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Person responsible

Elena-Simona Lohan, Markku Renfors

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Tuesday 8 - 10, TB222 Wednesday 10 - 12, TB223 Per 2 : Tuesday 16 - 18, TC-221

Requirements

Exam
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

In this course, the focus is on the techniques of the radio interface, on top of which, e.g., the Internet network protocols are built. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to explain and compare the structures, principles, and possible applications of different radio communication systems. More specifically, the student should be able to: - explain the general principles how the different phenomena in mobile radio channels have to be taken into consideration in the design of a reliable radio communication link; - explain the whole transmission chain in a wireless communication or navigation system - analyze the significance of different transmitter and receiver signal processing modules (coding, modulation, channel equalization,...) on the performance of a radio link; - compute the path loss encountered in wireless transmission, using several path loss models - describe the general principles of sharing the channel in duplex and multiuser radio communications, as well as detailed operation of the basic WLAN-MAC protocol; - describe the general structure and main elements and functionalities of a cellular mobile communication system, as well as analyze the commonalities and differences in GSM and UMTS networks; - describe the first 2 OSI layers (PHY and MAC) and their functionality in wireless communication systems - compute the load/capacity of a cellular network (based on Erlang laws) - use Matlab to model&generate simple models of communications and navigation systems - explain the general principles how it is possible to extract useful information from radio signals for positioning applications. - make a judgement on the evolution and challenges on the future wireless communications and navigation.

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. Self-assessment.

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

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Additional information

Course home page: http://www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/TLT-6100

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Basic course on wireless communications		Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	23.11.2009
Modifier	Elena-Simona Lohan