700.200 (24W) Mobile Communications

Wintersemester 2024/25

Registration possible from
30.08.2024 00:00

First course session
03.10.2024 15:15 - 16:45 B04.1.06 On Campus
Next session:
10.10.2024 15:15 - 16:45 B04.1.06 On Campus

Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Mobile Communications
Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
Course model Attendance-based course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 0 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction Englisch
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 03.10.2024

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Learning objectives

  • Understand the challenges and tradeoffs
  • Know the basic terminology, building blocks and their interplay
  • Understand selected phenomena, techniques, and protocols
  • Be able to carry out basic performance evaluations
  • Be qualified to start a master thesis in this area

Applied to

  • Communications: Radio propagation and transmission techniques
  • Networking: Network architectures and communication protocols
  • Systems and technologies

See slide "learning objectives" in introductory slides.

Teaching methodology

Didactic concept

  • Offer a good balance between depth and broadness
  • Cover theory, general principles, and real technology
  • Offer a combination of communications and networking
  • Focus on understanding and seeing the “big picture”
  • Exploit methods from mathematics and stochastics
  • Provide handouts that are complemented in class
  • Offer many examples to illustrate concepts
  • Encourage students to interact and give feedback
  • Offer means to deepen and broaden the lecture contents by an
  • exercise course, well-selected textbooks, and lecture videos

Lectures are complemented by group projects. Tutorial courses are offered by teaching assistants. 

Course content

The lectures “Mobile Communications” and “Wireless Networks” give an introduction to mobile communication systems. Students gain a fundamental understanding of the principles behind wireless communications and networking. Current technologies — such as 4G/5G and IEEE 802.11 — are discussed as examples. 

The content is structured in a bottom-up manner, starting from physical layer, then covering higher layers and networking concepts.

Prior knowledge expected

Intended audience: Both lectures "Mobile Communications" and "Wireless Networks" and accompanying exercise courses are intended for senior bachelor students and master students in information and communications engineering or informatics, and first year PhD students in engineering who have a master from a different area. 

Informal requirements: Participants should have passed the bachelor lectures:

  • Computer Networks and Network Programming, 
  • Communications Engineering, and 
  • Stochastics.

Literature

The following textbooks are very useful:

Additional literature recommendations will be given in class. 

Link to further information

https://bettstetter.com/teaching/mws/

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Written exam at the end.

Examination topic(s)

All topics covered in the lecture.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

  • Showing an understanding of the concepts of the subject.
  • Being able to solve numeric exercises
  • Knowing the important terminology and applying it in application scenarios.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Networks and Communications: Fundamentals (NC) (Compulsory subject)
      • Mobile Communications ( 0.0h VK / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Information and Communications Engineering: Supplements (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Wahl aus dem LV-Katalog (Anhang 4) ( 0.0h VK, VO, KU / 14.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Technical Complements (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Wahl aus dem LV-Katalog (Anhang 5) ( 0.0h VK, VO, KU / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Information and Communications Engineering: Supplements (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Wahl aus dem LV-Katalog (Anhang 4) ( 0.0h VK, VO, KU / 14.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Technical Complements (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Wahl aus dem LV-Katalog (Anhang 5) ( 0.0h VK, VO, KU / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Networks and Communications (WI) (Compulsory elective)
      • Mobile Communications ( 0.0h VK / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Networks and Communications (WI) (Compulsory elective)
      • Wahl aus dem LV-Katalog (siehe Anhang 2) ( 0.0h VO, VK / 30.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 22W.1)
    • Subject: Networks and Communications: Fundamentals (Compulsory subject)
      • 1.1 Mobile Communications ( 0.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Mathematics (SKZ: 401, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Information and Communications Engineering (Compulsory elective)
      • 9.2 Mobile Communications ( 2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 700.200 Mobile Communications (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 700.200 VC Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2014/15
  • 700.200 VK Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 700.200 VK Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2012/13
  • 700.200 VK Mobile Communications (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)