System Aspects in Communication

• Introduction: communication systems overview.

• LTE System: Frame Architecture, Downlink/Uplink Transmission, Channels, Access Techniques.

• Radio Access Techniques: Duplex Methods, OFDM and OFDMA, Channelizers, SCFDMA, WCDMA, FHSS, DSSS.

• Transmission Schemes: SISO/SIMO/MISO/MIMO.

• Cellular Systems and Architectures: link budget (pathloss), fading, shadowing, channel propagation - key concepts; system design constraints; mobile station, base station, end users, gateways; classical architecture and future architectures (Pico and Femto cells).

• 4G/5G: high speed Access Systems.

• Cooperative Communication: Resource Optimization, device to device communications.

• Interference Mitigation and Coexistence: types of coexistence, comparison - pros and cons.

• PHYSICAL Layer Design: Software Defined Radio Architectures, Channelizer Designs, Multirate Processing Techniques.

• MAC Layer Design: Scheduling Techniques and tradeoffs.

NB! This course will take place in spring semester 2024/2025 which starts on 3rd of February and ends on 16th of June (you can find that information under Start date section). The real course start and end dates will be announced at the beginning of February at the latest.

After completing this course, the student:

• classifies and explains novel and existing technologies used for telecommunication systems;
• plans and designs one’s own telecommunication system for given conditions as a project task;
• selects suitable technologies when designing one’s own telecommunication system;
• demonstrates deep knowledge about the selected technologies for the telecommunication system designed.

Final assessment can consist of one test/assignment or several smaller assignments completed during the whole course. After declaring a course the student can re-sit the exam/assessment once. Assessment can be graded or non-graded. For specific information about the assessment process please get in touch with the contact person of this course. For specific information about grade transfer please contact your home university

The course is in blended format and students are expected to come to TalTech to do the practical labs, project and exam in the 2nd and 3rd week of May (specific dates will be provided at the beginning of the course).

Basic knowledge about telecommunications and MATLAB.

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lectures, practices