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Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
COMM.SYS.200

Basic Course on Wireless Communications, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2024–31.7.2024)
Course code
COMM.SYS.200
Language of instruction
English, Finnish
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Intermediate studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Mikko Valkama
Responsible teacher:
Jukka Talvitie
Responsible teacher:
Simona Lohan starting from 16.12.2019
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %
Core content
  • BASIC ELEMENTS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    - Basics of antennas;
    - Multiplexing and modulation methods;
    - Basic ideas of spread-spectrum and multicarrier techniques;
    - Multiple access techniques;
    - Medium access (MAC) protocols, WLAN MAC.
  • PROPERTIES AND MODELING OF THE RADIO CHANNEL:
    - Path loss models;
    - Large-scale fading;
    - Small-scale fading.
  • CELLULAR NETWORK CONCEPT:
    - Elements, structure and functionalities of a mobile radio network;
    - Basic radio network planning principles.
  • PRINCIPLES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS:
    - GSM, UMTS/HSPA, LTE, 5G, beyond 5G
    - WLAN/WiFi,
    - IoT, M2M
    - Broadcast networks;
    - Satellite communications;
    - Positioning systems (cellular network based, GPS, Galileo).
  • RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASICS:
    - Power control;
    - Handover (cell/sector, frequency, system);
    - Packet scheduling;
    - Access control mechanisms.
  • FUTURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    - 5G concept
    - IoT concep
  • BASICS OF WIRELESS POSITIONING
    - GNSS basics
    - cellular positioning basics
    - Wifi positioning basics
Complementary knowledge
  • History of wireless communications.
  • Statistical modelling of fading.
  • Other wireless systems (RF-ID, Bluetooth,...)
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Course also can be completed with grade 1 by participating in required number of teaching events (lectures, exercises, etc.).
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

15.05.2023 27.08.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
01.09.2023 10.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
31.08.2023 10.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
01.06.2024 31.08.2024
Active in period 5 (1.6.2024–31.7.2024)

Exam

05.06.2023 27.08.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
30.08.2023 12.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
12.12.2023 22.12.2023
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
12.12.2023 22.12.2023
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
01.06.2024 31.08.2024
Active in period 5 (1.6.2024–31.7.2024)