M.Sc. in Informatics Engineering

Hellenic Mediterranean University

Advanced Topics in Antennas, Propagation of EMF fields, and Wireless Networks

Module Title: Advanced Topics in Antennas, Propagation of EMF fields, and Wireless Networks

Teaching hours:
Credits: 7,5
Semester: 2nd
Instructor: Dr. Stratakis Dimitrios, Associate Professor

Course Objectives
The course is mainly intended for MSc and PhD students with a background in Electromagnetics and Wireless Networks. The aim of the course is to understand basic and advanced concepts of electromagnetism and propagation of electromagnetic radiation, advanced issues of structure and antenna design, wireless links and methods for measurement of electromagnetic fields, as well as the design of modern 4th and 5th generation wireless networks that integrate broadband internet and cloud computer technologies, to implement heterogeneous / hybrid wireless networks.
Based on the most recent bibliography and mainly selected articles that will be presented, students will be deepened on specific issues of wireless antennas and measurement methods used in practice, innovative architectures for the integration of heterogeneous wireless infrastructures, as well as techniques for the co-operation of the radio spectrum from cognitive wireless networks. In these subjects, students will be more specialized in collective or individual work that they will have to submit before the end of the semester.

Indicative Outline Of The Course

  • Advanced topics in electromagnetics: Advanced topics of modern interest on Electromagnetic Engineering will be studied, such as Maxwell Equations and time varying fields, gradient and vector potentials, Poynting’s theorem, properties of electromagnetic waves (reflection, refraction, polarization, etc.), solving of electromagnetic field integral equations by the method of moments, etc.
  • Advanced antenna systems: Advanced techniques needed to analyze antenna systems are studied. Directionality and antenna gain, active antenna surface, radiation resistance, active height, mirroring, near and far antenna field, antenna temperature, antenna diagrams and design, bipolar and linear antennas, uniform and no uniform antenna arrays, surface antennas, receiving antennas, travelling wave antennas, antennas with reflector, fundamental design and composition of antenna parameters with specified properties, antenna selection issues, antenna adjustment methods, antenna measurement methods.
  • Advanced topics in propagation and measurement of electromagnetic fields and wireless links: Propagation of electromagnetic waves (free space, earth propagation, ground waves, space waves, surface waves, line of sight conditions, impact of obstacles). Troposphere diffusion, refraction, multipath propagation, aliasing, differential receiving. Ionosphere Propagation and ionosphere refraction, reflection, Friis equation, Radar equation. One way and two way links, point to point links, point to multi point links, link budget, bandwidth and capacity, radio communication design, power balance, interference, calculations and measurements of wireless links, electromagnetic field measurement methods (broadband and narrowband) on modern wireless broadband radiocommunication systems.
  • Technologies and architectures of modern wireless networks that use IEEE 802.11g/n, IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.22, and LTE standards.
  • Hybrid wireless networks that integrate broadband, internet and cloud computing technologies to deliver QoS 5th generation services.
  • Cognitive radio technologies, dynamic bandwidth management techniques, and dynamic spectrum access architecture.

References:

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  4. “Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas”, Sophocles J. Orfanidis, http:// www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/ewa/, 2008.
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