Course Catalog 2007-2008

TLT-6106 BASIC COURSE ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, 5 cr
Basic Course on Wireless Communications

Courses persons responsible
Markku Renfors

Lecturers
Markku Renfors

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - 3 h/week 3 h/week - - -
Exercise - 1 h/week 1 h/week - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
The course focuses on mobile and wireless communications. The course introduces the structures and principles of different types of wireless networks (cellular networks, WLAN/WPAN/WMAN, broadcasting networks), as well as radio network planning methods. Also the central properties of a radio link are studied. MAC (medium access control) mechanisms and RRM (radio resource management) functionalities are described and their significance on the efficient operation of the network is discussed.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Basic elements of wireless transmission. Antennas, properties of the radio channel. Multiplexing and modulation methods, access techniques.        
2. Cellular network concept. Elements, structure and functionalities of a radio network. Radio network planning principles.        
3. Principles of wireless communication systems: GSM, UMTS, WLAN, positioning systems (GPS, Galileo), broadcast networks.        
4. Radio resource management: power control, handover (cell/sector, frequency, system). Packet scheduling, access control mechanisms.       

Requirements for completing the course
Exam

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Exam.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides Basics of Wireless Communications Tapani Ristaniemi       Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TLT-2106 TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking 5 Mandatory
    TLT-5206 TLT-5206 Communication Theory 5-7 Recommendable

    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

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 60 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 90
    Exercises 45

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 138

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    Last modified 07.02.2007
    Modified byMarkku Renfors