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Mobile Communications: Course Outline and General Information

This document provides an outline for a course on mobile communications. It lists the instructor's name and required textbook. The course outline covers topics like mobile radio propagation, multiple access techniques for wireless communications, and the cellular concept. The grading system splits marks between participation, exams, and assignments. It also defines different types of communication channels and provides details on mobile communications frequencies and antenna heights used in Jordan.

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Mobile Communications: Course Outline and General Information

This document provides an outline for a course on mobile communications. It lists the instructor's name and required textbook. The course outline covers topics like mobile radio propagation, multiple access techniques for wireless communications, and the cellular concept. The grading system splits marks between participation, exams, and assignments. It also defines different types of communication channels and provides details on mobile communications frequencies and antenna heights used in Jordan.

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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
6

 16.5 cm
Antenna height of mobile   = 4.125 cm .
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