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Mobile Communications

ProgramTeacherCreditDuration

Computer science

Jianrong Wang

2

40

Course Name: Mobile Communications

Course Code:S2293237

Semester: 5

Credit: 2

Program: Computer science

Course Module: Optional Course

Responsible: Jianrong Wang

E-mail: wjr@tju.edu.cn

Department: Tianjin International Engineering Institute

Time Allocation (1 credit hour = 45 minutes)

Exercise

Lecture

Lab-study

Project

Internship

(days)

Personal

Work

8

12

20

10

Course Description

This course is optional for Engineering Master of Computer Science in TIEI. It mainly introduces the basic technology of modern wireless communication and related system and contains the basic concepts, important wireless communication standards and related technical development trend appeared in wireless communication system. By learning this course, students will be able to understand the most cutting-edge communication techniques and design simple mobile communication system.

Prerequisite

  • Circuit Theory: understanding the basic concepts and analysis methods of circuit

  • Analog Circuit: understanding the concept of diode, amplifier, modulation, demodulation and frequency conversion

  • Digital Circuit: understanding the principle and characteristics of combinational logic circuits and sequential logic circuits

  • Signals and System: understanding the method and process of time domain analysis and frequency domain analysis for continuous signal and discrete signal

  • Modern Communications Technology: Mastering the principles of modulation, transmission, multiplexing, and multiple access techniques.

Course Objectives

This course describes the general principles of mobile communication and networking technology and it is a theory, engineering, technical and very practical course. After this course, students should be able to:

  • Understand the basic concept and principle of mobile communication and networking technology,

  • Understand the principle of information receiving and transmission process by analysing common communication protocol with the mobile communication technology, and to

  • Be able to design some simple mobile communication systems and lay a necessary theoretical foundation for the maintenance, research and development of mobile communication system.

CourseSyllabus

  • Overview: the development of mobile communication, characteristics, composition, working mode, multiple access technology, encoding and modulation technology

  • Radio wave propagation and interference in mobile channel: Antenna, radio wave propagation, diversity receiving technique, noise, interference

  • Networking technology: Frequency management and effective utilization, shared multichannel technique, mobile management in mobile communication

  • The second generation mobile communication system: GSM, CDMA system

  • The third generation mobile communication system: WCDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA system

  • Future mobile communication system: introduction, architecture and key technology to 4G system

Textbooks & References

  • Rappaport, Theodore.Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice. Upper Saddle River Nj, 1996.

  • Molisch, F. Andreas.Wideband Wireless Digital Communications. Prentice Hall PTR, 2000.

  • Schiller, Jochen H.Mobile Communications.Addison-Wesley, 2003.

  • Jack M. Holtzman, David Goodman.Wireless and Mobile Communications. Springer, 2009.

Capability Tasks

CT1: Students should understand the fundamental science and own the ability to analyze and synthesize knowledge.

CT2: Students should apply professional knowledge to correlative fields.

CT6: The ability to understand the interest of the work, as well as the professional ethics.

CS1: Understanding the basic principles of mobile communication technology and networking technology.

CS2: Being able to use related tools to analyze some simple communication systems.

Achievements

  • To understand the development of modern mobile communication system. - Level: N

  • To be familiar with the environmental characteristics of mobile communication wireless transmission. - Level: A

  • To master the basic modulation mode and performance analysis technique of modern digital mobile communication. - Level: M

  • To understand the channel equalization in mobile communication environment. - Level: N

  • To master multiple access technology in digital mobile communications. - Level: M

  • To understand the architecture, signalling and control of a wireless network. - Level: N

  • To understand methods and concepts of wireless access technique in personal communication, wireless ATM, and other techniques. - Level: N

Students: Computer science, Year 3