Kalender

Practical information

• Introduction of teaching staff
• Requirements
• Course material
• Exercise & problem solving
• Lab booking

Course Introduction (Ch1)

• Motivation and course overview 

Wireless Networks Models (Ch2): 

• Models,QoS,
• Performance  measures 
• User behavior 

Lecturer:  Jens Zander

• Introduction to Wireless networks
• Converage planning of wireless networks
• Capacity Calculations of wireless networks
• Directional antennas in wireless networks
• Mobile data

Lecturer:    Ben Slimane

• Traffic-based capacity anaysis of wireless networks
• Capacity calculations in fading channels
• Traffic-based capacity analysis in fading channels

Lecturer:    Ben Slimane

Problems: 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Medium Access Control (Ch4): Part 1

• Data traffic and performance measures
• Static access protocols (fixed T/FDMA and performance analysis)
• Dynamic access protocols (token, polling, and performance analysis)
• Contention based access protocols (Aloha, CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA, and performance analysis of Aloha)

Lecturer:  Guowang Miao

Medium Access Control (Ch4) Part 2  and Scheduling (Ch5)

• Contention based access protocols (CRA, Reservation-based access protocols.)
• Applications of MAC (IEEE 802.11, Cellular)
• Introduction of Schedulion
• Issues in wireless scheduling
• Wireless packet scheduling algorithms (RR, Max-throughput, PF, Max-min, Utility based).

Lecturer:  Guowang Miao

• Principle of DS-CDMA


• Capacity of CDMA cellular systems


• Traffic based capacity


• Multi-rate DS-CDMA


• Power Control in DS-CDMA


• Soft handoff in DS-CDMA

Problems 3.8, 3.9, 3.14, 4.1, 4.3

Problems 5.3, 5.5, 3.16, 3.17, 3.27

Introduction to RUNE

• Network model
• Propagation model
• TDMA related models
• An example TDMA simulator

TPC : 7,1 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6  ( NOTE THE CORRECTION!)

RUNE tutorial

• Network models and wrap-around
• Propagation models: distance dependent, shadow, Rayleigh fading
• TDMA simulations.

Overview of mobility and handover

Handover decision algorithm

Handover decision in LTE system

Soft handover in CDMA systems

Overview of inter-cell interference management

Reuse partitioning

 - Reuse partitioning in traditional cellular systems

 - Soft frequency reuse in LTE system

Multi-cell cooperation

RUNE tutorial

• Network models and wrap-around
• Propagation models: distance dependent, shadow, Rayleigh fading
• TDMA simulations.

RUNE tutorial

• Network models and wrap-around
• Propagation models: distance dependent, shadow, Rayleigh fading
• TDMA simulations.

Energy Efficient Design of Wireless Networks

 •Introcution and background
 •Energy consumption in wireless networks

 •Energy-efficient transmission techniques
 •Energy-efficient MAC design
 •Energy-efficient network management.

Exercises: 10.1 and 10.3
Lecturer:  Guowang Miao

• Cellular network planning and measurement tools overview


• Propagation models, traffic analysis, interference calculations in CellPlanner


• Information on lab 3

Ch 9  (Antenna Deployment) is in the Download Area

Time & location: 13:00-14:50, Communication Systems, Electrum 1, elevator C, floor 4.

Please book a time slot in Daisy.

Rescheduled - note the new time

In this lecture we will cover ch 11 and will

• Introduce various actors in the provisioning of Wireless/Mobile Services
• Model the cost for wireless access infrastructures
• Discuss the basic tradeoffs between Spectrum, Infrastructure and Energy
• Introduce the fundamentals of spectrum policy & licensing regimes

The lecture also serves as an introduction to the course
IK2514 Wireless Infrastructure Deployment and Economics
given P2

Chapter 11 is found in the download area.

Title: Basic Radio Resource Management in LTE

Lecturer: Dr Konstantinos Dimou, Ericsson Research

Planning of Cellular Systems

• Coverage prediction, traffic analysis, interference analysis, frequency planning using Mentum Cellplanner
• Solving coverage and capacity problems in a simple GSM network.

Planning of Cellular Systems

• Coverage prediction, traffic analysis, interference analysis, frequency planning using Mentum Cellplanner
• Solving coverage and capacity problems in a simple GSM network.

Rescheduled - note the new time

Handover: 6.1, 6.2

Interference management: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

If someone has a mandatory examination, lab etc in some other course at the same time, contact Evanny.

10-11  Guest lecture 2:

Title:  Advanced RRM features in LTE rel12: Soft cell & lean carrier

Speaker:  Per Skillermark, Ericsson Research

11-12:  Information on upcoming courses in P2:

IK2511  Wireless Projects (Jens Zander)

IK2514  Wireless Infrastructure Deployment and Economics (Jan Markendahl)

Exercises:  AD 2, AD 4 (in the download area)

11.1 , 11.2, 11.3