Περιγραφή Μαθήματος
Wireless Communications
Section 1 (2 hours) – Introduction to wireless broadband communications: system development and technologies up to 3G, high-rate transmission techniques, multiple input – multiple output (MIMO) antenna systems, wireless channel
Section 2 (3 hours) – OFDM and OFDMA Technologies: Operation Principles, configuration, exercises, SC-FDMA
Section 3 (4 hours): Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX: LTE system and protocol architecture, time structure, reference signals, multi-antenna transmission, heterogeneous networks, LTE – WiMAX comparison
Section 4 (3 hours): IMT Advanced (4G) : 4G requirements and specifications, IEEE 802.16m, LTE Advanced, system summary and evolution of the next generation (5G)
Optical Communications
Section 1 (2 hours): Introduction to Optical Communications
Section 2 (4 hours): Optical Fibers (Propagation, Types and characteristics, Optical signal degradation- Attenuation – Dispersion – Nonlinear phenomena, connections) – Optical Cables
Section 3 (1 hour): Passive elements in optical networks – Sources – Receivers
Section 4 (1 hour): Repeaters – Optical Amplifiers
Section 5 (1 hour): Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
Section 6 (3 hours): Optical Fiber Networks (broadband applications and requirements) – Optical communication system design.
Στοιχεία Μαθήματος
Κωδικός μαθήματος: ΗΦΤ 302
Μάθημα: Μαθήματα Κατεύθυνσης
Εξάμηνο: Τρίτο Εξάμηνο
Ώρες / εβδομάδα: 2
Πιστ. Μονάδες (ECTS): 8
Διδάσκοντες: Δ. Μπάμπας, Α. Μπουρσιάνης