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Department Elective-IDE1.1

Cellular & Mobile Commun ication Internal Marks: 4 0 L T PExternal

Marks: 60 3 1 0T otal Marks: 100

Introduction to Cellular Mobile Systems: A basic cellular system, performance

criteria,uniquenes s of mobile radio environment, operation of cellular systems, planning a cellularsystem, analog & digital cellular systems.

Cellular Wireless Communication Systems: Second generation cellular systems: GSMspecification s and Air Interface -

specifications of various units, 2.5 G systems: GPRS/EDGEspe cifications and features, 3G systems: UMTS & CDMA 2000

standards and specifications Elements of Cellular Radio Systems Design: General description of the problem,

conceptof frequency reuse channels, cochannel interference reduction factor, desired C/I from anormal case in an omni

directional antenna system, cell splitting, consideration of thecomponents of cellular systems. Interference:

Introduction to co-channel interference, real time co-channel interference, cochannel measurement design of antenna system, antenna

parameter and their effects,diversity receiver in cochannel interference different types.

Cell Coverage for Signal & Traffic: General introduction, obtaining the mobile point to pointmode, propagation over

water or flat open area, foliage loss, propagation near in distance,long distance propagation, point to point prediction modelcharacteristics,

cell site, antennaheights and signal coverage cells, mobile to mobile propagation. Cell Site Antennas and

Mobile Antennas: Characteristics, antenna at cell site, mobileantennas, Frequency Management and Channel

Assignment, Frequency management, fixedchannel assignment, nonfixed channel assignment, traffic & channel assignment.

Hand Off, Dropped Calls: Why hand off, types of handoff and their characteristics, droppedcall rates & their evaluation.

Operational Techniques: Parameters, coverage hole filler, leaky feeders, cell splitting andsmall cells, narrow bea m concept.

Recommended Text Books: 1. Mobile Cellular Telecommunicati ons; 2nd ed.; William, C Y Lee McGraw Hill2. Wireless and Digital

Communications; Dr. Kamilo Feher (PHI)3. T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communication, principles & practice, PHI, 200