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Course unit, curriculum year 2022–2023
COMM.SYS.450

Multicarrier and Multiantenna Techniques, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)
Course code
COMM.SYS.450
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Markku Renfors
Responsible teacher:
Mikko Valkama
Responsible teacher:
Taneli Riihonen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %
Core content
  • BASICS OF MULTICARRIER MODULATION:
    - OFDM principles
    - Effect and purpose of CP
    - Multipath channel effects and equalization
    - Peak-to-average power ratio problem and mitigation methods
  • SYNCHRONIZATION AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION:
    - Effects of timing and frequency offsets
    - Phase noise effects
    - Pilot based and data aided channel estimation
    - Basic schmes for frequency synchronization
    - Basic schemes for symbol synchronization
  • MULTIPLE ACCESS:
    - OFDMA
    - SC-FDMA, DFT-spread OFDM and frequency-domain equalization in single-carrier transmission
  • OFDM APPLICATIONS:
    - 3GPP-LTE/LTE-Advanced
    - 5G New Radio
  • DIVERSITY:
    - Forms of diversity (time, frequency, space)
    - Diversity combining methods and resulting performance
    - Outage probability
  • MULTIANTENNA/MIMO TECHNIQUES:
    - Receiver antenna diversity
    - Basics of space-time coding
    - Beamforming
    - Spatial multiplexing;
    - Open-loop and closed-loop MIMO techniques
Complementary knowledge
  • ADVANCED ELEMENTS
       Adaptive bit-loading, waterfilling principle
       Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) schemes
       Diversity vs. AMC methods in system level considerations
       Improved channel estimation & synchronization techniques
       Multicarrier CDMA

  • ENHANCED SPECTRUM LOCALIZATION:
       OFDM sidelobe suppression methods
       Filtered OFDM
       Filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) techniques and waveforms

  • APPLICATIONS
       WLAN: 802.11a/g/n/ac
       Digital broadcasting: DVB-T -family
       ADSL, VDSL, Power-line communications (PLC)

  • MULTIANTENNA TECHNIQUES
       Capacity analysis of different multiantenna configurations
       Massive MIMO concepts

Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
In this completion method, both exam and Matlab project are mandatory.
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

07.03.2023 29.04.2023
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)

Exam

22.09.2022 22.09.2022
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
02.05.2023 13.05.2023
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)
11.05.2023 11.05.2023
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)
Completion option 2
At MSc level, it is also possible to pass the course (with grade 1) without taking the exam, by actively participating the learning events, doing exercises, and completing the project work.

Participation in teaching

07.03.2023 29.04.2023
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)