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Introduction to Radio Concepts

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In this course the basic concepts of radio principles are introduced starting with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, with a primary focus on the area of radio communications. The course will progress and provide some basic radio communication terms and concepts before providing a focus on antennas used within radio communication systems. It will then finish off with an overview of the techniques utilised in modulation, duplexing and multiplexing.

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Lee Clark

Lee Clark

Mpirical Trainer
An award winning, extremely adaptable and highly reliable Telecommunications Engineer with 27 years experience in the effective delivery and in-service support of communication and information equipment and systems. Lee has developed and delivered courses on 5G, LTE EPC, IMS and Packet Transport technologies.
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Course Contents

The Electromagnetic Spectrum.

  • Frequencies of RF Communication:
    • Licensed and Unlicensed.
    • mmWave.
  • Regulations:
    • Interference and Power.

RF Fundamentals:

  • Waveform Fundamentals.
  • The Fundamentals of Propagation.
  • Frequency, Wavelength and Velocity.

Decibel Basics:

  • dB Variants (dBi, dBm).
  • Link Budget Calculation.

Antennas – Part 1:

  • Antenna types, gains and radiation patterns:
    • Dipole.
    • Yagi.
    • Patch.
    • Parabolic Reflector.

Antennas – Part 2:

  • Microwave.
  • MIMO.
  • Adaptive Antennas and Beamforming.
  • Massive MIMO.

Modulation Techniques:

  • AM, FM, Phase.
  • QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM.

Duplexing and Multiplexing Techniques:

  • Simplex, half duplex and full duplex.
  • FDD and TDD.
  • FDMA, TDMA, CDMA.
  • OFDMA.
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