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Radio Network Planning (C0087), 3 op
Basic information
| Course name: | Radio Network Planning Radio Network Planning |
| Course Winha code: | C0087 |
| Kurre acronym: | RNP |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Type and level of course: | Professional studies |
| Year of study, semester or study period: | 4.year |
| Implementation: | Spring semester, 1.period, 4.period |
| Semester: | 0708 |
| Language of tuition: | English |
| Teacher: | Pertti Jäppinen |
| Final assessment: | Grading scale (0-5) |
Descriptions
Prerequisites
Radio Technology
Course contents (core content level)
Cellular network, phases of the FDMA/TDMA planning process, capacity planning, capacity, offered traffic, coverage planning, coverage and QoS, radio link budget RLB, propagation models, frequency planning, elements, hexagonal cell model, C/I ratio, frequency reuse factor.
Course contents (additional)
Parameter planning, optimisation, coverage and capacity modifications, WCDMA network planning, process.
Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)
After completing the unit the student knows the radio network planning phases and principles of the cell capacity dimensioning. The student understands the radio link budget construction and knows different propagation models. The student has knowledge of the C/I ratio and the K factor as a frequency planning parameters.
Core content level learning outcomes (skills)
After completing the unit the student has skills to calculate the offered traffic and the cell capacity. The student has skills to construct the RLB and to apply different propagation models. The student is able to calculate the frequency reuse factor and to form the list for radio channel assignments.
Recommended reading
Lecture notes
Teaching and learning strategies
Lectures and planning assignments
Teaching methods and student workload
Lectures
Exam
Learning tasks / Assignments
Self-study
Assessment weighting and grading
Evaluation of the planning exercise and the examination. The limit to get pass degree in the course is pass in the examination and pass in the planning exercise.
Related competences of the degree programme
Theoretical basis and mathematical and science skills