Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | WIRELESS NETWORKS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | ACOE422 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | ACOE323 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | - Introduction to Wireless Computer Networks: Applications of wireless/mobile communications (vehicles, emergencies, business, replacement of wired networks, mobile and wireless devices). Short history of wireless communication - Wireless Transmission: Frequencies for radio transmission – regulations. Signals. Antennas. Signal propagation (path loss, multi-path propagation, shadow fading). Multiplexing. Spread Spectrum. Cellular systems. - Medium Access Control: SDMA, FDMA, TDMA (Fixed TDM, Classical Aloha, Slotted Aloha, Carrier sense multiple access, Demand assigned multiple access, Reservation TDMA, Multiple access with collision avoidance, Polling), CDMA. - Telecommunications Systems: Principles of cellular networks. Cellular network organization. Operation of cellular systems. Mobile radio propagation effects. Handover. Power control. Traffic engineering. GSM (Mobile services, System architecture, Radio interface, Protocols, Handover). 2.5G GPRS (System architecture). UMTS (Releases and standardization, System architecture, Radio interface, Radio access network (UTRAN), Core network, Handover). - Wireless LAN: Infrastructure and ad-hoc networks. IEEE 802.11 (System architecture, Protocol architecture, Physical layer, Medium access control layer, MAC management, Standards (802.11b, 802.11a, and newer developments)). Bluetooth (User scenarios, Architecture, Radio layer, Baseband layer, Link manager protocol, IEEE 802.15). - Broadband Wireless Access Standards: IEEE 802.16 – WiMAX (System architecture, Protocol architecture, Services, MAC layer, Physical layer, IEEE 802.16a differences). - Mobile Network Layer: Mobile IP (IP packet delivery, Agent discovery, Registration, Tunnelling and encapsulation, Optimizations, Reverse tunnelling). - Mobile Transport Layer: Mobility on TCP congestion control mechanisms. Classical TCP improvements. - Laboratory Work/Homework: Perform comparisons and evaluate performance of various issues in wireless/mobile networks through supervised and/or unsupervised laboratory exercises/homework, using computer simulations and/or packet analysis software (The familiarization of computer network simulators and/or packet analysis software has been gained through the ACOE313 course). | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Students are taught the course through lectures by means of computer presentations. Lectures are supplemented with supervised and/or unsupervised computer laboratory/homework where students apply their gained knowledge and identify the principles taught in the lecture sessions. Lecture/Laboratory notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |