1. Master’s Thesis in the Mobile Telecommunication group 2010
David Gundlegård
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2. Outline People, topics and time plan Master’s thesis administration
General purpose of master’s thesis
Project planning and execution
Doing a master’s thesis in the Mobile telecommunication group
The report
Questions

3. Thesis Topics and People
Coexistence of 2G and 3G Cellular Networks
Students: Muhammad Haroon & Sohail Ahmad
Supervisor and examiner: Johan M Karlsson
Methods and Tools for Network Performance Measurements
Students: Muneeb Ahmed & Hammad Zahoor Khan
Supervisor: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Johan M Karlsson
Simulation and Optimization of Frequency Reuse in OFDMA Networks
Students: Muhammad Ammar Zafar & Azeem Waqar
Supervisor and examiner: Di Yuan
Utilization indicators and measurements in LTE test lab
Students: Marky Egebäck & Sebastian Lindqvist
Supervisor: David Gundlegård
Examiner: Di Yuan
UMTS Positioning Methods and Accuracy in Urban Environments
Students: Yasir ali Baloch
Supervisor: David Gundlegård
Examiner: Johan M Karlsson
Positioning system based on UMTS signal strength measurements
Students: Imran Khan & Muhammad Riswan Ullah
Tracking Area Design in LTE Networks
Students: Mohsin Nawaz & Syed Bilal Haider
Supervisor: Sara Modarres Razavi
Examiner: Di Yuan
Design & development of an HSPA system simulator used for network planning
Student: Arash Matinrad
Supervisor: Vangelis Angelakis

4. Master’s thesis administration
1) Today: general info
2) Schedule meeting with examiner and supervisor
Mail to supervisor and examiner
Specify if you can’t meet in certain times of day
3) Bring application form ”Change of courses” to the meeting
Register to the course TQET30 Master’s thesis
Give signed application form to Britt Wirmark Spetsen floor 6 (SP6213)
4) Examiner registers thesis and students in x-sys
5) Log into x-sys ( ) and upload thesis description
6) Examiner assess thesis description (x-sys)

5. TQET30 Master’s Thesis
The Master thesis aims to demonstrate that the student
Can use aquired knowledge and solve a problem in a scientific framework in relation to the study program
Has ability to use both verbal and written communication in a professional manner
Can assimilate the content of relevant literature and relate thesis work to this
Can critically review and discuss a thesis presented by another student, both verbally and in writing
Will demonstrate by own initiative to plan and execute thesis work, but also be able to seek guidance and support from the supervisor, as needed

6. Thesis Project Planning Overview
TG1
TG2
TG3
TG4
TG5
Phase 1: Planning
Phase 2: Literature study, problem definition, data collection
Fas 3: Analysis, recommendations, results, diskussion
Report writing (continuosly)
[weeks]
2-4
9-10 20 22
TG1: Short thesis description and examiner approval (Now, x-sys)
TG2: Planning report to examiner/supervisor (February)
TG3: Half time report to examiner/supervisor (March)
TG4: Final report to examiner/supervisor, as well as date for thesis presentation (May)
TG5: Thesis presentation (plus auscultations and opposition)
Presentations week 22 (May 31-June 4)

7. Thesis description Authors and title Contacts Purpose of the thesis
Background
Problem formulation and solution method
Related courses in your program
Rough time plan
The initial description and information from the first meeting is used as input
After the first meeting you should be able to write the thesis description (i.e. be prepared for the first meeting)
Think about what you write and always read it again after finishing a text!

8. Planning report Problem background and description
Purpose and thesis objectives
Scope (focus and delimitations)
Tentative theoretical frameworks, example references and method
Headlines for the report
Activities and time plan (Gantt schedule)
Approx 5-10 pages

9. Half-time Report Planning report + Literature study
Detailed problem definition with well formulated notations
Solution method alternatives
System/model description
Possibly
Data collection
Initial results

10. Project Execution
Except the thesis description, the planning report and the half-time report you will continuosly report the progress of the thesis
Weekly report every Friday
What you have done this week
What you will be doing next week
Relation to the time plan
Problems that have occured and if/how they are solved
If you need support from the supervisor
Typically communicated through
5-10 rows is normally enough
Some weeks a meeting might replace the

11. Thesis in Mobile Telecommunication Group
Work flow:
1) Literature survey and documentation
2) Model or system development
3) Experiments
4) Vizualisation/documentation
5) Discussion and conclusions
The second step is typically a quantitative (mathematical) model, system prototype or algorithm
Prototype/algorithm: ”it is possible to solve the problem by implementing a system/algorithm this way”. Performance? Advantages/drawbacks compared to other designs?
Quantitative model, e.g. simulation: ”we can model the real system like this”. Does it behave like the real system? What happens with the system with certain input based on the output of the model?
Combination: evaluate system/algorithm using quantitative model

12. The Report Professional report
The meaning of every word you write is important and should be considered
Formal language
You should never write what you have been doing in the thesis (e.g. diary like), but instead what has been done in a professional and scientific context
Bad: ”First we constructed a database with throughput measurements and then we made a simulation model of the LTE network in Opnet”
Better: ”A simulation model is used to evaluate the throughput of the LTE network. The simulation model is developed using the Opnet simulation tool.”
Statements and facts should be supported (references, numerical results, proof…)
You are not allowed to copy one single word from a source unless you quote it
Copy & paste material in the report (in any form) leads to abortion of the project!

13. The Report References Of course continuous referencing is required!
Use IEEE style references (similar to Vancouver system)
References is an important factor for the quality of the report
Put effort into finding good references
Relevant published articles
Books
Avoid web page references (sometimes it could be motivated to reference to a company web page for example)
No references to Wikipedia! (it is though good to read for quick understanding and links to other references)
Write proper references directly when you put it in the report
Keep track of references continuously while you work

14. The Report If you use MS Word:
Use the format templates
Spelling checks
Automatic generation of table of contents
Cross references to figures, tables etc
Figures and tables should be used (when relevant)
Figure numbering and text below
Table numbering and text above
Always relate to figures and tables in the text
No ”pictures”
Define ambigous expressions and words first time they are used
Write the full meaning of acronyms the first time they are used

15. Thesis Headlines Introduction
Background, purpose, objectives, method, scope, outline
Theoretical framework (one or several chapters)
Literature study (background theory and what has been done so far within the field, e.g. ”UMTS positioning methods”, ”Network simulation”)
System/model description
Description of the system or model that you have developed
Results/Analysis
Experiments and results illustrated with diagrams and tables
Discussion
Assumptions made in the experiments or model valid? Can the results be generalized? Are there sevaral possible explanations to the results? How does it affect the problem being solved?
Conclusions
Most important part of result/discussion (no summary)
Recommendations and future work

16. Thesis Examples
E. Näslund (2004), ”Associating DAB and GPRS to provide an asymmetric communication network”
Pictures overkill though
P. Sandberg (2007), ” Mobile Broadband – Service Experience and Evaluation”
Gives an idea of how a good single student thesis can look like
Use for inspiration, not template or ”ground truth”
Useful links

17. Questions?