Module Descriptors
CELLULAR NETWORK PLANNING PRINCIPLES
ELEC70271
Key Facts
School of Creative Arts and Engineering
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Mohammad Patwary
Email: M.N.Patwary@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 70%
- LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
An Exam of length 2 hours weighted at 70% which will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
Laboratory based work and report (approx 2500 words) (30%) assessing Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.
Laboratory based work and report (approx 2500 words) (30%) assessing Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.
Module Indicative Content
Radio Cellular Principles, Introduction of Digital Radio Standards 2G (GSM, IS-95), 2.5G (GPRS AMPS; EDGE), 3G (WCDMA) and 4G (OFDM, WLAN), Network Design and Planning Methodology Radio Propagation Principles, Models for Signal Propagation Prediction, Cell Sites Planning, Macrocell, Microcell, picocell and Indoor system, Link-budget calculation Network Capacity Planning, Forecasting Methods, Forecasting Traffic Volume and Dispersion.
Establishment of Traffic Map and Distribution Blocking Probability, Forecasting Subscriber Distributions, Size of Switching centre, Location of Switching centre, Switching centre matrix planning theory, Cell Reuses Pattern Individual Channel Assignment, Cell Breathing for Cellular networks, Features and Developments of Cellular network, Power Control, Frequency hopping, Discontinuous transmission, Multi-layer structure (Dual Mode/Band, Overlay and Underlay, and etc) algorithms, Field Measurement and Network Optimisation, Network Planning and Design Exercises
Establishment of Traffic Map and Distribution Blocking Probability, Forecasting Subscriber Distributions, Size of Switching centre, Location of Switching centre, Switching centre matrix planning theory, Cell Reuses Pattern Individual Channel Assignment, Cell Breathing for Cellular networks, Features and Developments of Cellular network, Power Control, Frequency hopping, Discontinuous transmission, Multi-layer structure (Dual Mode/Band, Overlay and Underlay, and etc) algorithms, Field Measurement and Network Optimisation, Network Planning and Design Exercises
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures - 24 hours (1:n)
Practical/laboratory -12 Hours: Four, 3-hour practical/laboratory work (1:20)1
Learning on all aspects of the content will be facilitated by lectures and tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
Practical assignments using laboratory equipment along with MATLAB and LabView simulation packages will support the learning.
Practical/laboratory -12 Hours: Four, 3-hour practical/laboratory work (1:20)1
Learning on all aspects of the content will be facilitated by lectures and tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
Practical assignments using laboratory equipment along with MATLAB and LabView simulation packages will support the learning.
Module Resources
Laboratory equipment along with MATLAB and OPNet simulation packages
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Students must have prior knowledge of communication systems.
Module Texts
a) Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation, Wiley 2004, ISBN: 978-0470862674
b) Theodore S. Rappaport: Wireless communications, Principles & practice Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (Jan 10 2002). ISBN: 978-0130422323
c) ETSI Technical Report ETR 103, Radio Network Planning Aspects (GSM 03.30), Second edition, February 1995,
d) Jukka Lempiainen, Matti Manninen: Radio Interface Planning for GSM/GPRS/UMTS 2001. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN-13: 9780792375166
e) Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Edited by Jaana Laiho, Achim Wacker, and Toma Novosad, Wiley; 2 edition (February 10, 2006). ISBN: 978-0470015759
f) Jukka Lempiainen, Matti Manninen (Eds), UMTS Radio Network Planning, Optimization and QoS Management, Springer; 1 edition (January 31, 2004), Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-1402076404
g) Chris Braithwaite Mike Scott, UMTS Network Planning and Development: Design and Implementation of the 3G CDMA Infrastructure, Newnes; 1 edition (March 3, 2004), ISBN-13: 978-0750660822
b) Theodore S. Rappaport: Wireless communications, Principles & practice Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (Jan 10 2002). ISBN: 978-0130422323
c) ETSI Technical Report ETR 103, Radio Network Planning Aspects (GSM 03.30), Second edition, February 1995,
d) Jukka Lempiainen, Matti Manninen: Radio Interface Planning for GSM/GPRS/UMTS 2001. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN-13: 9780792375166
e) Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Edited by Jaana Laiho, Achim Wacker, and Toma Novosad, Wiley; 2 edition (February 10, 2006). ISBN: 978-0470015759
f) Jukka Lempiainen, Matti Manninen (Eds), UMTS Radio Network Planning, Optimization and QoS Management, Springer; 1 edition (January 31, 2004), Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-1402076404
g) Chris Braithwaite Mike Scott, UMTS Network Planning and Development: Design and Implementation of the 3G CDMA Infrastructure, Newnes; 1 edition (March 3, 2004), ISBN-13: 978-0750660822