Semester Α' | ||
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Course | Description | ECTS |
Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems | Principles and architectures of cellular systems, telecommunication traffic, and computations. Cochannel interference, neighboring channel interference, and capacity of wireless multi-cellular systems using FDMA/TDMA. Spectrum scattering modulation, CDMA multiplexing, UMTS WCDMA system. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation, and systems like WiFi, WiMAX, and LTE that use OFDMA. 5G-6G systems, UAVs/drones, and THz. Methodology and issues related to the design of mobile communication cellular systems (radio network planning) . | 7.5 |
Communication Networks | Theory:
Computer Networks and the Internet.
Application Layer.
Transport Layer.
Network Layer and Routing.
Link Layer and Local Area Networks.
Wireless Networks and Mobility.
Lab: 1. Implementation of a network application: The implementation of a simple application (e.g., instant messaging) will be requested based on the client-server model. The implementation will take place in a Unix environment using communication structures (sockets) and their handling functions provided by the operating system. 2. Network communication supervision with the Wireshark tool: The messages exchanged between two hosts for their communication will be studied, both at the application layer (HTTP, DNS) and at the transport layer (TCP/UDP). 3. Simulation of static routing: The Cisco Packet Tracer tool will be used to implement and configure a simple network topology with a limited number of hosts and routers. Connectivity will be verified through ping experiments. 4. Simulation of routing with OSPF: The previous network topology will be reused, but routers will be configured to support the OSPF routing protocol, demonstrating automatic rerouting of network traffic. |
7.5 |
Digital Communications and Sensor Networks | Theory:
Introduction to sensor networks and applications.
Statistical signal estimation and detection theory.
Optimal receiver design.
Physical layer techniques, digital modulation techniques, adaptive filtering, error probability computation,
information theory, source and channel coding techniques, channel capacity, Shannon/Hartley theorem.
Digital data transmission under the influence of fading and noise, MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks, and
distributed techniques for signal detection and estimation in sensor networks.
Synchronization techniques and position estimation techniques for wireless sensor networks.
Lab: 1. Introduction and familiarization with the tinyOS operating system. Basic concepts: components, modules, configurations, and interfaces. Compilation and installation of a simple program on a wireless node. 2. The program execution model in the tinyOS operating system, events, commands, and their relationship with interfaces. Introduction to processes. 3. Wireless communication between nodes, transmission, and reception of messages. 4. Detection of data from the external environment and sampling in tinyOS. Visualization of received data on the LEDs of the node. |
7.5 |
The completion of the postgraduate thesis is expected to last two semesters (in total: 15 ECTS). The postgraduate student has the right to choose from the topics proposed by the instructors of the postgraduate program. | 7.5 |
Semester Β' | ||
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Course | Description | ECTS |
Wireless Communications | Theory:
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7.5 |
Mobile Application Development |
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7.5 |
Wireless Communication Systems Technologies |
Theory:
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7.5 |
The completion of the postgraduate thesis is expected to last two semesters (in total: 15 ECTS). The postgraduate student has the right to choose from the topics proposed by the instructors of the postgraduate program. | 7.5 |