Wireless Access

First-year, second-semester course of the Master's Program in Telecommunication Engineering (9 ECTS)

The Wireless Access course is designed to develop and impart theoretical knowledge on medium access mechanisms in wireless telecommunications systems, how they interact with and depend on the physical principles governing transmission, and their application in modern communication technologies such as 5G and beyond 5G. A key objective of the course is to cultivate design skills for access systems through mastery of the mathematical foundations essential for modeling wireless access—particularly the statistical theory of discrete-time random processes and queueing theory. Practical skills complement these theoretical components, enabling students to proficiently use simulation tools for performance analysis of complex wireless systems.

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General information

Professors

Professor Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto
e-mail: mariagabriella.dibenedetto@uniroma1.it
office hours: by appointment only

Professor Luca De Nardis
e-mail: luca.denardis@uniroma1.it
office hours: by appointment only

Class schedule

Mondays 12.00 - 14.00 Hall 22
Tuesdays 10.00 - 12.00 Hall 22
Wednesdays 8.00 - 10.00 Hall 22
Thursdays 12.00 - 14.00 Hall 30

Mailing List

e-mail: wa@uniroma1.it
All students enrolled in the course are required to subscribe to the mailing list. To request subscription, there are two possible methods:
1. send email to wa+subscribe@uniroma1.it with your institutional email account lastname.idnumber@studenti.uniroma1.it;
2. click here after logging in in your browser with the same account.

Moodle page

Students are encouraged to enroll in the course’s Moodle page, accessible at the following link: link, by using their institutional email account. This page will be used to distribute the course materials.

How to register for the exam

Students can register for the exam through the dedicated webpage http://www.uniroma1.it/studenti/infostud/ by logging into the system and selecting 'Exam Booking' (Prenotazione esame) at the bottom of the page.

Assessment method

The exam consists of a written test, which involves developing a project using the simulation tools covered in the course (mostly Matlab), and an oral exam focused on the content of the lectures and in-class exercises.
The procedures adopted in this course for accessing the exam sessions comply with the guidelines set forth in the official documentation Carta dei diritti e dei doveri delle studentesse e degli studenti approved by the Academic Senate.

News

Upcoming exam sessions

I Session - Written exam: 07/01/2025, Hall 5, at 10.30
II Session - Written exam: 11/02/2025, Hall 41, at 15.00

Syllabus

Syllabus of the Wireless Access course 2025-2026

Teaching material

Lecture slides, supplementary articles, and exercise materials will be made available in a timely manner prior to the lesson in which they will be used, via the Moodle platform Moodle page;
Dimitri P. Bertsekas and Robert G. Gallager, "Data Networks," (2nd edition) Prentice Hall, 1992, ISBN 0132009161 (Excerpts from the text can be downloaded here.
Zoom link to allow students in the classroom to share their solutions.