After successful completion of the course, students are able to
1. Remembering: the students will be able to understand the basic problems in mobile communications.
2. Understanding: the students will be able to understand typical problems such as the time-variant channel or interferences.
3. Applying: the students will be able to apply the proposed solutions.
4. Analysing: the students will be able to analyse the proposed solutions.
5. Synthesising: the students will be able to include the proposed solutions in the current cellular networks.
6. Assessing: the students will be able to critically assess the performance of current techniques.
With this the students will be prepared to work within an Austrian or European network operator.
Introduction into wireless and mobile communications, as well as example problems and system concepts. Mobile propagation channel characteristics. Cellular system design. Fundamental trade-offs in latency, reliability, and data rate. Introduction into system concepts and network architectures of mobile telecommunication networks: Connection setup, transmit power control, adaptive modulation and coding, handover concepts including associated protocols and control channels. Integration of data- and speech services. Antenna and antenna arrays: components and properties. Coding, modulation und transmission schemes. channel characterisation: Fading mechanisms, doubly selective propagation channels and their signal- and system theory (shadowing, multipath propagation, Doppler spread, WSSUS assumption, scattering function).
This course is based on the VU Mobile Communications (LVA 389.063) which was part of the former master curriculum Telecommunications (Study Code 066 437).
First class: in presence EI2, Friday, 01.03.2024 at 8:30 a.m.
Exercise dates:
Exercise 1: Fr 22.03.24
Exercise 2: Fr 19.04.24
Exercise 3: Th 02.05.24
Exercise 4: Fr 24.05.24
Exercise 5: Fr 07.06.24
Exercise 6: Th 27.06.24
Written exam: We 19.06.2024
1. Written exam: a written exam that covers the course contents up to the date of the exam. Test problems are similar to the examples and problems which are rehearsed in the accompanying exercises. Electronic calculators and printed official course notes can be used. However: mobile phones, laptops, etc. are not allowed.
2. Oral exam: the final exam is oral. Dates are announced on Tiss. Additional oral exam dates can be arranged on request.
