Introduction to cellular mobile system: a basic cellular system, performance criteria, Uniqueness of mobile radio environment, Operation of cellular systems, Planning of cellular system.Elements of Cellular Radio System Design: General description of problem,Concept of frequency reuse,channels, Co channel interference, reduction factor, Hand off mechanisms, Cell splitting, Consideration of the components of cellular systems.

Unit-II
Co-channel Interference: real time co-channel interference measurement at mobile radio transceivers,Design of antenna system -Omni directional and directional,Lowering the antenna height, Reduction of co-channel interference,Umbrella-Pattern effect,Diversity receiver,Designing a system to serve a predefined area that experiences Co-Channel Interference. Types of Non co-channel interference- adjacent channel Interference, Near-End-Far-End interference, Effects on Near-End mobile units, Cross-Talk, Effects on coverage and interference by applying power decrease, antenna height decrease, Beam Tilting, Effects of cell
site Components, Interference between systems, UHF TV Interference, long distance interference.

Cell coverage for signal and traffic : General introduction, Obtaining the mobile point-to-point model, Propagation over water or flat open area, foliage loss, propagation in near in distance, long distance propagation, point-to-point prediction model, Cell site antenna heights and signal coverage cells, Mobile-to-mobile propagation. Cell site antennas and mobile antennas:Equivalent circuits of antennas, Gain and Pattern Relationship, Sum and Difference patterns, Antennas at cell site, mobile antennas.

Frequency management and Channel Assignment: Frequency management, Frequency spectrum utilization, Setup channels, Fixed channels assignment, Non-fixed channel assignment algorithms, Traffic and channel assignment. Handoffs and Dropped Calls: Types of Handoff, Initiation of Handoff, Delaying a Handoff, Forced Handoff, Queuing of Handoff, Power- Difference Handoff, Mobile Assisted Handoff and Soft Handoff, Cell-site Handoff and Intersystem Handoff, Dropped Call Rate.

Digital Cellular System: GSM, Architecture, Layer Modeling, Transmission, GSM channels and Channel Modes, Multiple Access Scheme: CDMA, Terms of CDMA systems, output power limits and control, Modulation characteristics, Call processing, Hand off procedures. Miscellaneous Mobile Systems: TDD Systems, Cordless Phone, PDC, PCN, PCS, Non Cellular Systems, Mobile Integrated Radio Systems, Mobile Satellite Communication.