Fundamentals of Transmission techniques: digital and analog signals, modulation principle, bandwidth and carrier frequency concepts, wired and wireless transmissions, AWGN noise, analog and digital repeaters. Examples and exercises.
Examples of transmission technologies for telecommunication systems: terrestrial and satellite point-to-point links The cellular network concept: Fundamentals, co channel interference, frequency reuse, cell splitting, uplink and downlink, duplexing techniques, handover. Examples and exercises.
The radio channel: path loss, large and small scale fading, diversity. Wireless communications with multiple antennas. OFDM modulation. Spatial multiplexing in MIMO systems. Examples and exercises.
5G and Beyond 5G Cellular Systems. Key technologies: massive MIMO, small cells, millimeter waves, D2D, IAB, network slicing. SINR and spectral efficiency formulas. Innovative network deployments: cell free massive MIMO, ultra massive MIMO, metasurfaces. Examples and exercises.
ECTS credits
6
Teaching Language
English
Exam Language
English
Support Materials Language
English
Basic Learning Outcomes
Managing Entity (faculty)
Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (UNICAS)
