Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TNK080 Wireless Communication Systems , 6 ECTS credits.
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For:   ED   KTS   TSL  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 50
Rec. self-study hours: 110

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Electrical Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course intends to provide knowledge in the area of wireless communication. The aim is to
  • introduce the concept of wireless communication
  • understand problems specific for wireless communication and technical solutions
  • understand design, construction and evaluation of wireless systems using radio communication.
  • give en overview on some existing systems


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Telecommunication or Mobile Communication

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
Network simulation.

Organisation:
The course consists of lectures and tutorials.

Course contents:
Basics about radio communication system: frequency spectrum and its properties, frequency bands, overview on various radio systems. Signal propagation in free space, antennas. Stochastic channel models: fading and shadowing. Data transmission over radio channels: modulation schemes, transmission over fading channels. Diversity methods. Coding methods: block codes and convolutional codes, coding gain. Multiple access. Spread-spectrum, OFDMA. Standards and technology: Cellular Systems, Machine-to-Machine/Ad-Hoc networks.

Course literature:
A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Examination:
One written exam
Project work
4,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Evangelos Angelakis
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 03/02/2015