Antennas and Propagation for Modern Communications

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Department of Electromagnetic Field

Synopsis:

The subject deals with terrestrial and satellite services as well as PCS from the point of view of frequency planning, line design including cellular systems and propagation in different media. Design of analogue and digital - line of site, cellular systems; macro, micro and picocells modelling, models of propagation, algorithms, urban propagation, propagation inside buildings, frequency planning, antennas for described systems, interference and EMC.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction, fundamentals of antenna and propagation theory,

2. Fixed terrestrial and satellite radio links

3. Analog and digital LOS link design

4. Antenna and propagation in mobile telecommunication systems

5. Principles of cellular systems

6. Macro-, micro- and picocell propagation prediction models

7. Empirical propagation models

8. Ray tracing models

9. Propagation prediction and measurement in urban environments

10. Indoor propagation prediction and measurement

11. Interference, frequency planning

12. Base station antennas

13. Mobile antennas

14. Mobile systems and EMC

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Fixed terrestrial LOS link design

3. Satellite link design

4. Excursion - GSM base station

5. Indoor propagation prediction

6. Indoor propagation measurement

7. Indoor propagation measurement

8. Measurement data processing

9. Propagation prediction in urban environment

10. Propagation measurement in urban environment

11. Propagation measurement in urban environment

12. Measurement data processing

13. Excursion - EMC measurement chamber

14. Summary

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Study materials:

[1] Double, J.: Introduction to Radio Propagation for Fixed and Mobile Communications. Artech House, London 1996

[2] Siwiak, K.: Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications. Artech House, London 1995

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

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