ELT-43457 Internet-of-Things Wireless Communications, 5 cr
Additional information
This course focuses on the requirements, enabling techniques, use cases and applications of the different Wireless Communications technologies for realizing and enabling the Internet-of-Things and Internet-of-Everything worlds.
For doctoral students, the scope of homeworks and project is more advanced compared to MSc students.
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Elena-Simona Lohan, Mikko Valkama, Markku Renfors
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| ELT-43457 2019-01 | 4 |
Elena-Simona Lohan |
Learning Outcomes
After passing this course, the students have good and comprehensive understanding of the potential, requirements, use cases and core enabling techniques for realizing the future Internet-of-Things (IoT) system and networks. Particular emphasis is on the wireless communications physical layer and radio system/network aspects techniques.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Different IoT requirements and use cases from wireless communications perspective * massive MTC * mission critical MTC * ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) and MTC | ||
| 2. | Enabling Wireless Communications methods and systems and their key features, characteristics, pros and cons, including: * low-range local area techniques (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-wave, etc) for IoT systems * wider-range techniques (e.g. IEEE 802.11ah) for IoT systems * wide-area techniques at unlicensed/ISM bands (LoRa, SigFox) for IoT systems * wide-area cellular network based techniques available today, especially extended coverage GSM (EC-GSM), 3GPP LTE-M, 3GPP Narrowband IoT * wide-area cellular network based techniques currently in the R&D phase, especially 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) and massive MTC and mission-critical MTC solutions | ||
| 3. | Ultra reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) concept | ||
| 4. | Synchronization, modulation, and multiple access issues in IoT | ||
| 5. | Practical examples of short-, medium-, and long-range IoT applications | ||
| 6. | Link budget computations in IoT |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Active participation to the lectures; answering the short exam-like questions during each lecture; completing the additional homework/project work; additional literature studies for the postgraduate students
Assessment scale:
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Lecture slides | E.S. Lohan, M. Renfors, T. Levanen | Lecture Notes and additional bibliography mentioned during the lectures | No |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELT-41206 Basic Course on Wireless Communications | Mandatory | |
| ELT-41308 Communication Theory | Advisable | |
| ELT-43106 Multicarrier and Multiantenna Techniques | Advisable |
Additional information about prerequisites
Basic understanding of existing mobile networks and associated digital communication technologies are essential prerequisites.
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| ELT-43457 Internet-of-Things Wireless Communications, 5 cr | ELT-43456 Internet-of-Things Wireless Communications, 3 cr |