Program

Staff

Lectures

Literature
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Registration

NEWS: Email registrations added to Topi. There are 4 students in the waiting list, so if someone cancel his/her registration or we managed to find more room those will be selected to course.

Registration for the course is done between 8.3 -13.3.2006. The maximum number of participants is 20. We will expect that the prerequisites are done (if not, your registration could be removed).

1. Registration opens in WEBTOPI 8.3.2006 at 12:30. First 15 students will be  selected to course in registration order.

2. After 15 students has been registered last 5 places will be distributed via email registrations: Send an email to mika.nupponen@hut.fi no later than 10.3.2006; 15:00.
NOTE 1: Do not send an email if you managed register via Topi!

Please, include in  your mail following information:
1. Subject of the mail: Registration to S-72.3290
2. Your name
3. Student ID
4. Additional information:
a) About your studies: 1-N year or post graduated student?
b) Have you pass the prerequisites?
c) Why you want to take this course?
d) Did you tried to participate last year course (S-72.640) but it was full?

• The course is lectured in IV period. 
• Intended for students already advanced in their studies. 
• The course can be included as a optional course in the major/minor subject
  - Communications Engineering  (Radio Communications path)
  - Communication Systems   
• Included in the curriculum of the International Master’s Program in Telecommunications.

The course gives academic and practical knowledge based on experience about WCDMA radio network planning and optimisation for UMTS networks. This knowledge is needed by 3G radio network planners and optimisation engineers employed by system manufacturers, operators or other parties in the mobile communications area. After the course the participant will understand and be able to apply in his/her own work:

• Objectives and process of WCDMA radio network planning, 
• WCDMA radio link budget and associated parameters
• Radio Resource Management functions and their role in network planning
• Challenges of co-siting and -planning UMTS with GSM network
• Optimisation principles of WCDMA networks to obtain optimum service probability for users

• S-72.2210
  

Teachers:

Lectures and exercises:

• Lectures are held on Friday 14 – 16:30 p.m in E208
  
• Separate assignment steering sessions are held in Computer Class .

The course includes a compulsory assignment where the practical planning and optimisation methods explained in the lectures are applied to an initial optimisation of a WCDMA radio network for a fictive UMTS service area. The assignment is done in two persons’ teams. The tool used in the assignment is a commercial WCDMA network planning tool (Nokia NetAct WCDMA Planner).

Assignment task will be introduced and delivered during the last lecture. The assignment guide document will be available here later. There will also be user guides for the 3G planning tool available.

In addition to the assignment steering sessions, the EEForum will be used to answer any questions regarding the usage of the tool and assignment itself.

The final deadline to return the assignment is 31.5.2006

Requirements:

• The course is carried out by an exam and an assignment. 
• The exam requirements consist of the subjects considered and material distributed to the students during the lectures. 
• The first exam is on 8.5.2006,  9-12, S4
• The exam will be a closed book exam.

Final grade: 

The final course grade is calculated from the formula:

Final grade = 0.5*Exam grade + 0.5*Assignment grade.

The student should pass both the exam and assignment with an accepted grade.

• Lecture notes
• Backround literature:
  Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Edited by Jaana Laiho, Achim Wacker, and Tomáš Novosad, England 2002, Wiley, 484 pp.