Internet-of-Things Wireless Communications, 5 cr

Core content

• Different IoT requirements and use cases from wireless communications perspective
  * massive MTC
  * mission critical MTC
  * ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) and MTC
• Enabling Wireless Communications methods and systems and their key features, characteristics, pros and cons, including:
  * low-range local area techniques (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-wave, etc) for IoT systems
  * wider-range techniques (e.g. IEEE 802.11ah) for IoT systems
  * wide-area techniques at unlicensed/ISM bands (LoRa, SigFox) for IoT systems
  * wide-area cellular network based techniques available today, especially extended coverage GSM (EC-GSM), 3GPP LTE-M, 3GPP Narrowband IoT
  * wide-area cellular network based techniques currently in the R&D phase, especially 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) and massive MTC and mission-critical MTC solutions
• Ultra reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) concept
• Synchronization, modulation, and multiple access issues in IoT
• Practical examples of short-, medium-, and long-range IoT applications
• Link budget computations in IoT