13E034R - Radio technologies

Course specification
Course title		Radio technologies
Acronym		13E034R
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Nataša Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Nataša Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		MA Kristina Jovičić, electrical and computer engineer asst. MA Jelena Mladenović, electrical and computer engineer
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
URL to the subject page		http://telit.etf.rs/
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. M. Rumney, "LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless", Agilent Technologies, 2008. P. Burns, "Software Defined Radio for 3G", Artech House, 2003. A. Mohammadi, F.M. Ghannouchi, "RF Transceiver Design for MIMO Wireless Communications", Springer, 2012. A. V. Raisanen, A. Lehto, Radio Engineering for Wireless Communication and SensorApplications, Artech House, 2003.
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
Colloquia		50
Seminars		0