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

Course´s person responsible

Jarno Niemelä, Markku Renfors

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Exam, project work (e.g., literature study or simulation exercise done in small group).
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

This course deepens the understanding of mobile networks and wireless communications systems, with emphasis on existing and emerging 3G systems. A special attention is given to theory and practise of radio resource management.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Common procedures for cellular networks: Cellular radio network structure and network elements; Functional planes (protocols); Typical channel structures.
2.	GSM and UMTS systems: Radio interfaces; Core networks; Speech coding and other basic services; System evolution.
3.	Fundamentals of radio resource management (RRM): Power control; Handover control; Channel allocation; Load control; Admission control; Packet scheduling/rate control; RRM in 3-4G systems.
4.	Standardization of wireless communication systems.

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							English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Last modified	08.05.2009
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