Course Program
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