Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Jukka Lempiäinen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 2 : Tuesday 10 - 12, TB222 Thursday 12 - 14, TC161	3.-n. vuosikurssi

Requirements

Exam and project work.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The goal of the course is to familiarize students to RF equipment and network configuration needed in wireless networks. In addition, attention is paid on advanced mobile communication systems and on their impact on network hardware configuration.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	NOISE AND POWER -Fundamentals -Signal-to-noise ratio -Sources of noise -Noise factor, noise figure -Noise in cascaded systems
2.	RX/TX ARCHITECTURES -Main analog components -Receiver architectures -Non-idealities and performance measures of the analog front-end components
3.	ANTENNAS -Antenna fundamentals -Antenna characteristics -Basic antenna types -Antennas in cellular radio systems
4.	ANTENNA LINE ELEMENTS -Feeders -Low noise amplifiers -Filters and combiners -Distributed antenna systems -Repeaters
5.	DIVERSITY -Principles of fading channel -Diversity methods -Signal combining -Transmit diversity
6.	ADVANCED ANTENNA TECHNIQUES -Principles of antenna arrays -Antenna array types -Array factor -Principle of beam steering -Philosophy of base station antennas -Introduction to adaptive antenna systems
7.	INTRODUCTION TO MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEMS -Principle of MIMO -Space-time block coding principle -Multi-antenna transmission techniques

Evaluation criteria for the course

Approved examination and project work.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Lecture slides	RF equipment for wireless networks	Jarno Niemelä, Tero Isotalo, Panu Lähdekorpi					English

Prerequisites

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	13.03.2009
Modifier	Panu Lähdekorpi