022, Jan.-Mar. 2023, [link]

Simulation-Based Design of 5G New Radio (NR) Wireless Standard

Course objectives and teaching methodology The students normally have strong theoretical background in wireless communications systems, but negligible exposure on the use of this theory to design practical wireless systems. And current jobs in the wireless communication industry require design of standards-based practical wireless systems. The objective of this course is to bridge the gap between the theory and practise of 5G wireless communication systems, and consequently also the gap between academia and industry.

To achieve the objective, underlying concepts of 5G transceivers will be taught in the class, and the students will be expected to read the 5G standard documents to understand the transceiver specifications. The students will then design and implement in MATLAB a 5G compliant wireless system. The course will therefore involve a MATLAB coding component, which will also be considered for evaluation. Lastly students will discuss possible evolutionary paths for the 5G standard.

Content of this course is also highly useful while designing the 5G Testbed and the 5G+/6G Standardization projects being done by my group.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Website:

  • Taught in: Apr-Jun. 2022 [link]