Mobile Networks
Code
10504
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Paulo da Costa Luís da Fonseca Pinto, Rodolfo Alexandre Duarte Oliveira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The objectives of this course are focused on understanding the structure of a cellular network and the roles assigned to the different functional blocks. It is also studied the operational principles of a few local area networks protocols. Students acquire skills in simulation of cellular systems, studying the performance of these systems for different scenarios of propagation. The course also includes the development of applications for next-generation cellular systems.
Prerequisites
The students attending this course should have some backgroung in basic communications mechanisms utilized at the physical layer (e.g. modulation, error coding and network organization thoug protocol''s stack).
Subject matter
- Introduction to wireless networks;
- Cellular Systems 2G: GSM;
- Cellular Systems 2G/2.5G: GSM/GPRS
- Cellular Systems 3G: UMTS
- IEEE 802.11 and 802.15.4 standards
- Cellular Systems 4G: WiMAX/LTE
- IMS: architecture/services
- IMS: Registration;
- IMS: Example of a multimedia session.