Wireless Data Transmission

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Department of Electromagnetic Field

Synopsis:

Fundamentals of antennas and propagation. Wave propagation in atmosphere, frequency spectrum. Propagation for terrestrial and satellite services. Mobile link in terrestrial and satellite communications. Propagation in millimeter wave band, optical models. Antenna design and construction according to wireless services. Antennas for fixed and mobile links. Propagation over terrain and in urban areas. Cellular networks and frequency planning. Methods of propagation prediction. Software tools for propagation prediction and antenna design. Antenna and coverage measurements.

Requirements:

Basic knowledge of electromagnetic field theory. http://www.elmag.org

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Fundamentals of antennas and propagation

2. Wave propagation in atmosphere, frequency spectrum

3. Signal propagation for terrestrial and satellite services

4. Mobile link in terrestrial and satellite communications

5. Propagation in millimeter wave band, optical models

6. Antenna design and construction according to wireless services

7. Antennas for fixed links

8. Antennas for mobile links

9. Signal propagation over terrain and in urban areas

10. Cellular networks and frequency planning

11. Methods of signal propagation prediction

12. Special software tools for signal propagation prediction

13. Special software tools for antenna design

14. Fundamentals of antenna and coverage measurements

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, math software, basic antenna parameters

2. Power budget of fixed links

3. Digital terrain model, professional rf planning tool Radiolab

4. Point-to-point link planning - project

5. Coverage planning - project

6. GSM signal propagation measurement

7. Presentations of projects and measurement results

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Study materials:

1. Mazánek, M., Pechač, P., Vokurka, J.: Antény a šíření elektromagnetických vln, ES ČVUT, Praha 2001

2. Saunders, S. R.: Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems. John Wiley, London 1999

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