RETI E SERVIZI MOBILI

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Daniela Giovanna Anna PANNO
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: ING-INF/03 - Telecommunications
Taught classes: 56 hours
Laboratories: 25 hours
Term / Semester:
ENGLISH VERSION

Learning Objectives

Knowledge of technologies used in mobile networks, markedly different from those adopted in fixed networks due to the characteristics of the radio channel and management of user mobility. Ability to carry out the planning of a mobile network. Knowledge of current operating standards. Knowledge of the features of the mobile services already present in the market and next.

The student must acquire the ability to rationally communicate his knowledge on the subjects of the course topics, with specialized vocabulary in the field. Ability to read independently standards and scientific literature in order to keep abreast of rapid developments in mobile radio technologies and to investigate complex issues.


Course Structure

Frontal classes and laboratory.

If the teaching is given in remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.


Detailed Course Content

MOBILE NETWORKS AND SERVICES

Introduction and basic concepts. Classification, motivation and requirements of mobile networks. Issues on wireless channel and mobility management.

Wireless Channel and RadioTransmission. Radio propagation model. Modulation techniques. Cell dimensioning.

Radio Access: Techniques for multiple access. Modeling radio resource sharing

Radio Planning: Cellular coverage and frequency reuse. Techniques for static and dynamic allocation of frequencies. Analysis of radio capacity.

Mobility management and Performance Analysis: Cell Selection, Handover, Location Updating. Teletraffic models. Mobility patterns.

2nd generation mobile networks. GSM: Architecture and radio interface; physical and logical channels; management of the mobility, radio resources and security; the GSM services. GPRS radio interface, medium access control, protocol architecture. Hints on EDGE.

3rd generation mobile networks. UMTS radio interface and architecture; management of the mobility, radio resources and security; UMTS services and QoS classes.

4th generation mobile networks. LTE main features and performance, network architecture, radio interface, services. LTE-Advance and LTE-Advance Pro

On 5G. Usage Scenarios and Requirements. Architecture and QoS model. 5G New Radio. 5G RAN and 5G core.

LTE test laboratory.


Textbook Information

1. H. Walke: “Mobile Radio Networks”, Wiley.

2. M. Schwartz, “Mobile Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press.

3. O. Bertazioli, L. Favalli, “GSM-GPRS”, 2° Edizione, Hoepli Informatica.

4. G. Columpsi, M. Leonardi, A. Ricci: “UMTS, tecniche ed architetture per le reti di comunicazioni mobili multimediali”, 2° Edizione, Hoepli Informatica.

5. C. Cox, “An introduction to LTE: LTE LTE-Advanced, SAE, VoLTE and 4G Mobile Communications”, 2° Edizione, Wiley.

6. M. Sauter, "From GSM to LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband", Wiley, 2017.