COMPUTER, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

Professor: Gianluigi FERRARI
Academic discipline: Telecomunicazioni (ING-INF/03)
Field: Ingegneria delle telecomunicazioni
Type of training activity: Characterising

42 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

Overview of main telecommunication systems, with particular attention to wireless systems.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Introduction to wireless networks. Characterization of the wireless propagation medium. Contention access methods (with fixed resource assignment and with random access). Communication noise. Cellular network plannin. Personal area networks (PAN). Evolution of cellular systems from 2G to 3G: GSM, GPRS, UMTS. Wireles local area networks (WLAN): 802.11 protocols and real cases.
Laboratory classes with Opnet network simulator.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- A. B. Carlson e P. B. Crilly, Communication Systems: an Introduction to Signals and Noise in Electrical Communication, Mcgraw Hill Higher Education, 5th edition, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0071263320.
- P. M. Shankar, Introduction to Wireless Systems, Wiley, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-0471321675.
- K. Pahlavan e Prashant Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks: a Unified Approach, Prentice Hall (Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series), 2001. ISBN-13: 978-0130930033.
- S. Haykin e M. Moher, Modern Wireless Communications, Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0130224729.
- F. Muratore (Ed.), UMTS: Mobile Communications for the Future, Wiley, 2001, ISBN: 0-471-49829-7.
- Rysay Research/3G Americas, HSPA to LTE-Advanced: 3GPP Broadband Evolution to IMT-Advanced (4G), September 2009.
- E. Aboelela, Network Simulation Experiments Manual, Morgan Kaufmann (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking), 2003. ISBN-13: 978-0120421718.

Teaching methods

Direct theory classes (2/3 of the course). Laboratory classes (1/3 of the course) with final project to carry out with Opnet simulator.

Assessment methods and criteria

Intermediate exam on the theoretical part at the end of the first two months. Final project with Opnet.

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.ingarc@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Elena Roncai
T. +39 0521 903663
Office E. dia.didattica@unipr.it
Manager E. elena.roncai@unipr.it

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS cod. 05925

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

Contacts

Toll-free number

Student registry office

Quality assurance office

President of the degree course

Faculty advisor

Career guidance delegate

Tutor professor

Erasmus delegates

Quality assurance manager

Tutor students

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
cod. 05925