Đại Học Bách Khoa TP.

HCM
Bộ Môn Viễn Thông

Học Phần – THÔNG TIN DI ĐỘNG

(Mobile Wireless Communication)
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Mobile Communications

Presenter: Dr. Nguyen Dinh Long 1

Email: dinhlonghcmut@gmail.com
Phone: +84 947 229 599
Website: sites.google.com/view/long-dinh-nguyen
17 Jan. 2024
Dr. Long D. Nguyen
Outline (chapters)
Introduction to Mobile Communications

Fundamentals of Mobile Communication – Cellular concept

GSM 2G, CDMA-3G, LTE-4G, NR-5G and beyond

Radio propagation – Large-scale fading & Small-scale fading

Multiple access technology – CDMA

Channel capacity, Equalization, Diversity

Emerging Mobile Communication Systems

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References
Giáo Trình chính:
▪ T.S. Rappaport ,Wireless Communications, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002.
▪ Hồ Văn Khương, Thông tin di động, Nhà xuất bản ĐHQG-TpHCM, 2020.

Tham khảo:
▪ A. Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
▪ J. G. Proakis , M. Salehi , G. Bauch Contemporary Communication Systems Using MATLAB, Cengage
Learning, 2012.
▪ William H. Tranter et al, Principles of communication System and wireless Applications, Prentice
Hall PTR, 2004

▪ Slides here are adapted from several sources on the Internet.

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Chapter 1
1. Introduction to communication systems
▪ Basic diagram, Fundamental concepts
▪ Radio communication

2. Overview of wireless communication

▪ Generations of wireless communication
▪ Current wireless networks
▪ Trends of Mobile wireless communication

3. Mobile Communication Standards and QoS

4. Wireless Communication Issues and Design challenges

5. Emerging wireless network models

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Historical of Communication Systems
▪ Face to Face
▪ Writing on letter sheet

▪ Wire phone
▪ 1876, Alexander G. Bell (“Watson come here; I need you.”)

▪ Wireless mobile (high data rate), multiple communication media

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▪ Telegraph
▪ 1830, Joseph Henry

▪ Telephone
▪ 1876, Alexander G. Bell (“Watson come here; I need you.”)
▪ 1915, US transcontinental service (requires amplifiers)

▪ Mobile phone (Nokia phones)

▪ 1984, first commercial Nokia mobile phone
▪ 1920, first commercial AM radio station (Montreal XWA ! CINW)

▪ Smart phone, laptop, …

▪ For the Microsoft platforms called Smartphone 2002 and Smartphone 2003
▪ Iphone 13: 6.2 inches, 128GB, RAM-4GB, 13MP camera, 3.1GHz Dual core,
GPU graphics, HDR display, 16M colors, 5GHz, MIMO, Bluetooth v5.1
Light, Proximity, Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope sensors
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Historical of Communication Systems
▪ 1G – First generation of mobile network
▪ 1980s
▪ AMPS, TACS application
▪ 2.4-9.6 kbps data rate, 300ms latency, several connections
▪ Several KHz bandwidth

▪ 5G-NR – 5th generation of mobile network

▪ 2020s
▪ > 1Gbps data rate, 10ms latency, 1M connections
▪ MIMO, massive MIMO
▪ OFDM
▪ > 20MHz bandwidth up to ~ GHz bandwidth
▪ Voice, HD video, streaming, game high-configuration, video meeting, ...
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Mobile media

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Statistics https://datareportal.com/reports

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Statistics https://datareportal.com/reports

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▪ 1G – 1st generation of mobile network
▪ 1980s
▪ Single antenna
▪ 2.4-9.6 kbps data rate, 300ms latency, several connections
▪ Number of mobile users ~ 50K
▪ Mobile traffic ~ 1GB
▪ Several KHz bandwidth

▪ 5G-NR – 5th generation of mobile network

▪ 2020s
▪ > 1Gbps data rate, 10ms latency, 1M connections
▪ massive antenna (massive MIMO)
▪ 5.27 billion mobile phone users
▪ Mobile traffic: 127 exabytes = 127 x 109 GB
▪ > 20MHz bandwidth up to ~ GHz bandwidth
▪ Voice, HD video, streaming, game high-configuration, ...

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Historical of Communication Systems
▪ 1940s
▪ Number of mobile users ~ 50K
▪ Mobile traffic: ~ 1GB
▪ Single antenna
▪ Several connections per BS

▪ 2020
▪ 5.27 billion mobile phone users
▪ Mobile traffic: 127 exabytes = 127 x 109 GB = 127 x 109 x 109 Bytes
▪ Massive antenna number (128, 256, ...)
▪ 1M connections per BS

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The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data!
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the service for everyone
Mobile Communication (2020)
5.27 billion mobile phone users
Mobile traffic (2020): 127 exabytes = 127 x 109 GB
Mobile network services: $0.57/GB (in Vietnam), $5.62/GB (in US)

127exabytes = 127 10 GB=127 10 GB  $0.57 / GB  $72.4 billion

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In 2025, Global Data explode to

Google Cloud Service for STORAGE 175 zettabytes
Mobile traffic (2020): 127 exabytes (175 x 1000 exabytes)
$0.02/month per 1 GB

127𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑏𝑦𝑡𝑒𝑠 = 127 × 109 GB x 0.24$/GB/year ⇒ $30 billion

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1G First generation wireless
▪ Developed in 1980’s

▪ Analog transmission technology

▪ Focus on voice

▪ Data service almost non-existence

▪ Incompatible standards:

o Different frequencies and signalling

o International roaming impossible

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2G second generation wireless
❑ 2 G wireless
o Its was invented and developed in 1990-91.
o Digital transmission technology
o Increased quality of service
o Possible for wireless data services

❑ 2.5 G wireless
o General packet radio service (GPRS)
o Data rates: 56 kb/s to 115 kb/s
o Services: WAP, MMS and SMS, Search and directory

❑ 2.75 G wireless
o Maximum data rate: 384 kbps.

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3G third generation wireless
❑ 3 G wireless
o Introduced in 2004-05
o Applications: mobile TV, video on demand, video conferencing, location based serviced services.

❑ 3.5 G wireless
o Known as HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access)
o Data transmission up to 8-10 Mbps (and 20 Mbps for some systems)

❑ 3.75 G wireless
o Refereed to HSUPA (high-speed uplink packet access)
o Speed: 1.4 Mbps-5 Mbps, Real-time person to person gaming

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4G Fourth generation wireless
o A collection of technology creating fully packet-switched networks optimized for data.
o Provide speed of 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps.
o Provide wireless alternative for broadband access to residential and business customers.

❑ 5 G Wireless (2020s)
o Data rate: ~10 Gbps

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5G
▪ At the end of 2020 …

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5G
▪ At the end of 2020 …

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Mobile wireless generation

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Comparison of mobile generations
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Introduction

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Mobile app trends 2022

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Mobile app trends 2022

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Mobile app trends 2022

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1. Introduction to communication system
▪ The purpose of a communication system is to transport an information bearing signal from a source
to a user destination.

o Analog communication systems: the information bearing signal is continuously varying in both
amplitude and time.

o The performance metric: SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio)

o Digital communication system: the information bearing signal is represented by a sequence of

discrete messages.

o The performance metric: BER (Bit Error Rate)

The aid of wireless technology:

The goal is to communicate with any information
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Block diagram of (digital) communication systems

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Basic diagram of communication systems

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Basic diagram of communication systems

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Basic signal processing blocks
❑ Transmitter:
o Source coding: eliminate or reduce redundancy so as to provide an efficient
representation of the source output.
o Channel coding: introduce redundancy to provide reliable communication over a
noisy channel.
o Modulation: to provide the efficient transmission of the signal over the channel.

❑ Channel: wired (telephone channels, coaxial cables, optical fibers) or wireless

(microwave radio, satellite channels, mmWave channel, military channels, …).

❑ Receiver: demodulation, channel decoder, and source decoder.

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2. Radio Communication
▪ Radio or radio communication means any transmission,
emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing,
images, sounds by means of electromagnetic waves of
the radio frequency range,
from about 3 kHz to 300 GHz propagated in space
without artificial guide.
▪ Examples of radio communication systems:
▪ Radio broadcasting.
▪ TV broadcasting.
▪ Satellite communication.
▪ Mobile cellular telephony.
▪ Wireless LAN.
▪ UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles): ground, sky and
underwater/underground

▪ THz communication (>1000 GHz) (based on satellite 39

communication) for >5G …
Classification of radio spectrum

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The Radio Spectrum
o The frequency spectrum is a shared resource.
o Radio propagation does not recognize geopolitical boundaries (globalization or security).
o International cooperation and regulations are required for an efficient use of the radio spectrum.
▪ The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an agency, within the UN, that takes care of this
resource.
o Frequency assignment.
o Standardization.
o Coordination and planning of the international telecommunication services.

▪ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international

communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states.

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History

▪ 1864: Maxwell describes radio wave mathematically

▪ 1888: Hertz generates radio waves
▪ 1890: Detection of radio waves
▪ 1896: Marconi makes the first radio transmission
▪ 1915: Radio tubes are invented
▪ 1948: Shannon’s law
▪ 1948: Transistor
▪ WW II: Rapid development of radio technology.
▪ 1960: Communication Satellites
▪ 1981: Cellular technology
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History
▪ Voice over Radio and the First Television Transmissions
• *1914 — First voice over radio transmission
• 1920s — Mobile receivers installed in police cars in Detroit
• 1925 — US patent no. 1,544,156 granted to Charles Francis Jenkins for "Transmitting Pictures over
Wireless" (TV).
• 1927 — First long-distance TV transmission in the United States, conducted by AT&T Bell Labs.
• 1928 — First transatlantic TV transmission, from London to New York.
• 1928 — First TV station, W2XB (later WRGB), broadcast from General Electric facility in Schenectady,
NY
• 1930s — Mobile transmitters developed; radio equipment occupied most of police car trunk
• *1935 — Frequency modulation (FM) demonstrated by Armstrong
• 1940s — Majority of police systems converted to FM
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History
▪ Cellular Mobile Telephony and Steps Toward Wireless Internet
• 1979 — NTT/Japan deploys first cellular communication system
• *1983 — Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) deployed in US in 900 MHz band: supports 666 duplex
channels
• 1989 — Groupe Spècial Mobile defines European digital cellular standard, GSM
• 1990 — Formation of IEEE 802.11 Working Group to define standards for Wireless Local Area Networks
(WLANs)
• *1991 — US Digital Cellular phone system introduced
• 1992 — First GSM phones approved for sale.
• 1992 — Text messaging, or short messaging service (SMS), was designed as part of the GSM cellular system.
• *1993 — IS-95 code-division multiple-access (CDMA) spread- spectrum digital cellular system deployed in US
• *1994 — GSM system deployed in US, relabeled ``Global System for Mobile Communications''

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History
▪ Commercial Television and the Birth of Mobile Telephony
• 1946 — First interconnection of mobile users to public switched telephone
network (PSTN)
• 1949 — FCC recognizes mobile radio as new class of service
• 1940s — Number of mobile users > 50K
• 1950s — Number of mobile users > 500K
• 1960s — Number of mobile users > 1.4M
• 1960s — Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS) introduced; supports full-duplex, auto
dial, auto trunking
• 1976 — Bell Mobile Phone has 543 pay customers using 12 channels in the New York City area;
waiting list is 3700 people; service is poor due to blocking

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Persons
Invention of radio
generally attributed to Guglielmo
Marconi in the 1890s
whose work included experimental
investigation of radio waves,
establishment of theoretical
underpinnings, engineering and
technical developments, and
adaptation to signaling.

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Persons
Invention of modern radio Jaap Haartsen Nicolas Sornin

Irwin Mark Jacobs

(CDMA)
1.6 billion subscribers
Arogyaswami Paulraj
Martin Cooper (MIMO Technology) Thomas Marzetta
(massive MIMO)

GPS

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History - Martin Cooper
• Graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

• US Navy submarine officer (1928)

• Leader of Motorola

• 03/04/1973, at Avenue 6 in New York City, Cooper took a real call by using mobile phone to
Koel Engel (the head of R&D department in the competitor company’s, AT&T)

• Inspired by watching the movie Star Trek to create the first handheld mobile phone
(1983 – Model: DynaTAC 8000x, weight: 0.5kg, battery: 30min, price: 3,9995 USD)
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The magic of communication network
(the service for everyone)

Example in Vietnam:
Market of Communication systems (Mobile network)
Each user statistically used 2GB/month for exchanging data traffic

As of 2022, the number of mobile internet users in Vietnam was 72.5 million.
Vietnam data traffic per year is to exceed: … bytes

Mobile network services are with $0.11/min (at data rate. 100Mbps) or $0.57/GB (Vietnam)

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Mobile Network Maps
.

https://www.nperf.com/en/map/VN/-/167.Viettel- 50
Mobile/signal/?ll=14.817370620155266&lg=104.50195312500001&zoom=5
Mobile Network Maps
.

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https://www.nperf.com/en/map/5g
Current Wireless Networks

❖ Cellular Systems Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)

❖ Satellite Systems
❖ Wireless broadband access (WiMax-compatible)
Metropolitan Area
❖ Paging Systems (one way, two way) Networks MAN
❖ Radio broadcast (analog/digital audio/video)
❖ Cordless phone, personal handyphone system
❖ Wireless LANs
❖ Bluetooth
❖ Ultra-wideband radios
Local Area Network LAN
❖ Zigbee radios Personal Area Networks PAN
❖ Infrared wireless optical (IrDa)
❖ Remote control (toy, garage door)
❖ Special purpose: radar, sonar, missile guidance,…,etc
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 TYPE
Type of Cells
OF CELLS

Global
Satellite

Suburban Urban
In-Building

Picocell
Microcell
Macrocell

Basic Terminal
PDA Terminal
Audio/Visual Terminal

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 TYPE
Type of Cells OF CELLS

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Type of Cells

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3. QoS Requirements and Design Challenges
▪ QoS refers to the requirements associated with a given application, typically rate and delay
requirements.

▪ It is hard to make a one-size-fits all network that supports requirements of different applications.

▪ Wired networks have much higher data rates and better reliability than wireless.

▪ QoS for all applications requires a cross-layer design approach.

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3. QoS Requirements and Design Challenges
▪ QoS: quality-of-service

Voice Data Video

Delay <100ms - <100ms

Packet Loss <1% 0 <1%

BER 10-3 10-6 10-6

Data Rate 8-32 Kbps 1-100 Mbps 1-20 Mbps

Traffic Continuous Bursty Continuous

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3. QoS Requirements and Design Challenges
▪ QoS: quality-of-service

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3. QoS Requirements and Design Challenges
▪ QoS: quality-of-service

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3. QoS Requirements and Design Challenges
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Tradeoffs 802.11n
3G
Rate
802.11g/a

Power
Fundamental Design Breakthroughs Needed 802.11b
UWB
Bluetooth
ZigBee Range

Other Tradeoffs:
Rate vs. Coverage
Rate vs. Delay
Rate vs. Cost
Rate vs. Energy

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Radio Communication Challenges
▪ Three main problems:
o The path loss
o Noise (interference)
o Sharing the radio spectrum

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Evolution of Wireless Systems

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Evolution of Wireless Systems

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Radio Communication Challenges
❑ First main problems:
o The path loss (attenuation, multipath, fading ...)

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Coexistence Challenge: Many devices use the same radio band
❑ Second main problems:

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Coexistence Challenge:
Many devices use the same radio band
❑ Second main problems:

▪ Technical Solutions:
▪ Interference Cancellation
▪ Smart/Cognitive Radios
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Radio Communication Challenges
❑ Third main problems:
o Sharing the radio spectrum

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Vietnam Spectrum allocation – 11/2016

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US Spectrum allocation today

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4. Design Challenges
▪ Simplex
▪ Half-duplex
▪ Full-duplex
o The 2 channels can be separated in frequency –
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
o The 2 channels can be separated in time –
Time Division Duplex (TDD)

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FDD vs TDD

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Modulation and Multiplexing
❑ Modulation and multiplexing are electronic techniques for transmitting information efficiently from one
place to another.
Modulation makes the information signal more compatible with the medium.
Multiplexing allows more than one signal to be transmitted concurrently over a single medium.

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The Cellular Concept

▪ Why cellular?
▪ Radio spectrum is a finite resource.
▪ How to accommodate a large number of users over a large geographic area within a limited radio spectrum?
▪ The solution is the use of cellular structure which allows frequency reuse.

▪ The large geographic area is divided into smaller areas cells.

▪ Each cell has its own base station providing coverage only for that cell.
▪ Each base station is allocated a portion of the total number of channels available to the entire system.
▪ Neighboring base stations are assigned different groups of channels to minimize interference.
▪ The same group of channels can be reused by another base station located sufficiently far away to
keep co-channel interference levels within tolerable limits.
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Multiple Access
▪ Multiple access
o FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)
o TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
o SDMA (Space Division Multiple Access)
o SSMA (Spread Spectrum Multiple Access)
• FHMA (Frequency Hopped Multiple Access)
• CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)

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Mobile wireless communication
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mmWave Communication - Frequency spectrum

The range of electromagnetic signals

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encompassing all frequencies is referred to as the
electromagnetic spectrum.

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Satellite Systems (thinking to 6G …)
❑ Cover very large areas

❑ Different orbit heights

▪ GEO (Geostationary orbit): 36,000 Km

▪ MEO (Medium Earth orbit): 10,000 Km

▪ LEO (Low Earth orbit): 1,000-2,000 Km

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Emerging Wireless Systems
▪ Higher generation cellular and beyond
▪ Closer to user
▪ Non-stop increasing data-rate, low-latency, # connections, …
▪ Massive MIMO, advanced multiple access, antenna array, beamforming, modulation, …

▪ Intelligent wireless networks, ultra-dense networks

▪ Cognitive radios
▪ Heterogeneous networks
▪ Massive sensor/IoT networks
▪ Distributed/SON control networks

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