Internet-of-Things Wireless Communications, 5 cr

Tampere University

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Course code

COMM.SYS.710

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

Pass-Fail

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Sergey Andreev

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %

Core content

Different IoT requirements and use cases from wireless communications perspective
* massive MTC
* mission critical MTC
* ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) and MTC
Enabling Wireless Communications methods and systems and their key features, characteristics, pros and cons, including:
* low-range local area techniques (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-wave, etc) for IoT systems
* wider-range techniques (e.g. IEEE 802.11ah) for IoT systems
* wide-area techniques at unlicensed/ISM bands (LoRa, SigFox) for IoT systems
* wide-area cellular network based techniques available today, especially extended coverage GSM (EC-GSM), 3GPP LTE-M, 3GPP Narrowband IoT
* wide-area cellular network based techniques currently in the R&D phase, especially 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) and massive MTC and mission-critical MTC solutions
Ultra reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) concept
Synchronization, modulation, and multiple access issues in IoT
Practical examples of short-, medium-, and long-range IoT applications
Link budget computations in IoT

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Completion option 1

Participation in the lectures, homework via Moodle for each lecture/topic area, and a small final project (e.g., literature study and short video presentation on a chosen topic). For doctoral students, the scope of the project is more advanced and a short presentation together with a 3-4 page report following IEEE publication guidelines is required.

Participation in teaching

Lectures (English)

03.03.2025 – 30.05.2025