Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Link budget analysis
• Wave types
• Power vs protection margins
• Dynamic radio channel characterization
• Short terms descriptions
• Channel hardening/Diversity
• Radio Resource allocation
• Methods for fixed and dynamic channel allocation
• Cellular concept and hand‐over
• Link and MAC control, Power control, AMC
• Wireless network performance and traffic analysis
• Dynamic routing
• Transport – congestion control – performance impact
• Wireless network architectures
• Short range infra-structures
• Cellular infra-structure

Skills

• Establish a link budget with account for dynamic protection margins for a given wireless communication system
• Select the relevant metrics to establish and estimate Quality of Service (QoS) performance
• Establish radio resource requirements based on traffic load
• Evaluate feasibility of routing strategies based on system properties and requirements
• Evaluate and select different wireless networking architectures based on system requirements
• Evaluate properties of dynamic channels and apply stabilization techniques

Competences

• Analyze, evaluate and model the chain from PHY to Transport layer and how it combines towards the total performance and QoS of a wireless communication system

Type of instruction

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

Exam

Exams