| CODE | CCE5308 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced Mobile Telecommunications | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The massive growth in the number of smartphones, tablets, wearables and other devices, as well as the ever-increasing demand for high-speed, super-efficient mobile networks, is expected to surpass the current 4G standards by 2020. Research and development in mobile telecommunications is being directed towards developing 5G-enabling technologies which can achieve 100-1000 times higher system capacity, user data rates in the order of Gbps, latencies in the order of 1 ms, 10-100 more connected devices per area and 10 times longer battery life. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims at providing an overview of the core topics which are expected to shape the telecommunications landscape in the next couple of decades, including: - Massive MIMO; - Software Defined Networks; - Network Function Virtualization; - Internet of Things; - Cognitive Radio. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the challenges currently being faced by the telecommunications industry; - Describe 5G-enabling technologies to increase data rates, improve spectral efficiency and coverage and reduce latencies; - Recognise various standards and protocols which can enable 5G communications. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyze a Massive MIMO system; - Identify SDN architectures to manage network services; - Apply network function virtualization techniques; - Identify use cases and architectures for IoTs; - Analyze the functions of cognitive radio and apply related algorithms for clustering, spectrum sensing and spectrum allocation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: 5G Mobile and Wireless Communciations Technology, A. Osseiran, J. Monserrat, P. Marsh, Cambridge University Press, 2016. Fundamentals of 5G mobile networks, J. Rodriguez (Editor), Wiley, 2015. Supplementary Readings: 5G Wireless Systems: Simulation and Evaluation Techniques, Y. Yang, J. Xu, G. Shi, C.-X. Wang, Springer, 2018. 5G Mobile Communications, W. Xiang, K. Zheng, X. Shen (Editors), Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Practicum | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gianluca Valentino |
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