PA3802

COURSE TITLE: MOBILE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS

CLASSES: 3+1

Course contents:

• Development of mobile radio communications
• Mobile radio systems classification
• Examples of mobile radio systems
• Cellular systems concept
• Frequency planning
• Interference and system capacity
• Systems capacity enhancement possibilities
• Multiple-access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, W-CDMA
• Statistical description of mobile radio channel
• Signal transmission conditions
• Receiving field distribution
• Channel and fading classification
• Noise characteristics
• Propagation losses prediction in mobile radio channel
• Free-space propagation model
• Basic propagation mechanism
• Classification and description of prediction models
• Diversity systems
• Basic concepts of diversity systems
• Macroscopic diversity
• Microscopic diversity
• Principles of signal combining
• Various diversity techniques performances
• Digital cellular systems concept
• Second generation cellular systems
• GSM standard
• OSI model
• Architecture and organization
• Network and radio subsystems
• 2+ generation standards: HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE
• Third generation systems concept
• IP-based mobile radio systems

Literature:

1. Marvin K. Simon, Mohamed-Slim Alouini “Digital Communication over Fading Channels”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
2. J.S. Blogh, L.Hanzo “Third-Generation Systems and Intelligent Wireless Networking”, John Wiley & Sons, LTD, 2002.
3. Alex Brand, Hamid Aghvami “Multiple Access Protocols for Mobile Communications”, John Wiley & Sons, LTD, 2002.