Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | WIRELESS MOBILE NETWORKS | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | ACSC501 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | 1. Introduction to Wireless/Mobile Computer Networks - Applications of wireless/mobile. - Signal propagation (path loss, multi-path propagation, shadow fading). Signal important quantities (SNR, SIR, C/I, Eb, No). 2. Telecommunications Systems - Principles of cellular networks. Cellular network organization. Operation of cellular systems. - Mobile radio propagation effects. Handover. Power control. Traffic Engineering. - System architectures of 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G and beyond. 3. Wireless LANs - Infrastructure and ad-hoc networks. - IEEE 802.11 (System architecture, Standards (802.11b/g/n and newer developments)). - IEEE 802.15 (WPAN – Wireless Personal Area Networks): IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth - Architecture), IEEE 802.15.4 (Low-rate WPAN – ZigBee protocol). 4. Mobile Network Layer - Mobile IP - IP packet delivery, Agent discovery, Registration, Tunnelling and encapsulation, Optimizations, Reverse tunnelling, IPv6, IP micro-mobility support – Cellular IP, Hierarchical mobile IPv6. 5. Mobile ad-hoc and sensor networks - Mobile ad-hoc networks vs. wireless sensor networks (applications and scenarios). - Overview of ad-hoc routing protocols. - Wireless sensor network design requirements: System requirements, device requirements. - Overview of routing techniques in wireless sensor networks. 6. Mobile Transport Layer - Implications of mobility on traditional TCP. - Classical TCP improvements. - TCP over 2.5/3G wireless networks. - Performance enhancing proxies. 7. Broadband Wireless Access Standards: IEEE 802.16 – WiMAX - System architecture, Protocol architecture, Services. 8. Multimedia Networking - Multimedia networking applications. - Performance requirements of Voice over IP. - Performance Requirements of Streaming/Real time Video. - Streaming stored audio and video (Real-time streaming protocol). - Making the best of the best-effort service (The limitations of a best-effort service, Content distribution networks, Dimensioning best-effort networks to provide QoS). - Protocols for real-time interactive applications (RTP, RTP control protocol (RTCP), SIP, H.323). - Impact of wireless/mobility on multimedia traffic. | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Students are taught the course through lectures by means of computer presentations. Lectures are integrated by invited talks from experts from industry. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Guided individual and/or group project and assignments are given to develop practical skills while integrating the course theory. Further research literature search is encouraged by assigning students to identify a specific problem related to some possible open research issues, gather relevant scientific information about how others have addressed the problem and report this information in written and/or orally. Lectures are supplemented with supervised and/or unsupervised computer laboratory. Laboratories include demonstrations of taught concepts and experimentation by means of computer simulations and/or packet analysis software. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |