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Teacher Roberto Verdone
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Credits 6
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SSD ING-INF/03
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language English
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Telecommunications Engineering (cod. 9205)
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Course Timetable from Feb 22, 2022 to Jun 07, 2022
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.


Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
The student will be aware of the fundamentals of radio networks, covering aspects of the physical, data link and network layers, with specific reference to the evolution of mobile radio systems from GSM to 5G.
Course contents
INT - Introduction - 3 hours
INT.1 Radio Networks
INT.2 Radio Communication Standards
INT.3 Trends
INT.4 The Course
DTN - Digital Transmission in Noise Limited Systems - 12 hours
DTN.1 Fundamentals of Digital Communications
DTN.2 Communication Link: System Model
DTN.3 Energy Efficiency
DTN.4 Signal Based Power Control
DTN.5 Link Performance (BER) of M-QASK in AWGN
DTN.6 Link Adaptation
DTN.7 Equalization
DTN.8 FEC, ARQ, HARQ
DTN.9 Link Performance (BLER) and Capacity in AWGN
DTN.10 Radio Resources (Physical Channels)
DTN.11 Assignment of Radio Resources
DTN.12 Exercises
DTN.13 Fundamentals of Digital Communications / 2
LRC - Link Level: Radio Channel - 6 hours
LRC.1 Fundamentals of Radio Propagation / 1
LRC.2 Radio Channel Characterization
LRC.3 Large Scale Phenomena
LRC.4 Small Scale Phenomena
LRC.5 Narrowband Mobile Radio Channel
LRC.6 Link Performance in the Presence of Fading
LRC.7 Area Coverage Probability
LRC.8 Fundamentals of Radio Propagation / 2
LCF - Link Level: Countermeasures to Fading - 6 hours
LCF.1 Interleaving
LCF.2 Adaptive Modulation and Coding
LCF.3 Diversity
LCF.4 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
LCF.5 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
LCF.6 MultiCarrier Modulation
LCF.7 Link Performance with FEC and Diversity
DTI - Digital Transmission in Interference Limited Systems - 9 hours
DTI.1 Fundamentals of Wireless Networking
DTI.2 Communication Link with Interference: System Model
DTI.3 Interference Based Power Control
DTI.4 Linear and Non Linear Demodulation
DTI.5 Link Performance (BER) of M-QASK with Interference
DTI.6 Capture Effect
DTI.7 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum with interference
DTI.8 Link Level Outage Probability with Fading and Interference
DTI.9 Interference Based Power Control from a Network Level viewpoint
RRA - Radio Resource Assignment in Cellular Networks - 3 hours
RRA.1 Cellular Networks
RRA.2 Reuse
RRA.3 Cluster Size Dimensioning
RRM Network Level: Radio Resource Management - 9 hours
RRM.1 Network Architectures: Evolution From GSM to 4G
RRM.2 RRM techniques
RRM.3 Scheduling
RRM.4 Hard and Soft Handover
RRM.5 Admission Control, Load Control
MRN - Mobile Radio Networks - 12 hours
MRN.1 Network Architectures: Evolution towards 5G
MRN.2 Mobility Management
MRN.3 2G (GSM): Numerology
MRN.4 2G (GSM): MAC and RLC
MRN.5 2G (GSM): Measurement Reports
MRN.6 2.5G (GPRS)
MRN.7 2.5G (EDGE)
MRN.8 3G (UMTS): Numerology
MRN.9 3.5G (HSPA)
MRN.10 LTE: Numerology
MRN.11 LTE: MAC and RLC
MRN.12 4G (LTE-A)
MRN.13 NB-IOT
Readings/Bibliography
There is no book following the syllabus of this course.
The student will be provided through the personal website of the instructor (www.robertoverdone.org) self-comprehensive slide sets covering all lecture blocks and items.Teaching methods
80% "Chalk and Talk".
10% Inquiry based sessions.
10% At the end of each lecture block, exercises will be solved during the classes. The same exercises constitute the basis for one of the questions made during the exam.
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of one individual appointment. The student will be first asked to develop a written numerical exercise, which is one of those discussed during the lectures; immediately afterwards, if the exercise is performed properly, an oral session follows, where the student will be asked questions spanning on all lecture blocks of the course.
The student will be judged based on its comprehension of concepts, on the detailed technical considerations regarding the techniques, algorithms and protocols discussed, and the ability to formalise concepts through diagrams, conceptual maps, mathematical models.
Alternatively, upon request from the student, he/she can give an intermediate exam after the first half of the course (lecture blocks INT, DTN, LRC, LCF), and a final one at the end of the course before the summer break. The same process and methods described above are applied to the two partial exams (intermediate and final). In this case the final mark is the weighted average of the two partial exams, with the first one having weight 40%.
More information, and tips, on www.robertoverdone.org.
Teaching tools
Slidesets made available through website www.robertoverdone.org.
Self-assessment questionnaires made available through website www.robertoverdone.org.Links to further information
http://www.robertoverdone.org/teaching/mobile-radio-networks/
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Verdone