Mobile Communications Networking

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Objective

The objective of the course is the presentation of modern wireless communication networks architecture, technologies and techniques. The area of wireless communications and networks is one of the most dynamic areas in the ICT field. The course covers the wireless channel characteristics, multi-antenna techniques, radio resource planning and management, packet scheduling, mobility management, and novel design techniques of wireless networks. At the end of the course, the students will be able to analyze and evaluate main principles and planning design options for wireless communication networks.

Course Contents

  • Categories of wireless communications networks. Coverage, services and performance requirements of wireless networks. Network examples. Duplexing techniques, multiple access techniques and random access. Fundamentals of cellular network design.
  • Analytic and empirical propagation channel models for outdoor and indoor environments. Shadowing and lognormal distribution. Calculation of coverage range and percentage.
  • Propagation environment, mechanisms and propagation phenomena. Fading, types of fading. Delay dispersion and frequency selectivity. Frequency dispersion and time selectivity. Direction dispersion and space selectivity.
  • From SISO to MIMO. Multi-antenna techniques and gains for beyond 3G systems (applications in LTE and LTE-A networks).
  • Case study: design of a of a cellular mobile communications system step-by-step (initial planning based on traffic requirements, area, equipment costs, frequency bands, etc.)
  • Wireless resource management, handoff management, communication management, mobility management in mobile communication networks. Examples and exercises.
  • Packet scheduling principles. Wireless packet scheduling algorithms. Scheduling algorithms in 3G and 4G.
  • Mobility management protocols in wireless packet networks. IP mobility management. Examples and mobility management architectures in 3G and 4G.
  • TCP protocol principles and problems in wireless networks. TCP protocol adaptation techniques for wireless links. Multipath TCP.
  • Cloud computing and software defined networking in next generation wireless networks. Architectures and design options for Cloud Radio Access Network (CloudRAN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), wireless SDN and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in 5G. Laboratory example of SDN network management in wireless networks.
  • T. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • Holma and Toskala, “WCDMA for UMTS: Radio Access for Third Generation Mobile Communications”, Wiley, 2004
  • Holma and Toskala, “HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS: High Speed Radio Access for Mobile Communications”, Wiley, 2006
  • A. Molisch, “Wireless Communications”, Wiley, 2005.
  • D. Tse, P. Viswanath, “Fundamentals of Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Poikselka and Mayer, “The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services”, Wiley, 2009
  • Garg, “Wireless Communications and Networks”, Morgan Kaufmann 2007
  • Glisic, “Advanced Wireless Networks:4G Technologies”, Wiley 2006
  • Schwartz, “Mobile Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press, 2005
  • Mark and Zhuang, “Wireless Communications and Networking”, Prentice Hall, 2003
  • Eberspacher, Vogel and Bettstetter, “GSM Switching Services and Protocols”, Wiley, 2001