Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Fundamentals of Radio and Mobile Communications (17.EK430)

Native organizations units: Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Postal Traffic and Telecommunications (Year: 4, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Telecommunications and Signal Processing
ECTS	5

Mastering the basic knowledge related to the usage of radio transmission for remote data transfer. Introduction to the contemporary radio systems.

Theoretical knowledge about antennas, propagation and system aspects of radio communications. The usage of computer simulations in radio transmission analysis.

Development of radio-communications. Electromagnetic wave properties. Transfer function of radio-connection. Antennas, the characteristics and parameters. Antenna arrays and systems. EM wave propagation, attenuation in the free space, the impact of Earth, atmosphere and ionosphere on the propagation of waves. Fading. Transmission techniques for fading channels (diversity). Multiple access techniques (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA). Review and systematization of mobile radio systems: Indoor coverage IEEE 802.11 - Wi-Fi; cellular systems 4G LTE-A; V2V communications; Satellite systems and localization; Radar systems.

Lectures; Auditory, computer and laboratory exercises.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
T.S. Rappaport	Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed.	2002	Prentice Hall	English
Simon R.Saunders, Alejandro Aragon-Zavala	Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems	2007	John Wiley & Sons	English
Vincent F. Fusco	Foundations of Antenna Theory and Techniques	2005	Pearson Education Limited	English
Nathan Blaunstein and Christos Christodoulou	Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Links, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Ionospheric, 2nd ed.	2014	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	English
Constantine A. Balanis	Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd ed.	2005	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	English
Simon O. Haykin, Michael Moher	Modern Wireless Communications	2005	Pearson Education, Inc.	English
Andreas F. Molish	Wireless Communications	2005	John Wiley & Sons	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	70.00
Laboratory exercise defence	Yes	Yes	20.00
Final exam - part one	No	No	35.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Homework	Yes	No	10.00