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Future Radio Technologies Towards 5G:

Research Opportunities at DCE

+ RF education at University of OuluAarno Pärssinen

Professor, Radio Engineering

WIRELESS IN SMART PHONE

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WIRELESS IN SMART PHONE

• iPhone 6 Plus Teardown

Cellular modem: LTE Cat4 (150Mbbs DL & 50Mbps

UL), HSPA+, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA)

Application processor

RFIC: 2/3/4G TRx

LB PA

HB PA

UHB PA

3G/2G PA

ET

ANT SW

MB PA

16/64/128GB NAND Flash

WLAN

BT

BT LE

PMIC other

NFC

RFIC: 4G CA TRx

PMIC WLS

ANT

tuner

PA modules incl. Duplex filters

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Industry Views on 5G

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Qualcomm Nokia Huawei

Ericsson DoCoMoSamsung

26-28 GHz

800 MHz bandwidth

10 Gbit/s

Adaptive Beamforming

Pre-5G radio prototype

mmW technology


Competences of a modern RF engineer

Fundamentals

• Understand various applications of radios

• Master very well basic principles of

communications

• Master very well basics of electronics design

• Excel in fundamentals of RF from Smith chart

and matching to noise and non-linearity

• Prototyping and measuring RF

• Computer tools for electronics design

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Advanced

• RF transceiver architectures

• RF system design and block level partitioning

• RF control algorithms

• IC design

• Communication circuits (LNA, PA, mixers, filters, amplifiers, ADCs, DAC’s,

VCO’s, PLL’s, digital for RF, …)

• Antenna design

• Radio propagation

• Various implementation technologies: fundamentals and their boundaries

(CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, HBT, GaN, SAW, BAW, PCB, …)

• Material physics in some cases when closely involved to electronics

• Digital signal processing for wireless

• Embedded programming

• …

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Capability to co-operate and learn new things

• With and from your close colleagues

• In cross-disciplinary topics

• On your own

Team work

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Prerequisites for WCE-RF

Basic courses of electronics: Understanding

small signal behavior of a transistor in addition

to circuit theory for Electronics design II & III

Preferably basic course of radio technology to

support further studies in Radio Engineering I

& II

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WCE–RF Schedule ▬ 1st Year

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Electronics Design III

(5 cr, 2 p)

Wireless

Communications I

(5 cr, 2 p)

Electronics Design II

(6 cr, 1 p)

Autumn 2017Periods 1-2

Spring 2018Periods 3-4

RF Components and

Measurements (5 cr, 4

p)

Finnish Language studies (2-5 cr) and/or optional studies depending on personal workload

Radio Engineering I

(5 cr, 2 p) Radio Channels

(5 cr, 4 p) or

Antennas (5 cr, 4 p) (one of these is mandatory,

one can be chosen as an

optional study course)

Radio Engineering II

(6 cr, 3 p)

Advanced Practical Training (3 cr) (recommended in summer 2018, training report will be

done on autumn 2018 term)

Broadband

Communications

Systems (5 cr, 1 p)

Commun. Signal

Processing I (5 cr, 3 p)

Statistical Signal

Processing (5 cr, 1 p)

Basic Studies Advanced Studies Optional Studies

Optional CourseOptional Course


WCE–RF Schedule ▬ 2nd Year

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Electronic System

Design (5 cr, 1 p)

Diploma (M.Sc.) Thesis Work (30 cr, 2-4 p)

Finnish Language studies (2-5 cr) and/or optional studies to fulfill 120 ECTS requirements

Autumn 2018Periods 1-2

Spring 2019Periods 3-4

Communications

Circuit Design

(5 cr, 1 p)

Telecommunication Engineering Project (5 cr)

or

Electronics Design and Construction

Exercise (5 cr, 1-2 p)(either one of these is mandatory)

Basic Studies Advanced Studies Optional Studies

Optional Course

Optional Course

Optional Course

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