Course

Wireless Communications (DAT610)

Wireless communication has achieved ever-greater popularity in the last two decades, and has already become an important part of our everyday lives. This subject is aimed towards giving an overview of the most important principles and state-of-the-art technologies that are making wireless communications possible.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2021-2022. Merk at det kan komme endringer.

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

DAT610

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Timeplan

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Litteratur

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Content

The subject provides an overview of the history, the main principles and system architectures of wireless and mobile communications and the development towards the todays' systems. Different techniques and technologies for physical layer (e.g., wireless channel and modulation) and the data link layer (e.g., media access control and error control) are described. Network and transport layers are briefly treated with a particular focus on the further challenges and constrains given by the wireless communications. Different wireless short- and medium-range network architectures, such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and IEEE 802.15 (Bluetooth and ZigBee), are presented. The evolution of the mobile architectures (i.e., GSM, UMTS, LTE, and 5G) is introduced. Low-power long-range network architectures (i.e., LoRa/LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, and LTE-M) are also presented. The security threats and available security tools and techniques in wireless networks will be also discussed. In addition, certain wireless and mobile applications and services can be also discussed, such as Internet of Things (IoT), Multi-access Edge Computing, Industry 4.0 and Smart City. 

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Fundamentals of wireless communications
  • Wireless networking challenges and protocols
  • Design principles for mobile and wireless networks
  • International standards for wireless networks

Skills:

  • Identify the performance, reliability and security challenges in a wireless communication environment
  • Evaluate and select the appropriate wireless network technology for a given application and environment
  • Design of simple wireless networking protocols

General competence:

  • Understanding the fundamental technologies of the wireless networks
  • Understanding the theoretical and practical abilities and issues of the various wireless communication technologies

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Assignments 20/100 Letter grades All — 18.08.2021 —
Project report 20/100 Letter grades All — 15.09.2021 —
Written exam 60/100 4 Hours Letter grades No printed or written materials are allowed. Approved basic calculator allowed Inspera assessment 30.11.2021 14.12.2021


Compulsory assignments count 20%, project report counts 20% and written exam counts 60% of the final grade. All three parts must be passed to get a grade on the subject.

The project is carried out in groups.

If a student fails the individual assignment or written exam, it is possible to resit next semester. Project report must be taken again next time the subject is lectured.

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Tom Ryen

Course teacher:

Gianfranco Nencioni

Course coordinator:

Gianfranco Nencioni

Method of work

4 hours lectures per week, in addition to assignments and project.

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Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Emneevaluering

Form and/or discussion.

Litteratur

Other

Lecture Notes G. Nencioni et al. , Le lecture notes will be uploaded on Canvas after each lecture.

Book

Wireless communication networks and systems Beard, C., Tahiliani, M.P., Stallings, W., Essex, Pearson Education Ltd, 605 s., 2016, isbn:978-1-292-10871-1,

Book

5G new radio in bullets Johnson, Chris, Farnham, England, Chris Johnson, 590 sider, [2019], isbn:9781077484351,

Other

Additional Material Vv. Aa. , Additional (helping) material will be added in Canvas and/or indicated in the lecture notes

Kontakt

Head of Department:

Tom Ryen

Course teacher:

Gianfranco Nencioni

Course coordinator:

Gianfranco Nencioni

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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