SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
L T P Credits Total Marks
SCSA4002 5G NETWORKS 3 0 0 3 100
COURSE OBJECTIVES To gain in depth knowledge of wireless networks for the future communication systems. To study the concepts of wireless networks for the future communication systems. To discuss 5G networks and its applications.
UNIT 1 MULTI-GIGABIT WIRELESS NETWORKS 9 Hrs.
Next generation (5G) wireless technologies- Upper Gigahertz and Terahertz wireless communications: Millimeter wave networking - Directionality and beam forming- Mobility and signal blockage - IEEE 802.11ad (60 GHz WLAN) MAC and PHY overview: Visible light communication- High-speed networking using LEDs - IEEE 802.15.7 PHY and MAC overview Sensing through visible light- Visible light indoor localization and positioning.
UNIT 2 INDOOR LOCALIZATION AND RF SENSING 9 Hrs.
Smartphone localization - WiFi fingerprinting - protocols and challenges - Non-WiFi localization - Device-free sensing with radio frequency - Mining wireless PHY channel state information- Device- free localization and indoor human tracking - Activity and gesture recognition through RF.
UNIT 3 LOW-POWER NETWORKING FILTERS 9 Hrs.
Backscatter communication - Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology overview - Energy harvesting tags and applications- Internet-of-Things (IoT) - IoT protocol overview - CoAP and MQTT - IPv6 networking in low-power PANs (6LoWPAN).
UNIT 4 FUTURE MOBILE NETWORKS 9 Hrs.
Drone networking - Multi-UAV networks, architectures and civilian applications-Communication challenges and protocols for micro UAVs- Connected and autonomous cars - Wireless technologies for Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to- Vehicle (V2V) communications - Automotive surrounding sensing with GHz and THz signals.
UNIT 5 QUALITY OF SERVICE 9 Hrs.
QoS Challenges in Wireless IP Networks - QoS in 3GPP - QoS Architecture, Management and Classes -QoS Attributes - Management of End-to-End IP QoS - EPS Bearers and QoS in LTE networks. Max. 45 Hrs. COURSE OUTCOMES On completion of the course, student will be able to CO1 - Understand the fundamental concepts of 5G networks. CO2 - Describe the 5G architecture and operation model. CO3 - Analyze the protocol support of 5G network. CO4 - Design IoT based applications with 5G network. CO5 - Describe the future mobile networks. CO6 - Implement 5G network with simulation. TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS 1 Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, by Theodore S. Rappaport, Prentice Hall., 2014 2 802.11n: A Survival Guide, by Matthew Gast, O'Reilly Media. 3 802.11ac: A Survival Guide, by Matthew Gast, O'Reilly Media. 4 Wireless Networking Complete, by Pei Zheng et al., Morgan Kaufmann. 5 Zhang, Yin, Chen, Min, “Cloud Based 5G Wireless Networks”, Springer, 2016 6 Jonathan Rodriguez, “Fundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks”, Wiley 2015.
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs. PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each-No choice 20 Marks PART B: 2 Questions from each unit with internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks
