The first lecture will be held on Tuesday, 22.04.2025 at 11:30.

Short description

The course gives a general overview of radio systems and their components. Therefore the focus is on the analogue parts of the system with their non-idealities. Based on the physical functionality of the various building blocks of a modern radio system parameters are derived, which allow the consideration of their influence on the overall system performance.

Lecture schedule

• 22.04.2025

• 24.04.2025

• 06.05.2025

• 08.05.2025

• 13.05.2025

• 15.05.2025

• 20.05.2025

• 22.05.2025

• 27.05.2025

• 03.06.2025

• 05.06.2025

• 24.06.2025

• 26.06.2025

• 08.07.2025

• 10.07.2025

• 17.07.2025

Tutorials and Q&A 

The tutorials will be also held in presence this year at ITIV Pool (Room 2.16, Building 30.10) with SystemVue Software. Q&A Session will be held in NTI Lecture Hall (Building: 30.10). The tasks and descriptions can be found in ILIAS. Tutorials are held from 10:00 to 13:00. Q&A Session is held from 11:30 to 13:00.

• 17 June – Tutorial: Fundamentals of Communication Technology

• 01 July – Tutorial: Superheterodyne Transceiver Architecture

• 15 July – Tutorial: Digital and Analog Beamforming

• 22 July – Tutorial: Direct Conversion Transceiver Architecture

• 24 July – Q&A Session 

(The lecturer reserves the right to alter the contents of the tutorial without prior notification.)

Dates, downloads, detailed information

LINK TO MRSE IN ILIAS

Contents

• Introduction, mobile communication systems

• EM wave, reflection, transmission, scattering etc.

• Wave propagation modeling, ray tracing etc.

• Antennas, arrays

• Radio channel, channel parameter

• Network parameter

• Noise

• Non-linearity, dynamic range

• EVM, Oscillators

• Mixers

• Transceiver architectures I

• Transceiver architectures II

• Power amplifier linearization

• Diversity, beamforming

• Spatial multiplexing

(The lecturer reserves the right to alter the contents of the course without prior notification.)

Tutorial

The tutorial is based on the professional simulation software SystemVue from Keysight (formerly Agilent) Technologies. SystemVue is a focused electronic design automation (EDA) environment for electronic system-level (ESL) design. It enables system architects and algorithm developers to innovate the physical layer (PHY) of wireless and communications systems and provides unique value to RF and DSP implementation. As a dedicated platform for ESL design and signal processing realization, SystemVue replaces general-purpose digital, analog, and math environments.

The system design aspect is greatly simplified in Systemvue as components can be simply dragged and dropped from libraries (e.g. RF design kit, algorithm design, RADAR parts). Additionally, several commercially available component data sheets are also inbuilt in the software which will help students towards fast-track RF application learning. The simulation aspect covers system parameters like gain, noise figure, dynamic range, 2nd and 3rd order nonlinearities, eye diagram etc. Thus enabling students in understanding the key concepts in system design and imparting a better understanding of concepts covered during the lecture.

Dates of the oral exam

For the oral exam 3-4 possible dates will be announced at the end of the lecture period. The possible examination dates are normally spread over the complete non-lecture period from July to October.

To register for the exam you will be asked to fill in. Please note that this does NOT replace online registration or registration at the MPA for non KIT students. (Non KIT students have to bring the registration letter handed out by the MPA with them on the day of the exam).

All further information about the exact time of the exam will be provided via mail roughly one week before the selected exam date. The exam will take place in Bld. 30.10 and will be around 20 - 25 min.