35114 - Communications Systems (2nd Cycle)

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Davide Dardari
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: ING-INF/03
  • Language: Italian

Learning outcomes

Design methods for digital communication systems, both narrowband and wideband, for wired and wireless channels. Understand third and fourth generation cellular systems (UMTS/LTE).

Course contents

Introduction to wireless systems.
Elements of detection, estimation and digital transmission theory.
The wireless channel.  Performance evaluation in the presence of co-channel interference and fading. Countermeasures techniques (adaptive equalization, diversity).  
Introduction to multiple antenna systems (multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO).
Cellular communications: frequency reuse, multiple access techniques, spread spectrum techniques, multi-carrier modulation (OFDM).
Third and fourth generation cellular systems.
Seminars on GSM, UMTS, LTE, and DVB-T standards.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Goldsmith “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2005

Oreste Andrisano, Davide Dardari "Appunti di Sistemi di Telecomunicazione: elementi di progetto di sistemi radiomobili”, Esculapio, Bologna, 2001.

J.Proakis, “Digital Communications”, Mc Graw Hill.

D. Tse and P. Viswanath, "Fundamentals of Wireless Communications", Cambridge University Press, 2005.

G.L.Stuber, “Principles of Mobile Communication”, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

J. Proakis, “Digital Communications”, Mc Graw Hill.

J.D. Parsons, “The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel”, Second Edition,  John Wiley & Sons.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Personal computer

Office hours

See the website of Davide Dardari