Information
Course Code EIP121
Semester 1
Category Optional
ECTS Credits 7
Eclass
Professors

Kotsopoulos S

Proposed Bibliography

“Wireless Communications”, T. Rappaport, , Prentice Hall.
“Principles & Applications of GSM”, V. Garg, J Wilkes, Prentice Hall.
“Mobile Communications Engineering”,W. Lee., McGraw-Hill, 1998.
“Digital Communications, 3rd Edition, J. Proakis, McGraw-Hill, 1995.
“Mobile Radio Networks, Networking Protocols and Traffic Performance”, B. Walke, Wiley, 2005.
“UMTS Networks”, H. Kaaranen, A. Ahtiainen, L. Laitinen, S. Naghian, V. Niemi, Wiley, 2001.
“Advanced Wireless Communications, 4G Technologies”, S.G. Glisic, Wiley, 2005.
“Satelite Communication Systems: Systems, Techniques and Technology”, G. Maral, M. Bousquet

Course Description

Introduction (Evolution of Mobile Communications), Basic Principles of Mobile’s Communication Cell Systems, Frequency Reuse Criterion and Cell’s Structure Analysis, One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Systems, Cell Splitting in respect to Telecommunication Traffic, Umbrella Cell Mechanism, Correlation of radio-network’s layer technical parameters with the Switching and Management Layer, Handover and Roaming Mechanisms, Radio Coverage Criterions, Electric and Electromagnetic features of special antenna systems, Interferences and effects of them in cell design, Analysis of interferences (co-channel interference, Intermodulation interference and adjacent channel interference), Radio-Channel Assignment Strategies (Fixed, Dynamic, Hybrid), Criterions – Management of radio-channels and algorithms for the execution of Handoff operation, Intra-Cell Handover, Design parameters on Base Station, Design parameters in Mobile Devices, Design of micro-cell and pico-cell systems, Special cases of cell systems design GSM, TETRA and UMTS, Satellite Mobile Telephony, Convergence of mobile ad hoc networks and wireless individual networks with the existing mobile communication systems on the level of radio-network, Position Services, Mobility and effect of Mobility in mobile communication systems, Quality of Services and cell radius in respect to capacity, SIR and BER, Field measurements and possible effects non-ionizing radiation.