ELT-45306 Advanced Course on Wireless Communications, 5 cr
Additional information
Course www-page: https://www.cs.tut.fi/courses/ELT-45306/
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Jukka Talvitie, Mikko Valkama
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| ELT-45306 2017-01 | 3 - 4 |
Jukka Talvitie Mikko Valkama |
Exam and seminar work including presentation together with written report. Completion parts must belong to the same implementation. |
Learning Outcomes
The course concentrates on mobile radio network operating principles and structures and on the interference management through radio resource management algorithms in wireless networks. The main emphasis during the course is on cellular networks focusing on the LTE/LTE-Advanced (4G) technology. However, especially the radio resource management part is having a fairly general structure, applicable in all wireless systems. The course structure is divided into two parts: mobile radio networks and radio resource management methods. The LTE/LTE-Advanced (4G) is used as a reference system. Related to mobile radio networks, the students are be able to analyze the structures of typical mobile radio networks, to explain it's evolution from traditional circuit-switched into packet-switched implementation and to assess protocols together with different protocol layers used in network elements in mobile radio networks. The students are also able to explain typical functionalities related to mobile radio networks (e.g., location management and call setup procedure). The part introducing and asssessing radio resource management functionalities targets in providing relevant information so that the students are able to understand and analyze different interference management and radio resource management techniques used in typical wireless networks.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Mobile radio networks: - Mobile network structures - Mobile radio protocols - Mobile radio network functionality The students are able to assess the structures of GSM, UMTS and LTE radio networks, and are able to understand the main functionalities and protocol structures used in these mobile radio networks. In addition, the students understand the evolution of circuit-switched network into packet-switched ones and are able to understand the mobile core network evolution together with radio network evolution. | ||
| 2. | Radio resource management functionalities: - Radio resource management and modeling - Resource allocation, admission control and load control - Link adaptation: Power and rate control - Handovers and mobility - Scheduling - Retransmission protocols (e.g. hybrid ARQ) - Interference management The students are able to understand the main motivation of interference and radio resource management in wireless networks. After this part, the students are able to assess and possible invent new methods for different radio resource management strategies related to resource management. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Seminar work including presentation and written report.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Radio Resource Management For Wireless Networks | Jens Zander, Seong Lyun Kim | 1580531466 | No | ||
| Lecture slides | Yes |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELT-41206 Basic Course on Wireless Communications | Mandatory |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| ELT-45306 Advanced Course on Wireless Communications, 5 cr | TLT-6507 Advanced Course on Wireless Communications, 5 cr |