Course Catalog 2007-2008

TLT-6506 DIGITAL MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, 5 cr
Digital Mobile Communication Systems

Courses persons responsible
Jukka Rinne

Lecturers
Jukka Rinne

Lecturetimes and places
Per I,II: Thursday 9 - 12, S3

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
This course deepens the understanding of mobile networks and communications systems, focusing on GSM and UMTS. A special attention is given to theory and practise of radio resource management.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. GSM radio interface, modulation, speech coding, signalling, resource management, network management, GSM evolution       
2. Physical layer issues of WCDMA, TD-CDMA, TD-SCDMA and cdma2000       
3. Fundamentals of radio resource management (RRM), RRM for 3-4G mobile communication systems        

Requirements for completing the course
Exam

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Exam.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TLT-5206 TLT-5206 Communication Theory 5-7 Mandatory
    TLT-5406 TLT-5406 Digital Transmission 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

  • ITC utilized during the course

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

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course
  • - Contact teaching: 30 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 70 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 90
    Exercises 45

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 138

    Correspondence of content
    83150 Digital Mobile Communication Systems

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    Last modified 07.02.2007
    Modified byMarkku Renfors