Course Information - Linköping University

Linköping University Course Information 2011
Campus Norrköping 2012-01-05
ITN
David Gundlegård
Course Information
TNK110 Mobile communication and Networks, 6 ECTS credits
Course description
The course aims to provide knowledge in mobile communications, especially different system
characteristics and their effect on wireless network performance. The mobility puts high requirements
on the communication system and these requirements together with possible solutions are an essential
part of the course. The course focus on
wireless network performance and trade-offs
cellular network planning and modelling
radio resource management (RRM) and mobility management (MM)
wireless wide area network (WWAN) architectures.
The course covers the whole semester, where the first period is mainly focused on theory and labs and
is concluded with the written exam. The second period will be focused on the written assignment.
Aim
The students should after completing the course be able to:
Identify the most important components and functions of a mobile communication system
Explain the differences in characteristics between different types of mobile communication
systems and motivate their existence
Compare and explain areas of applications for different mobile communication systems
Relate functions, terms and technologies to the correct level in a communication system
architecture
Argue for the role of the mobile communication systems in different applications
Evaluate trade-offs between different mobile communication technologies and systems
Quantitatively model and evaluate selected parts of a mobile communication system
Apply previous knowledge from statistics, modeling, programming and
data/telecommunications in the area of mobile communications
Define and calculate key performance metrics of a mobile communication system
Assess the performance of different mobile communication technologies given a set of
application requirements
Apply models and methods for planning of cellular networks
Independently plan, perform and document a research oriented project in the area of mobile
communications
Connection to other courses
Knowledge from TNK040 Telecommunication Systems, TNK108 Computer Networking or TNE066
Telecommunication will be used to see how it is applied in a mobile communication system.
Supplementary courses are TNK080 Wireless Communication Systems, TNK092 Network Simulation
and TNK110 Positioning Systems.
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Time plan
Lectures: scheduled time 22h, preparation time 11h.
Tutorials: scheduled time 6h, preparation time 6h.
Project assignment and lab: 53h
Post lecture/tutorial work (= written exam preparation): 62h.
Course literature
As course literature Wireless Communications and Networking by Vijay Garg is used. The book can be
purchased in Bokakademin, with new location on floor 5 in Täppan (close to the student coffee shop).
The book is also available as e-book in the library.
As reference literature the following titles are relevant:
Mobile Radio Networks – Networking, Protocols and Performance by Walke (e-book available
from Linköping University Library)
Principles of Wireless Communication by Ahlin et. Al (course literature in TNK080)
Radio Resource Management for Wireless Networks by Zander and Queset
Mobile Communications by Schiller
Selected parts of Data and Computer Communications by William Stallings and Computer
Networking – A Top Down Approach by Kurose and Ross are useful
Supplementary material will be handed out on lectures or available on the course web page.
Course webpage
www.itn.liu.se/~davgu/tnk110
Examination
The course consists of one written exam (2012-03-07 at 14-18 a.m.), a project and two lab exercises.
Project: develop and evaluate algorithm for RRM or MM
Lab exercises: TEMS Investigation
More information about the project and the labs are available on the course web page.
Teaching staff
Lecturer and examiner
David Gundlegård
Spetsen 7:th floor
Tel. 011-363316
Email: davgu@itn.liu.se
Web: www.itn.liu.se/~davgu
Project and labs
Sara Modarres Razavi
Email: sara.modarressi.razavi@liu.se
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Lecture plan (tentative)
The lectures will cover the fundamentals of mobile communication theory. We will follow the OSI
model, beginning with the lowest layer and work our way upwards to the network layer. Lecture 9-10
covers specific systems and some planning and design issues in WWAN. The lecture plan is tentative
and changes may be made during the course. The chapter references for each lecture refer to the course
literature. However, these are tentative and detailed reading advices will be given for each lecture.
Lecture 1 Introduction Ch 1
Course information, connection to other courses, introduction to wireless
networks, PAN/LAN/MAN/WAN
Lecture 2 Wireless data and telecommunication Ch 2, 4
The OSI model, modelling and analysis, teletraffic engineering
Lecture 3 Radio interface Ch 3.1, 3.2,
Modulation, frequency spectrum, introduction to wireless 3.5, 4
propagation and fading, bitrate vs baudrate, key wireless network parameters
Lecture 4 Multiple access Ch 6
Hidden and exposed terminal, reservation based access, random access
Lecture 5 Cellular systems Ch 5
Cellular network modelling, performance metrics, trade-offs
Lecture 6 WWAN Architecture Ch 7
General architecture, logical channels, signalling
Lecture 7 Mobility Management (MM) Ch 12.1-4,
Location update and paging strategies, mobility management modelling, signalling Handout
Lecture 8 Radio Resource Management (RRM) 12.5
Handover techniques and types, handover parameters and decisions, mobility modelling Handout
Lecture 9 GSM Ch 15
Architecture, characteristics, channel and protocol design, data traffic support, performance
Lecture 10 UMTS , WWAN planning and WLAN Ch 15, 17,
Architecture, characteristics, channel and protocol design, data traffic support, 21
performance
Lecture 11 Summary
Course overview and selected topics for repetition
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