Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The module build on a basic understanding of wireless communications fundamentals, mathematics and statistics as e.g. obtained on the BSc in Electrical Engineering or similar

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Fundamental communication theory for wireless transmission
  • Classical communication theory
  • Noise handling in wireless communications
    • Loss and channel models (Friis transmission formula)
    • Analog chains, noise factor
    • Digital chains, coding
  • Detection and demodulation theory (coherent vs non-coherent)
• Transceiver architectures, blocks and components
  • Transceiver structures and synchronization (incl. duplexing and access aspects)
  • Non-ideal components (non-linearities, compression and intercept)
  • Dynamic range and link budget
  • S-parameter description of components
  • RF/u-wave measurements of wireless communication blocks and chains
• Modeling and simulation of transceiver systems
  • Complex baseband representation of pass-band communication
  • Signal distortion due to block imperfections

Skills

• Establish a link budget
• Synthesize a transceiver system on a block diagram level
• Describe the modifications that a signal undergoes through a transceiver chain
• Calculate key performance characteristics for a full transceiver chain based on specifications for the individual blocks
• Simulate the transmission of digital data through a full transceiver chain – including transmitter, lossy and noisy wireless channel, and receiver

Competences

• Discuss and evaluate the impact of different transceiver blocks in a communication link
• Set up a simulation model to access and evaluate the performance of (digital data) transmission over a wireless communication link

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed at the start of §17; Structure and contents of the programme.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Wireless PHY/MAC Fundamentals
Type of exam	Written or oral exam
ECTS	5
Assessment	Passed/Not Passed
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures