Mobile Communications Lecture 1

Course Outline and General Information

Instructor: Dr. Salim Alkhawaldeh

Textbook: Theodore. Rappaport, "Wireless Communications,

Principles and Practice," 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall
PTR, 2002.

Course Outline:
• Introduction to Wireless Communication Systems
• Mobile Radio Propagation: Large–Scale Path Loss
(Ch.4).
• Mobile Radio Propagation: Small–Scale Fading and
Multipath (Ch.5).
• Multiple Access Techniques for Wireless
Communications (Ch.9).
• The Cellular Concept–System Design Fundamentals
(Ch.3).
• Introduction to equalization and diversity (Ch.7).

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Grading System:

Participation, attendance, home works and quizzes: 20 %

Midterm Exam: 30 %
Final Exam: 50 %

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Types of communication channels:

1. Cable (wire, coaxial cable and optical fibers)

2. Broadcast (microwave, satellite, radio, and infrared)

Mobile communications is working in the microwave range.

Mobile communications in Jordan:

• Zain and Orange companies: fc is around 900 MHz (0.9
GHz)
c 3  108 1
= = = m  33 cm , c is the speed of light
f c 900  106 3
 33 cm
Antenna height of mobile   = 8.25 cm .
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• Omnieh company: fc is around 1800 MHz (1.8 GHz)
c 3  108 1
= = = m  16.5 cm
f c 1800  10 6
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 16.5 cm
Antenna height of mobile   = 4.125 cm .
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