IKT622 Introduction to Mobile Fading Channels (Høst 2024)

After completing the course, the student is expected to:

• have overview and background information of main results, research questions, and research methods
• be able to discuss channel modelling issues and how these issues relate to their own specialisation
• be able to apply their work within the context of mobile communications and to work together with specialists in the area of wireless communications

The course gives an introduction to the modelling, analysis, and simulation of mobile fading channels. It provides a fundamental understanding of basic concepts used in the area of mobile fading channel modelling. The most important single-input single-output (SISO), and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) fading channels are treated. Besides knowledge of statistics, also basic knowledge of mobile communications and systems theory is assumed.

The course will cover the following:

• Introduction to mobile fading channels
• Review of random variables and stochastic processes
• Path loss models
• Frequency-non-selective fading channels (Rayleigh channels, Rice channels, Nakagami channels)
• Introduction to the theory of sum-of-sinusoids models
• Methods for the computation of the model parameters
• Frequency-selective fading channels (WSSUS models, DGUS models, COST 207 models)
• Modelling and simulation of MIMO channels
• Modelling and simulation of mobile-to-mobile channels

Lectures:

Mobile fading channels (1 week)

Simulation projects on selected topics (1 week)