Overall objectives:

1 - To teach the students the characteristics and concepts of mobile communication and wireless systems;
2 - To introduce the problematics of radio propagation in mobile systems and to introduce the propagation models;
3 - To teach the aspects related to the different multiple access schemes in a wireless channel;
4 - To characterize the most up to date wireless communication systems;
5 - To study the different aspects of mobile communications and associated technologies, including mobile systems of 3rd and 4th generations and WiFi networks;
6 - To study the aspects related to mobile IP protocol.

Syllabus:

1 - Applications. A brief introduction to the history of mobile wireless communications. The mobile communications market.
2 - Wireless transmission. The frequencies, the signals, the antennas. Propagation aspects. Multiplexing. Used modulations. Spread spectrum.
3 - Medium access control (MAC). Space Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiple Access, Time Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access.
4 - Mobile wireless communication systems. GSM, DECT, TETRA, UMTS, Satellite systems. Diffusion systems. Wireless local area networks (WLAN). Fourth generation (LTE and WiMax).
5 - Mobile networks layers. Mobile transport layer. Motivation por mobile IP. Pre-requisites for mobile IP. Compatibility. Security. IPv4 and IPv6. Support for mobility Files systems.
6 - Architectures for the networks of the future. Ad-hoc mobile networks (MANET). Improvements in radio technology and antennas. "Smart-antennas", MIMO technology MIMO. Spectral dynamic attribution.

Literature/Sources:

Baptista, José Manuel , 2011 , Comunicações Móveis , Universidade da Madeira
Schiller,Jochen , 2003 , Mobile Communications, 2nd Edition , Addison-Wesley
Rappaport, Theodore , 2002 , Wireless Communications, principles and practice, 2nd Edition , Prentice Hall
Webb, William , 2007 , Wireless Communications, The Future , Wiley
Stallings, William , 2005 , Wireless Communications & Networks, 2nd Edition , Pearson, Prentice Hall
Lee, William C. Y , 2005 , "Wireless and Cellular Telecommunications, 3rd Edition , Mc Graw Hill

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Teaching methodologies: - Lectures; - Solving exercises; - Practical work; Evaluation: - Oral examinations; - Mini-tests; - Presentations and elaboration of reports; - Exam. Weights of each component in the final grade: A. Exams: 2x30% = 60% B. Assignments: 2x20% = 40% Minimum Score A. Exams: Minimum score of 8 values B. Assignments: Minimum grade of 10 values Composition: Theoretical component without consultation. Theoretical-practical component without consultation (you can consult the notes of the theoretical classes). Second call: The two exams can be recovered Assignments Two research papers. Second call: cannot recover any of the jobs during the appeal period