Course Catalog 2006-2007

TLT-6206 RADIO PROPAGATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS, 3 cr
Radio Propagation in Wireless Networks

Courses persons responsible
Jukka Lempiäinen

Lecturetimes and places
Per I: Tuesday 10 - 12, TB222
Per I: Thursday 10 - 12, TB223

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 4 h/week - - - - -
Exercise 2 h/week - - - - -
Assignment 10 h/week - - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The goal of the course is to familiarize students to wireless radio propagation mechanisms and to phenemenons of mobile radio channel.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. RADIO PROPAGATION MECHANISMS
-Electromagnetic waves
-Polarisation
-Free space propagation and isotropic radiator
-Propagation over flat terrain (reflection)
**Snell¿s law
**Two-ray model
**Fresnell coefficients
-Propagation over irregular terrain (scattering)
**Criteria for terrain roughness
**Scattering
-Propagation over/around obstacles (diffraction)
**Huygen¿s principle
**Diffraction ¿ Theory and models
 		      
2. PROPAGATION PATH LOSS MODELS
-Empirical models
**Okumura-Hata
**Dual slope
**Neural networks
-Physical models (including semi-empirical)
**Allsebrook-Parson
**Walfisch-Ikegami (and COST-231 extension)
**Flat edge model
-Deterministic models
**Integral equation
**Parabolic wave equation
**Ray optical models
-Indoor models
 		      
3. MOBILE RADIO CHANNEL AND FADING MODELS
-Slow fading
**Characterisation
**System calculations with slow fading margin
**Correlated shadowing
-Fast fading
**Characterisation of multipath propagation
**Linear time-variant channel model
**Channel correlation functions
**Small-scale (multipath) fading modelling
**First-order statistics
**Second-order statistics
**Wideband channel models
 		      
4. SPATIAL MOBILE RADIO CHANNELS
-Introduction to multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems
-Characteristics of a MIMO channel
-MIMO channel models
-Stochastic models
**Geometrically-based stochastic models
**Correlation ¿based (analytical Kronecker model)
**Parametric
-Deterministic models
**Double-directional model / Impulse response (measurement based)
**Ray-tracing
 		      
5. UWB SYSTEMS AND CHANNEL MODELS
-Introduction to ultra-wide band (UWB) system
-UWB transmission
**Special requirements
**Transmission techniques
-Channel model requirements for wide-band transmission
-Example applications
 		      

Requirements for completing the course
Exam and project work.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Approved examination and project work.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides Radio propagation in wireless networks Jarno Niemelä     www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/TLT-6206/ Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TLT-5200 TLT-5200 Communication Theory 5-7 Recommendable
    TLT-6100 TLT-6100 Basic Course on Wireless Communications 5 Mandatory

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 50 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 48
    Exercises 24
    Assignments 10
    Total sum 82

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    Last modified 29.01.2007
    Modified byJarno Niemelä