Next Generation Wireless Networks [CT76509]

Syllabus

Lectures: 4 Teaching Hours per week

Practical: 3 Teaching Hours per two weeks

Course Objectives

Micro Syllabus

  1. Evolution of Wireless communication (1G to 5G) and Mobile Computing [5 Hrs]
    1. Introduction:
      • Wireless communication definition,
      • EM wave spectrum,
      • Maxwell’s 4 equations,
      • Advantages and disadvantages of Wireless Communication,
      • Basic Elements of a Wireless Communication System,
      • Types of Wireless Communication Systems
    2. Evolution of 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and beyond.
      • Comparative study and advancement of each generations as compared to previous generations,
      • The Future of Wireless Networking
    3. Architecture for Mobile Computing
      • Definition features, types,
      • limitations and Working principle of mobile computing.
    4. Three-tier Architecture
      • Functioning,
      • Architecture diagram
  2. 5G Networks [10 Hrs]
    1. 5G Radio Spectrum
      • 5G Spectrum Features,
      • 5G spectrum licensing,
      • Sub-GHZ ,
      • GHZ and millimeter wave spectrum(FR1,FR2),
      • advancement over previous generations
    2. 5G Channel Models, Use Cases and System Concept
      • Key 5G Applications,
      • 5GC,
      • 5G NR Channels,
      • Channel types defined in 5G
    3. 5G radio interface architecture, physical layer, access design principles
      • LTE/NR dual connectivity,
      • LTE-NR architecture options,
      • 5G NR downlink /Uplink channel mapping,
      • Sidelink channels,
      • 5G Frame Structure,
      • Subcarrier Spacing(SCS),
      • Numerology,
      • 5G Radio Frame Structure
    4. SDN and Network Slicing
      • SDN architecture,
      • working principle,
      • models,
      • usage,
      • components,
      • importance of SDN and network slices,
      • Advantages and disadvantages,
      • Relationship between 5G networks and network slicing
    5. Vehicular Communications, Mobility and Hand-off Management
      • 5G-enabled Vehicular Networks (V2V,V2I,V2X),
      • HetNet-based Vehicular Networks Architecture,
      • Mobility Management in HetNet-based vehicular networks,
      • SDN-based Vehicular Networks and hands-off
  3. 6G networks [10 Hrs]
    1. 6G Features and Requirements
      • 6G Use cases,
      • advancement over previous generations,
      • Specifications and service requirements,
      • New Networks Characteristics requirements,
      • Prospects and Applications,
      • Fundamental enabling technologies of 6G,
      • Standardization and research activities,
      • Challenges and future research directions
    2. THz Communications
      • Sub-THz spectrum,
      • Potential,
      • General Applications,
      • Properties and challenges of Terahertz Waves,
      • 6G and Terahertz Communications,
      • Up-to-date Spectrum Usage for IMT,
      • Prior Exploration of THz,
      • THz band spectrum management,
      • Potential THz applications in 6G
    3. NOMA in 6G
      • Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) principle,
      • NOMA for 6G,
      • Multi-Antenna Techniques for NOMA,
      • Possible Candidates for NGMA,
      • Application scenarios of NOMA towards 6G
    4. AI and Machine learning
      • AI,ML,DL use cases,
      • Challenges,
      • AI and ML for 6G,
      • AI Enables 6G Technology,
      • 6G Intelligent Communication Ecosystem,
      • Open RAN AI and ML

    5. LAPs and HAPs

    6. Blockchain Technologies
      • Overview,
      • structure,
      • Working principle,
      • Characteristics,
      • Key application areas,
      • Challenges of Blockchain,
      • Role of Blockchain in 6G
    7. Quantum Technologies
      • Quantum computing basics,
      • qubit principle,
      • basics of Quantum Key Distribution(QKD),
      • Quantum Decision Theory (QDT),
      • Quantum Game Theory (QGT),
      • quantum information technology (QIT),
      • Quantum security,
      • Quantum repeaters,
      • Quantum interconnects,
      • Quantum‐enabled 6G Communication,
      • Challenges and future directions
    8. Visible Light Communication(VLC)
      • Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) Technologies,
      • OWC Technologies for the 5G/6G,
      • Service Quality Characteristics,
      • Network and Infrastructure Characteristics,
      • Challenges of the OWC in the 5G/6G and IoT Solutions
    9. Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)
      • ISAC and 6G,
      • Fundamentals of ISAC,
      • Challenges of ISAC-relevant design,
      • Hardware Efficient Secure ISAC Design,
      • The Unique Security Challenges and Opportunities of ISAC
  4. Non Terrestrial Networks [10 Hrs]
    1. Aerial Networks: UAVs ,LAPs, HAPs
      • Airborne Communication Networks basics,
      • LAP-based communication networks,
      • HAP-based communication networks,
      • Characteristics of HAPs,
      • Applications of HAPs,
      • Channel Models of HAPs,
      • Characteristics of UAV Communication Networks
    2. Space Networks: LEOs, MEOs and GEOs
      • Satellite Communication basics,
      • Block Diagram of Satellite Communication,
      • working principle,
      • Needs,
      • Advantages,
      • Disadvantages,
      • Applications of Satellite Communication,
      • Orbital Mechanics,
      • orbital elements.
      • Orbital Equations,
      • Kepler’s Laws,
      • GEO,LEO,MEO,
      • Orbital Slots,
      • Look Angles & Orbital Perturbations,
      • Satellite Communication Launching,
      • Satellite Communication Subsystem
  5. Reconfigurable Intelligence Surfaces (RIS) [5 Hrs]
    1. RIS Use Cases, Deployment Scenarios and Requirements
      • RIS,
      • Metasurfaces,
      • Antenna Arrays,
      • Working principle of RIS
    2. Technological Challenges
      • Open Challenges
    3. Architecture
      • Metasurface-Based Hardware Architectures: (
      • RISs with Reflection Amplifiers,
      • RIS with Signal Reception Units,
      • RISs with Signal Reception and Reflection Units, )
    4. Communication Models and Channel Models.
      • Dynamic Metasurface Antennas (DMA),
      • Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM),
      • Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR)-RIS,
      • Operation Modes
  6. Integration of terrestrial and non terrestrial Networks [5 Hrs]
    1. Architecture and Use Cases
      • Integrated Architecture of TN and NTN,
      • 6G NTN Use cases
    2. Standardization
      • Standardization as a open challenge for 6G

Evaluation Scheme

S.N. Chapter Hours Marks Distrubution
1 1 5 6
2 2 10 20
3 3 10 20
4 4 10 20
5 5 5 7
6 6 5 7
Total   45 hours 80

References

1. Mobile Computing, Asoke K Telukder, Roopa R Yavagal,TMH
2. Mobile Communications, Jochen Schiller,Pearson
3. Wireless Communications and Networks, 3Gandbeyond,ITISahaMisra,TMH.
4. Principle of wireless Networks by Kaveh Pahlavan and Prashant Krishnamurthy, Pearson 2002.
5. Afif Osseiran, Jose F Monserrat, Patrick Marsch, “5G Mobile and Wireless Communications Technology”, Cambridge University Press, 2016.
6. Harri Holma, Antti Toskala, Takehiro Nakamura, “5G Technology 3GPP NEW RADIO”, John Wiley & Sons First Edition, 2020.
7. Moubayed, Abdallah, Abdallah Shami, and Anwer Al-Dulaimi. "On end-to-end intelligent automation of 6G networks." Future Internet 14.6 (2022): 165.
8. Chowdhury, MostafaZaman, et al. "6G wireless communication systems: Applications, requirements, technologies, challenges, and research directions." IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society 1 (2020): 957- 975.
9. Geraci, Giovanni, et al. "Integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks: 3D opportunities and challenges." IEEE Communications Magazine 61.4 (2022): 42- 48.
10. ETSI GR RIS 001 V1.1.1, ETSI GR RIS 002 V1.1.1, ETSI GR RIS 003 V1.1.1

Attributions to the Contributors:

Krischal Khanal