Subject description
Introduction to mobile communication systems (overview, concepts of wireless connectivity and mobility, a historical overview of commercial mobile systems, development guidelines). Electromagnetic wave propagation specific to mobile services (propagation modes, propagation under conditions specific to mobile services (N- LOS), fading, empirical propagation models, planning coverage). Cellular systems (network capacity, spectral reuse, call handover, interference in cellular systems, planning, methods to improve capacity and reduce interference). Digital mobile communications (digital data communication, modulation for mobile services, BER, channel coding). Channel access methods for shared medium resources (TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, SDMA, hybrid systems, network capacity and trunking). Architecture of wireless mobile systems and standardization (GSM, 3GPP, UMTS, WCDMA, LTE, LTE Advanced, development guidelines, WiFi, WiMAX, service carriers, signalling protocols, service architecture). Mobile services (voice, messaging, data communication, service convergence, All-IP networks, IMS).
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
Understanding of operation and sensitivities of wireless mobile communication system components. Understanding of fundamental methods of mobile communication network planning. Getting acquantained with specifics of cellular communication systems. Knowledge of channel access methods for sharing media resources. Knowledge of public and proprietary wireless networks and standards. Knowledge of the mechanisms for provisioning of traditional and multimedia mobile services.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures with DSP theory and practically oriented lab assignments encouraging teamwork.
Expected study results
After successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand the fundamental idea of cellular networks.
- Apply and evaluate the selected propagation models to wireless networks
- Describe and evaluate typical characteristics of selected digital modulation principles.
- Analyse and evaluate frequency re-use planning.
- Model and design a wireless system.
- Design and evaluate coverage of a wireless system.
- Deploy a suitable method of diversity for performance enhancement of a given communication system.
- Possess the knowledge on fundamental building blocks of mobile networks regarding the generations thereof.
Basic sources and literature
1. Shankar, P. M., Introduction to wireless systems, New York : J. Wiley, 2002
2. HERCOG, D., Telekomunikacijska omrežja, Ljubljana, Slovenija: Pasadena, 2013.
3. Molisch, A. F., Wireless Communications, 2nd ed., Chichester, UK: J. Wiley, 2011.
4. Poikselka, Mayer, Khartabil, The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services in the Mobile Domain, Chichester, UK: J. Wiley, 2004
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