E924 – Radio Network Design

Module
Radio Network Design
Funknetzplanung / FS
Module number
E924 [KT_68]
Version: 2
Faculty
Electrical Engineering
Level
Bachelor/Diploma
Duration
2 Semester
Semester
2 semesters, start summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Collmann
ralf.collmann(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Collmann
ralf.collmann(at)htw-dresden.de

Course language(s)
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

1.07 SCH (1.07 SCH Other)

Self-study time

133.95 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100%
in "Funknetzplanung / FS"

Form of teaching

Konsultation

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure

Methods for calculation of outdoor-/indoor-radio coverage: empirical / semi-empirical calculation models, dominant-ray-path, ray-tracing, ray-launching, calculation model calibration; outdoor-/indoor-coverage solutions: concentric cells, extended cells, multi-layer-network, cell-types; traffic theory: kendall's notation, circuit-switched-/packet-switched-traffic, blocking; interference in FDMA-networks: frequency planning, frequency hopping, interference reduction; multiple access-interference (MAI) in CDMA-networks; introduction in professional planning tool A955 / WinProp: coverage planning example with topographic and morphographic datas

Qualification objectives

Dem Studierenden werden die Schritte und die zu beachtenden Randbedingungen bei der Planung / Optimierung von Mobilfunknetzen vermittelt.

Es wird primär Wissen vermittelt, die Kompetenz ist von den Studierenden selbst zu erarbeiten.

Social and personal skills
No information
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

Grundkenntnisse in der Mobilfunktechnik und Antennentechnik

Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, Theorie der Felder und Wellen, Hochfrequenztechnik

Continuation options
No information
Literature

J. Laiho, A.Wacker, T.Novosad: Radio Network  Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Wiley 2002, ISBN 0-471-48653-1


Norbert Geng, Werner Wiesbeck: Planungsmethoden für die Mobilkommunikation, Funknetzplanung unter realen physikalischen Ausbreitungsbedingungen, Springer Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-540-64778-3

Current teaching resources

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Notes
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