Telecommunication Systems

Vincenzo MATTA Telecommunication Systems

0612700021
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE ED ELETTRICA E MATEMATICA APPLICATA
EQF6
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2021/2022



YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1SISTEMI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE - MOD.1
432LESSONS
216EXERCISES
2SISTEMI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE - MOD.2
216LESSONS
18EXERCISES


Objectives
THE COURSE FOCUSES ON ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES RELATIVE TO MODERN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, PROVIDING THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR THEIR DESIGN.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- BASIC NOTIONS ABOUT ARCHITECTURES AND TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES OVER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, CELLULAR NETWORKS, OPTICAL FIBERS, WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES.
- NEW GENERATION NETWORKS.
- MIMO SYSTEMS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- DESIGNING AND SIMULATING NEW-GENERATION NETWORK ARCHITECTURES.
- SELECTING THE ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES MORE SUITED TO A SPECIFIC SETTING, OPTIMIZING THE NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN VIEW OF BANDWIDTH, POWER, AND LATENCY REQUIREMENTS.
Prerequisites

FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY, SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES.

PREPARATORY COURSES: FONDAMENTI DI ANALISI DEI SEGNALI E TRASMISSIONE.
Contents
INTRODUCTION (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 2/0/0)
COURSE OUTLINE. OVERVIEW OF MODERN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. WIRED VS. WIRELESS ARCHITECTURES. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS.

TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 4/0/0)
OPTICAL FIBERS. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. CELLULAR NETWORKS.

STANDARD DIGITAL MODULATIONS. (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 4/2/2)
PSK. FSK. QAM.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 8/2/2)
MULTIPATH. FADING. LINK BUDGET. MIMO SYSTEMS.

MULTIPLE ACCESS (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 6/2/2)
TDMA. FDMA. CDMA. OFDM.

CELLULAR NETWORKS (LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 8/2/2)
THE “CELLULAR” CONCEPT. CELL PARTITIONING. CELL ALLOCATION, PLANNING AND COVERING. NEAR-FAR EFFECT. HANDOVER STRATEGIES.

NEW-GENERATION NETWORKS (18/4/4)
OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT GENERATION NETWORKS.
LTE NETWORKS. ADVANCED LTE. VOICE OVER LTE.
5G NETWORKS. NETWORK SLICING. EDGE COMPUTING. MIMO AND MASSIVE MIMO OVER 5G NETWORKS. BRIEF NOTES ON 6G NETWORKS.

TOTAL LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 48/12/12
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES THEORETICAL LECTURES, CLASSROOM EXERCISES, AND COMPUTER LABORATORY EXPERIENCES FOCUSED ON THE SIMULATION OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
Verification of learning
SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LEARNING OUTCOMES WILL BE ASSESSED THROUGH:
1) A WRITTEN EXAMINATION CONSISTING OF EXERCISES PERTAINING TO THE TOPICS ILLUSTRATED DURING THE COURSE.
2) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMPLE SIMULATOR TO SOLVE A PROBLEM OF DESIGN AND ALLOCATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
Texts
PROAKIS-SALEHI ""FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS"", 2ND EDITION, PEARSON, 2014

SESIA-TOUFIK-BAKER ""LTE, THE UMTS LONG TERM EVOLUTION: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE"", 2ND EDITION, WILEY, 2011.

DAHMAN-PARKVALL-SKOLD “5G NR – THE NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGY”, 2ND EDITION, ACADEMIC PRESS, 2021.

SUPPLEMENTARY TEACHING MATERIAL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE UNIVERSITY E-LEARNING PLATFORM (HTTP://ELEARNING.UNISA.IT) ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS USING THEIR OWN UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS.
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THE COURSE IS HELD IN ITALIAN.
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