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Course Program

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Course duration: 32 hours

Course credit information: the course gives 3 ECTS credits for PhD students

Prerequisites: basic of antennas and microwave, basic knowledge of electromagnetics and mathematics

Capacity: 40 students

Format: hybrid (live and online version)

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Day 1: February 15

Hour

Topic

Lecturer

09:00 - 10:45

Introduction and Broadband antenna solutions for mm-wave scenarios

Ronan Sauleau

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:45

Millimeter-wave technology and research trends for 5G Antennas

Renato Lombardi

12:45 - 14:15

Lunch break

14:15 - 16:00

Massive MIMO for 5G Communications Systems:

Overview, Challenges, and Open Issues

Andrea Abrardo

16:00 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:45

Coffee break

3rd generation of Metasurface Antennas

Stefano Maci

Day 2: February 16

Topic

Hour

Lecturer

09:00 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:45

12:45 - 14:30

14:30 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:45

Optimization of antenna currents

Mats Gustafsson

Coffee break

Degrees of Freedom and Bounds for MiMo

Mats Gustafsson

Lunch break

Metasurfaces for wireless communications

Andrea Alú

Coffee break

Metasurfaces for wireless communications

Andrea Alú

Day 3: February 17

Hour

Topic

Lecturer

09:00 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:45

12:45 - 14:15

14:15 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:15

16:15 -17:45

Introduction to Gap waveguide technology

Eva Rajo

Thomas Emanuelsson

Coffee break

Gap waveguide technology for 5G Antennas

Lunch break

5G UWB array antenna technology

Jian Yang

Coffee break

SIW technology for 5G antenna systems: hardware and integration

Ke Wu

Day 4: February 18

Hour

Topic

Lecturer

09:00 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:45

Sub 6G Antenna Solutions

Bruno Biscontini

Coffee break

Beyond 5G communications by Reconfigurable Intelligent Metasurfaces: Applications, Performance Evaluation, and Optimization of Reconfigurable Surfaces for Wireless Applications

Marco di Renzo

12:45 - 14:15

Lunch break

14:15 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:45

Introduction to Measurements of Massive MIMO, 5G Communications Systems

Lars Foged

Coffee break

SIW technology for 5G antenna systems: hardware and integration

Ke Wu

Day 5: February 19

Hour

Topic

Lecturer

09:00 - 10:45

From the Synthesis of Unconventional Array Architectures for 5G Antennas Systems to the Co-Design of a Smart EM Environment for Next Generation Communications

Andrea Massa

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:45

12:45 - 14:15

14:15 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:45

Coffee break

Fly’s Eye Lens Antennas for Tbps Wireless Communications

Nuria Llombart

Lunch break

Exercises and exam

Coffee break

Closing

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