·  Architecture of a wireless communication system

·  Wireless-channel models; mathematical description of fading (Rayleigh, Rice, shadowing)

·  Geometrical representation of signals and optimum demodulation over the AWGN channel and over the flat fading channel; influence of the knowledge of channel-state information

·  Computation of error probabilities of a digital communication system: union bound and other approximations

·  Energy- and bandwidth-efficiency of digital modulation schemes; comparison of modulations

·  Modulations for the wireless channel (continuous-phase modulation, GMSK)

·  Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM): definitions, properties, digital implementation and applications;

·  Multiple-access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA

·  Major standards for digital cellular telephony

·  Equalization of a dispersive channel

·  Explain fundamentals and basic concepts, which are necessary to interact advisedly with designers, expert market managers or network planners, or to understand fully the technical documentation of transmission systems;

·  Clarify and highlighting advantages and drawbacks;

·  Detail operation principles of wireless transmission systems, also by way of practical examples;

·  Present functions of various types of wireless equipment (regenerators, terminal and add-drop multiplexers, digital cross-connects), by way of their system-level description, accompanied by several network application examples;

·  Illustrate examples of network applications and traffic protection;

·  Survey other aspects, which are particularly relevant to the design and operation of SDH transmission networks, such as data transport over wireless network synchronization, management and testing.

Basics in communication theory

Technical personnel of telecommunications operators, service providers and equipment suppliers. This may include, but not exclusively, PDH/SDH system engineers, network planners, hardware and software designers, engineers in charge of system testing, operation, maintenance and customer support. It is well suited also for marketing and product managers, who need an overview on all aspects of this technology for promoting products effectively.