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Mobile Communications

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Luis M. Correia

Instituto Superior Técnico

University of Lisbon

Portugal

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Anúncio

[Fonte: Expresso, 2012]

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Artigo de Jornal (1)

[Fonte: Expresso, 2012]

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Artigo de Jornal (2)

[Fonte: Expresso, 2014]

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Presentation

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• The course provides knowledge in the area of

terrestrial mobile communication systems, namely

mobile cellular ones.

• Besides the general basic aspects of these systems,

focus is given on radio network aspects of GSM,

UMTS and LTE.

General Objectives

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• The student having success in the course is

supposed to have

a good general knowledge of mobile

communication systems

and should be capable of

designing a radio network, in terms of coverage,

capacity, traffic, and interference.

Operational Objectives

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• The topics dealt with are:

• Statistical Distributions in Telecommunications

• Propagation Models

• Antennas for Bases and Mobiles

• Radio Channel Characterisation

• Cellular Networks

• Radio Interface

• Private Mobile Radio Systems

• Mobility and Traffic

• Cellular Design.

Programme

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• 2014/02/17 – Definition of research papers topics

• 2014/02/24 – Start of problems classes

• 2014/05/19 – Delivery of research papers

• 2014/06/02 – Presentation of research papers

• 2014/06/12 – Exam N

• 2014/06/30 – Exam R

• 2014/07/15 – Exam E

• During classes, the student support is provided at

the end of the classes. A schedule will be

announced for the examinations period.

Relevant Dates

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General ScheduleWeek Begins Ends

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 17-Feb 21-FebT01

Paper DefinitionT02

2 24-Feb 28-Feb T03, P01-M T04, P01-F

3 03-Mar 07-Mar T05, P02-M T06, P02-F

4 10-Mar 14-Mar T07, P03-M T08, P03-F

5 17-Mar 21-Mar T09, P04-M T10, P04-F

6 24-Mar 28-Mar T11, P05-M T12, P05-F

7 31-Mar 04-Apr T13, P06-M T14, P06-F

8 07-Apr 11-Apr T15, P07-M T16, P07-F

9 14-Apr 18-Apr T17, P08-M

10 21-Apr 25-Apr T18, P08-F

11 28-Apr 02-May T19, P09-M T20, P09-F

12 05-May 09-May T21, P10-M T22, P10-F

13 12-May 16-May T23, P11-M T24, P11-F

14 19-May 23-MayT25, P12-M

Paper DeliveryT26, P12-F

15 26-May 30-May T27, P13-M T28, P13-F

16 02-Jun 06-JunPaper

Presentation

17 09-Jun 13-Jun Exam N

18 16-Jun 20-Jun

19 23-Jun 27-Jun

20 30-Jun 04-Jul Exam R

21 07-Jul 11-Jul

22 14-Jul 18-Jul Exam E

23 21-Jul 25-Jul

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• During May, a study visit to a company with

activity in the area of the course will be organised,

aiming at providing the students contact with the

“real world”.

• At the end of the semester, the 22nd Seminar on

Mobile Communications will be organised, where

people from industry will give a talk to the

students.

Study Visits and Seminar

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• The course is structured into the following classes:

• Lectures, 1h30

• Monday: 09h30/11h00, Ea3

and

• Friday: 09h30/11h00, Ea1

• Problems, 1h30

• Monday: 11h00/12h30, E3

or

• Friday: 11h00/12h30, E3

Classes

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• Classes are supposed to start 10 minutes past

schedule, i.e., in our case, at 09h40.

• Given the importance of soft skills, I’ll start the

lectures at 09h30, and use the 10 minutes to create

awareness on this matter.

Beginning of Lectures

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• There is the need to hold some replacement

classes, on:

• ?? : ??h00/??h00

• Study visits will be held on:

• ??: morning/afternoon

Replacement Classes and Study Visits

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• Study elements are:

• Copy of lecture Power Point files, to be used as

a study guide, available at FENIX;

• Chapters of books, to be used for effective

study, available at AEIST’s Secção de Folhas;

• Problems collection, available at FENIX;

• Exams of previous years, available at FENIX.

Study Elements

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• Problems classes are intended to have problems

solved and discussed by students.

• At the end of each class, the problems for the

following one will be announced, and students are

supposed to volunteer to bring them solved.

• The working material is:

• pencil & paper (or electronic equivalent),

• lectures (*.ppt files),

• list of problems,

• pocket calculator, or equivalent,

• will to work.

Problems Classes

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• Evaluation is done via research paper and exam.

• The exam:

• is compulsory;

• has a weight of 80 %;

• can be done with supporting bibliography,

which can only be books and course notes;

• has a minimum grade of 9.5;

• follows the general rules of the school;

• has no oral component;

• is exclusive for grade upgrade.

Assessment (1)

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• The research paper :

• has a weight of 20 %;

• is performed by groups of 3 students;

• is devoted to applications in mobile and wireless

communication systems;

• does not require a written report;

• is to be presented before the class by the end of

the semester;

• has no minimum grade;

• maintains the grade for next year.

Assessment (2)

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• Hints for a successful exam:

• Read all questions carefully, before starting

replying to them.

• Reply to the questions directly.

• Since you can carry bibliography to the exam,

don’t waist time copying expressions, but rather

just mention the page from which it was taken.

• Always explain your assumptions.

• Be critical with the numbers you obtain, and

analyse them. If it is the case, put a comment

on the value, and get back to it if you have time.

Assessment (3)

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• You’re supposed to dedicate 3h30 per week to the

course, besides the classes.

• You’ll be trained to be an engineer,

• not a medicine doctor in an emergency room –

you don’t need to know things by heart!

• not an electrician – you’ll have to develop the

capacity to analyse things, and be critical!

• requiring a perspective similar to an athlete –

continuous training!

• In a way similar to riding a bike – you need to

try, and make errors, in the learning process.

What is Expected from You?

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• There will be a prize (books) for the best student in

the course, to be delivered at the next year’s

edition of the Seminar on Mobile Communications.

• In parallel, there is a contest within the students,

for the best idea of an application:

• It can be based on the research paper

• It has be an original idea

• You need to deliver a 2 pages description, by

May 19th

• The prize (books) will be delivered at this

year’s edition of the Seminar on Mobile Coms.

Prize and Contest

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• The teaching staff is composed of:

• Lectures classes – Prof. Luis M. Correia

• Problems classes – Prof. Luis M. Correia

Teaching staff

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• All information concerning the course will be

given and constantly updated via FENIX.

• Students should update their data (namely the

email) in the data base.

Information

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• The presentation of the research paper topic is

going to be done now.

Research Paper

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• An initial test for assessing students capacity is

going to be done now!

Initial Assessment