MS1R - Radiotechnique

Course specification
Course title		Radiotechnique
Acronym		MS1R
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		System Engineering and Radio Communications
Type of study		master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Nataša Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Nataša Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Nataša Nešković
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		Radio-Communications
The goal		Hardware configuration of the radio system. Design and organization of a transiver location for different radio systems. Concepts of narrowband and wideband transceiver. Power amplifier linearization techniques: feedback, predistortion, feedforward and combined approaches. Realisation problems of reconfigurable transceiver. RF transceiver design for MIMO system.
The outcome		Students are familiar with the principles of different transceiver architectures. They could analyse the hardware structure of the radio station and perform software configuration of it.
Contents
Contents of lectures		The basic transceiver architectures. Antenna systems (and adaptive). Antenna downtilt. Connecting the transceiver to the antenna system. Up and down converters. LO synthesizers. Automatic gain control. Special techniques of sampling. Digital variants of superheterodyne and direct-conversion transceivers. Power amplifier linearisation techniques. Reconfigurable transceivers and MIMO systems.
Contents of exercises		Measurements of signals at characteristic points of superheterodyne receiver. Analysis of attenuation of the system for connecting the transceiver to the antenna system and analysis of possible realizations of the system for remote electrical downtilt by using the software packages developed for those purpose. Analysis of hardware and software configurations of GSM and UMTS base stations.
Literature
J.H. Reed, "Software radio, A modern Approach to Radio Engineering", Prentice Hall, 2002. (Original title) M. Rumney, "LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless", Agilent Technologies, 2008. (Original title) P. Burns, "Software Defined Radio for 3G", Artech House, 2003. (Original title) A. Mohammadi, F.M. Ghannouchi, "RF Transceiver Design for MIMO Wireless Communications", Springer, 2012. (Original title) 1. A. V. Raisanen, A. Lehto, Radio Engineering for Wireless Communication and SensorApplications, Artech House, 2003. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures and exercises are held by using PowerPoint presentations and blackboard. Laboratory work consists of demonstrations and individual student exercises.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	50
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects		0
Colloquia		50
Seminars		0