Class Wireless Communications Networks

This Course Unit (CU) aims to provide training in the area of ¿¿wireless mobile communications in general, and in particular with regard to cellular communications systems. In addition to the basic aspects, emphasis is placed on the application aspects of GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G systems as well as Wifi networks. Fundamental aspects associated with the design and dimensioning of these different networks are addressed. Various performance evaluation metrics are also studied, in order to gain quantitative and qualitative sensitivity. In a complementary way, knowledge of building Web applications is acquired that allow the computation, design and analysis of all aspects studied. This is a fundamental UC for any professional in the area of networks and telecommunications, as it provides a set of knowledge and tools that will be essential in the business projects in which these students will be inserted.

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Introduction Evolution of mobile terminals Evolution of cellular systems Land mobile communications Differences from other services The future Statistical distributions in telecommunications Basic notions uniform normal and log-normal Rayleigh, Suzuki and Rice Exponential Bernouli and Binomial Poisson Propagation Propagation Models Coverage issues Signal estimation Coverage estimation Base station and mobile terminal antennas Exposure to radiation Cellular Networks Systems Network architectures Cellular and frequency planning Co-channel and adjacent-channel interference Sectorization Radio Interface Duplexing Multiple Access Techniques Multiple Access Systems Modulation and coding Radio, physical, transport and logical channels Mobility and Traffic Handover Circuit and packet switching Traffic Theory Services and Applications Traffic Models Cellular design Power Balance Capacity Interference

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