WIRELESS NETWORKS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- ANDREA CONTI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- ING-INF/02
Training objectives
- The objective of the course is to deeply investigate some new advanced topics in the area of telecommunications. The student should achieve:
- advanced knowledge of wireless networks, multi-user systems, capacity and communication methods over wireless channels;
- the ability of analysing, connecting, understanding and developing, with autonomy, new contents related to research and applications. Prerequisites
- Main knowledge provided by basic telecommunication courses.
Course programme
- The objective of the course is to deeply investigate some new advanced topics in the area of telecommunications. These topics, which do not find room in the program of traditional courses, are mainly concerned with the wireless systems, internet and the multimedia communications. For each topic, some theory will be provided, also in seminar form, and a project will be developed under the guidance of the teacher. The detailed program of the proposed activities and projects will be discussed with the students at the beginning of the course. Some examples of advanced topics considered in the last years are reported:
Characterization of the wireless Channel – Capacity and communication methods for the wireless channel – Multiuser systems: multiple access, resource allocation, multiuser diversity – Cellular networks: planning techniques and capacity – MIMO systems: capacity and communication techniques.
Video streaming techniques over wireless networks - Solutions for the adaptation of scalable video flows – HTTP adaptive streaming - Unequal error protection techniques – packet scheduling for OFDMA radio interfaces
Routing strategies and multiple access schemes for wireless sensor networks
Watermarking techniques and application to audio, video and images Didactic methods
- The course includes a first part of classroom lessons and a second part of experimental activity for the development of the assigned projects under the guidance of the teacher.
Learning assessment procedures
- The final examination is suitably organized to check the achievement of the learning objectives as outlined above. It consists of two or three oral parts that address the discussion of the assigned projects, with some questions to check the knowledge of the background content of each project. The final mark is determined from the evaluation of the ensemble of all the oral parts.
Passing the final exam is the proof that knowledge and abilities outlined in the training objectives of the course have been achieved. Reference texts
- A specific bibliography will be indicated by teacher during the course. If necessary, the teacher provides additional specific material for the assigned projects.
