Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Elena-Simona Lohan, Markku Renfors

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 2 : Wednesday 12 - 14, TB109 Per 2, 3 : Tuesday 14 - 16, TB104 Per 3 : Wednesday 12 - 14, TB104

Requirements

Exam
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The course focuses on mobile and wireless communications. The course introduces the structures and principles of different types of wireless networks (cellular networks, WPAN/WLAN/WMAN/WWAN, 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. Also positioning methods based on wireless systems (UMTS, satellites) are presented.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	BASIC ELEMENTS OF WIRELESS TRANSMISSION: - Basics of antennas; - Multiplexing and modulation methods; - Basic ideas of spread-spectrum and multicarrier techniques; - Multiple access techniques; - Medium access (MAC) protocols, WLAN MAC.	- History of wireless communications.
2.	PROPERTIES AND MODELING OF THE RADIO CHANNEL: - Path loss models; - Large-scale fading; - Small-scale fading.
3.	CELLULAR NETWORK CONCEPT: - Elements, structure and functionalities of a mobile radio network; - Radio network planning principles.
4.	PRINCIPLES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: - GSM, UMTS; - WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth; - Broadcast networks; - Satellite communications; - Positioning systems (cellular network based, GPS, Galileo).	- DECT and Tetra systems. - ZigBee and WiBree systems - Other GNSS systems (BEIDOU/Compass, GAGAN, ...)
5.	RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: - Power control; - Handover (cell/sector, frequency, system); - Packet scheduling; - Access control mechanisms.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Exam.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Lecture slides	Basics of Wireless Communications	Tapani Ristaniemi, Markku Renfors, Jarno Niemelä					English

Prerequisites

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	26.09.2008
Modifier	Elena-Simona Lohan