SL - ECE464H1 S - Wireless Communication (Cross-listed with ECE1551H)

Job Posting for Sessional Lecturer

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Date Posted:  06/03/2025
Req ID: 43257
Faculty/Division: Applied Science and Engineering
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Campus: St. George

Contact Email Address: ugta.ece@utoronto.ca

Course Number and Title:  ECE464H1 S – Wireless Communication (Cross-listed with ECE1551H – Mobile Broadband Radio Access Network)

Course Description:

ECE464H1 S: The radio medium, radio communication system examples. Link budget: cable losses, propagation loss, antenna gains. Basic concepts of propagation: path loss, multi-path propagation and fading. Raleigh and Rician fading models, Doppler shift, delay spread, coherence time and coherence bandwidth of the channel. Analog modulation schemes and their bandwidths. Digital modulation schemes and their bandwidths and bit rates: BPSK, QPSK, MSK, GMSK. Basic concepts of speech coding. Error correction coding, interleaving, and multiple access frame structure. The physical layer description of the AMPS, IS-54, and GSM cellular systems. The cellular concept: frequency re-use, re-use cluster concept. Channel allocation. Cellular system architecture for AMPS, IS-54, and GSM. Hand-offs and transmitter power control. Cellular traffic, call blocking, concept of Erlangs. Basic ideas in spread spectrum modulation, spreading codes, bit error probability. Orthogonal and non-orthogonal CDMA Basic concepts in CDMA networks.
ECE1551H: This course covers Radio Access Network (RAN) aspects of the 5G New Radio (NR). Important RF parameters like power flux density, electrical field and various power definitions are introduced and their relationship to regulatory requirements and standards based usage are covered in great detail. Also, various RF impediments such as the noise figure, out of band emissions and ACS/ACLR are introduced. The link budget, receiver sensitivity, channel models and how they relate to 5G systems are explained. Spectrum and RF characteristics of 5G NR are an important part of the course. Moreover, we will go over the architectural solutions, remote radio heads (distributed radio solutions), and important hardware components in the network. Throughout the course, students will get substantial exposure to the practice-based content not commonly found in the textbooks. The course will offer an insight into the important industry standards and initiatives, trials, and the global vendor/operator status in terms of product development and network deployments. A large selection of course projects and guest lectures from major infrastructure vendors and operators are intended to complement the material covered in the lectures.

Estimated course enrolment: ~20

Estimated TA support: TBD 

Class schedule: Timetable Builder (utoronto.ca)

Sessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2026 – April 30, 2026

Salary: $15,454.52

Qualifications: Knowledge in the subject matter. Preferred consideration will be given to applicants who have taught the course before (or course equivalent), or have teaching experience in the subject matter.

Description of duties:  Deliver lectures in accordance with the schedule specified in the course description. Perform evaluation of students' work and assign final grades.  Supervise course TAs and address any issues of academic integrity that arise related to this course.

Application Procedure: Please complete a CUPE3902 Unit 3 Application form from ECE's Sessional Lecturer webpage then send the application and a detailed teaching resume to ugta.ece@utoronto.ca by June 24, 2025 @ 11:59 PM.  Please label the PDF documents using the following format: LastName, FirstName - Course Code – Resume / Application.   Additional material (cover letter, teaching dossier, statement) is optional, but if included should be attached as a PDF (naming the document LastName, FirstName - Course Code – Document Type) as messages in the body of the email will not be considered.  If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Jennifer Lee at ugta.ece@utoronto.ca.  Further information can be found on ECE's Sessional Lecturer webpage. 

Please note applications that do not follow the procedure mentioned above will not be considered.

Closing Date: 06/24/2025

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.