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WIRELESS AND WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS
cod. 16630

borrowed from Corso di TIPO in CDS 0460 - SISTEMI RADIOMOBILI E A LARGA BANDA - cod. 16630
Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Telecomunicazioni (ING-INF/03)
Field
Discipline ingegneristiche
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
45 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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Learning objectives

<div id="BodyData">The course aims to provide an engineering knowledge of the architecture, design, and operation of a few important communication systems.</div>

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Communication Systems A or equivalent.

Course unit content

<div id="BodyData">Review of modulation and coding. Principal channel models in communication systems. Rayleigh and Rice fading channels. Spread spectrum transmission systems. Code division multple access (CDMA). Localization systems (GPS). Performance of digital modulations in the presence of fading and diversity techniques. Cellular systems and frequency reuse. Free-space and flat-earth path loss. Architectural principles of cellular radio systems. GSM, IS-95 and GPRS systems. UMTS system. Multicarrier modulations (OFDM). Wireless area networks (WLAN, WPAN e Bluetooth). Voiceband and wideband telephone modems (ADSL). Digital audio and video broadcasting (DAB and DVB).</div>
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Full programme

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Bibliography

<div id="BodyData">R. E. Ziemer, R. L. Peterson, Digital communications, Prentice Hall, 2001.<br />
A. Bruce Carlson, Paul B. Crilly, and Janet C. Rutledge: Communication systems, 4th edition, McGraw Hill, 2002.</div>

Teaching methods

<span class=""datirigaalto""><u>Teaching method</u>: theoretical lectures and</span> laboratory projects. <!-- modalità d'esame --><span class=""datirigaalto""><br />
<u>Evaluation methods</u>: o</span>verall evaluation based on written tests, laboratory projects and possible oral examination.<span class=""datirigaalto""><em><br />
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