Armin Wittneben: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2014

Name Prof. em. Dr. Armin Wittneben
FieldDrahtlose Kommunikation
E-mailwittneben@nari.ee.ethz.ch
DepartmentInformation Technology and Electrical Engineering
RelationshipProfessor emeritus

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
227-0121-00LCommunication Systems6 credits4GA. Wittneben
AbstractInformation Theory, Signal Space Analysis, Baseband Transmission, Passband Transmission, Example und Channel, Data Link Layer, MAC, Example Layer 2, Layer 3, Internet
ObjectiveIntroduction into the fundamentals of digital communication systems. Selected examples on the application of the fundamental principles in existing and upcoming communication systems
ContentCovered are the lower three layer of the OSI reference model: the physical, the data link, and the network layer. The basic terms of information theory are introduced. After this, we focus on the methods for the point to point communication, which may be addressed elegantly and coherently in the signal space. Methods for error detection and correction as well as protocols for the retransmission of perturbed data will be covered. Also the medium access for systems with shared medium will be discussed. Finally, algorithms for routing and flow control will be treated.

The application of the basic methods will be extensively explained using existing and future wireless and wired systems.
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Literature[1] Simon Haykin, Communication Systems, 4. Auflage, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
[2] Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computernetzwerke, 3. Auflage, Pearson Studium, 2003
[3] M. Bossert und M. Breitbach, Digitale Netze, 1. Auflage, Teubner, 1999
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisites: Signal and System Theory I
227-0439-00LWireless Access Systems6 credits2V + 2UA. Wittneben
AbstractThe term wireless communications merges a large number of very different systems. This lecture allows a broad overview over current and future wireless communication systems and the implementation of fundamental principles of wireless communications. In parallel, market analyses shall help to measure the state of the art of these systems with respect to production, development and research.
ObjectiveWireless access systems support locally constrained tetherless connectivity and mobile access to a backbone network (typically the Internet). A variety of fascinating new applications are enabled if we succeed in providing mobile wireless connectivity to heterogeneous nodes (including RFID enabled objects, sensors and actors as well as computers and other power devices). We refer to this breed of networks as pervasive wireless access networks. In this course the student develops a comprehensive understanding of pervasive wireless access technology, existing markets and upcoming business opportunities.
Content1. Introduction: Wireless Access Systems, Fundamental problems in wireless communications, fading, spectral efficiency, interference, diversity, MIMO, spectrum allocation.
2. Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN): WLAN standards, network structures, physical layer (FHSS, DSSS, OFDM, Baseband Impulse Radio),MAC layer (DCF, CSMA/CA , PCF, MAC encryption)
3. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Fundamental principles, classification (passive, active, semi-active, semi-passive RFID, frequency ranges), RFID reader, RFID tag, far and near field technologies, inductive systems, load modulation, backscatter systems, anti-collision protocols,
4. Bluetooth: Piconet, master-slave principle, scatternet, protocols, link controller, synchronization, packet types
5. Ultra-Wideband (UWB): Regulations, fundamental principles, classification, application, UWB channel model, pulse transmission (UWB-IR), multiband transmission (UWB-MB), Pulse Position Modulation (PPM), Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), Time-Hopping (TH), UWB-MB OFDM, UWB-MB Impulse Radio, Matched Filter (MF), RAKE, Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC), Transmitted Reference (TR), Energy Detector, antenna design, localization
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Prerequisites / NoticeRequirements: Knowledge of fundamental principles from Kommunikationssysteme and Übertragungstechnik I is helpful but not mandatory. Lecture is given in English.