TEK5110 – Building and Monitoring Communication Networks
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course is extending the knowledge of students into the areas of Mobile and Wireless Systems, including Design, Network Management, Deployment and Trouble Shooting. The course is based on the evaluation of existing technologies, takes into account specific challenges of radio communications, including coverage and capacity, and addresses the economy in the networks.
The main goal of the course is to work with scientific literature and analyze advantages and weaknesses of suggested approaches. Students will be asked to select topics, work through the related literature, perform an analysis of the literature, present the results towards the other students and discuss the advantages and shortcomings.
Topics:
- Principles of radio propagation and radio interaction
- Principles of Wifi (802.11) and mobile (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G) networks
- Network management
- Critical parameter assessment both for coverage, capacity, and network monitoring
- Future network concepts
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you will
- have detailed knowledge on upcoming radio technologies for wireless and mobile communication systems, covering distances from a few cm to some kilometres
- be able to use this knowledge to design wireless communication systems
- have theoretical and practical knowledge on how to monitor and configure wireless networks
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb.?
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
It is recommended that you have some knowledge on wave theory, fundamentals of data communication.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with TEK9110 – Building Mobile and Wireless Networks.
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK4700 – Building Mobile and Wireless Networks (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK9700 – Radio and mobility (continued).
Teaching
The course has 3 hours of lectures every week throughout the semester. There will be a presentation of research topics for participants, and work on a network simulator.
The introductory work is mandatory for the participants, as it forms the basis for a group work, analyzing selected topics in dedicated areas. The envisaged areas are:
1. Mobile coverage, capacity and cost aspects of future mobile and wireless networks
2. Novel models for access network ownership, e.g. a model where a provider has just an access network, and collaborates with operators on handling the core network
3. Internet light for all, providing free access to information for everyone to foster digital inclusion and the sustainability goals of the Agenda 2030
4. Wireless Network management for future services - management will include monitoring of a real-life wireless/Wifi installation and analyzing the network impact of services and applications.
Both literature presentation and group work must be passed, and they will?contribute to the final grade.
Examination
- A final oral final exam counts 80% towards the final grade.
- 2 assignments have to be passed to be able to sign up for the final exam.?They count together 20% towards the final grade. The two assignments are (1) a presentation and assessment of a scientific paper, and (2) group work on selected topics.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for (one of) the following course(s):
- TEK9110 – Building Mobile and Wireless Networks
- UNIK4700 – Building Mobile and Wireless Networks (continued)
- UNIK9700 – Radio and mobility (continued)
Examination support material
You may bring your assignments?to the oral examination - no other examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.