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Radio Networks I

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Course Unit Code440-2316/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SEB74Ing. Roman Šebesta, Ph.D.
Summary
Students will be familiar with the structure and principle of radio networks. Attention will be paid to modern digital systems and trends in this field.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Understand how to plan radio networks. Learning outcomes are set so that the students are able to identify and apply tasks in the field of radio networks.
Course Contents
Lectures:
Introduction to radio networks, basic concepts, the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, radio waves, the distribution of frequency band of radio waves, frequency tables, the use of radio frequencies in the Czech Republic.
Signal Processing (the source coding, channel coding, interleaving, modulation).
The issue of propagation of radio signals, types of radio waves, Doppler principle equalization, diversity systems, radiocommunication equation.
Surface cell structure, the use of the frequency band, handover.
Distribution of radio networks. WPAN networks - Bluetooth, ZigBee.
WLAN networks- WiFi.
WWAN networks - mobile radio communication systems (NMT, GSM, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE)
WWAN networks - mobile radio communication systems (UMTS, HSPA, LTE, developmental trends).
Internet of Things - wireless networks for IoT.
Digital radio broadcasting, basic description of DAB system.
Digital TV broadcasting. The DVB-T system, signal processing in the DVB-T system. The DVB-T2 and DVB-S/S2 systems, mobile TV reception systems.
Satellite communication networks, basic architecture, satellite services, types of orbits (GEO, MEO, HEO, LEO), the spread of satellite signals.
Systems of satellite communication networks, satellite navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Compass).

Exercise:
Safety training, filling exercises, scoring.
Test 1.
Test 2.
Course credit.

Laboratories:
Familiarization with computer tutorials.
Analyzing the propagation of signals in DVB-T/T2 (RadioLab - familiarization with the system for analysis and visualization of radio signals above the Earth's surface).
WiFi network design (I-Prop - familiarization with the system for coverage planning of indoor wireless systems).
Familiarization with laboratory measurements.
Measuring the quality parameters of the GSM signal.
Analysis of the DVB-T2 digital TV signal.
Spectrum analysis of radio signals.
Analysis of the DVB-S/S2 digital TV signal.
Access point settings and the verify communication WiFi.
Alternative date of computer exercises and laboratory measurements.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
William Lee: Wireless and Cellular Telecommunications, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill 2005, 822 p., ISBN: 978-0071436861
Herve Benoit: Digital Television: Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial, IPTV, Mobile TV in the DVB Framework, 3rd ed., Focal Press 2008, 289 p., ISBN: 978-0240520810
Gerard Maral, Michel Bousquet: Satellite Communications Systems: Systems, Techniques and Technology, 5th ed., Wiley 2010, 713 p., ISBN: 978-0470714584
Ahmed El-Rabbany: Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System, 1st ed., Artech House 2002, 196 p., ISBN: 978-1580531832
Šebesta, R., Dvorský, M.: Rádiové sítě I pro integrovanou výuku VUT a VŠB-TUO, skripta - VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2014, ISBN 978-80-248-3612-6
Doboš Ľ., Dúha J. , Marchevský S., Wieser V.: Mobilné rádiové siete. 1. vyd. Žilina: Žilinská univerzita, 2002, 312 s., ISBN 80-710-0936-9.
Hanus S.: Bezdrátové a mobilní komunikace. 1. vyd. Brno: VUT, 2001, 134 s. ISBN 80-214-1833-8.
Legíň, M.: Televizní technika DVB-T, 1. vyd. BEN, Praha 2006, 288 s., ISBN 80-7300-204-3
SILVA, Mário Pedro Guerreiro Marques da. Cable and wireless networks: theory and practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4987-4681-6
Recommended Reading:
Jörg Eberspächer, Hans-Joerg Vögel, Christian Bettstetter, Christian Hartmann: GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services, 3rd ed., Wiley 2009, 326 p., ISBN: 978-0470030707
Leonhard Korowajczuk: LTE, WiMAX and WLAN Network Design, Optimization and Performance Analysis, 1st ed., Wiley 2011, 720 p., ISBN: 978-0470741498
SILVA, Mário Pedro Guerreiro Marques da. Cable and wireless networks: theory and practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4987-4681-6
Dobeš J., ŽALUD, V.: Moderní radioelektronika, 1. vyd. BEN, Praha 2006, 768 s. ISBN 80-7300-132-2
Pechač, P., Zvánovec, S.: Základy šíření vln pro plánování pozemních rádiových spojů, 1 vyd. BEN, Praha 2007, 200 s., ISBN 978-80-7300-223-7
Pechač, P.: Šíření vln v zástavbě, 1. vyd. BEN, Praha 2005, 112 s., ISBN 80-7300-186-1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit44 (44)22
                Počítačové cvičení 1Other task type4 0
                Počítačové cvičení 2Other task type4 0
                Laboratorní měření 1Laboratory work4 0
                Laboratorní měření 2Laboratory work4 0
                Laboratorní měření 3Laboratory work4 0
                Laboratorní měření 4Laboratory work4 0
                Laboratorní měření 5Laboratory work4 0
                Test 1Other task type8 0
                Test 2Other task type8 0
        ExaminationExamination56 (56)24
                Písemná část - testWritten examination40 20
                Ústní částOral examination16 4