Organization
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Lecture: On Tuesdays at 11:45h – 13:15h in 46/210 starting on April 16th, 2013 Note: Lecture location changed to 36/438 (DISCO seminar room) from April 30th on
Excercise: NEW: For exam preparation purposes some exercise material has been provided further below on this page. Contact: Dipl.-Inf. Adam Bachorek
Course Overview
- In this course students are supposed to obtain a detailed understanding of functions, structure and principles of mobile communication systems:
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- Interworking between infrastructure and mobile end systems
- Diverse architectural alternatives
- Mobility support on different layers
- Mobile base technologies
- Internet technology-based mobility
- Covered topics include:
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- Phenomena of mobile and wireless communication
- Basics of cellular networks
- Mobile systems: GSM, UMTS, LTE, broadcast systems
- Selected mobile systems from the IEEE 802 family: 802.11x (infrastructure based modes), 802.16, 802.20
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Mobile IPv4/v6
- Micromobility protocols: Cellular IP, Hierarchical MobileIP, Fast MobileIP
- Seamless session mobility for real-time applications
- TCP over mobile networks: performance evaluation and tuning
- Mobility support on the application layer
Literature
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- Jochen Schiller. Mobilkommunikation. 2. überarbeitete Auflage, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
- Relevant standard documents (IETF RFCs, ITU-T specifications, IEEE standards, ...) will be referenced throughout the course.
Lecture Slides
| Chapter | Title | Last Update | Slides (pdf) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | List of Acronyms | 2013-04-15 | (1x1) | (2x1) |
| 0 | Organization | 2013-04-15 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 1 | Introduction | 2013-04-30 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 2 | Wireless Transmission | 2013-04-26 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 3 | Media Access | 2013-04-26 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 4 | Wireless Sensor Networks | 2013-05-20 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 4 | Wireless Data Communication Systems | 2013-06-03 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 5 | Telecommunication Systems | 2013-06-17 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 6 | Mobility at the Network Layer | 2013-07-01 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 7 | Mobility at the Transport Layer | 2013-07-07 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| 8 | Mobility at the Application Layer | 2013-07-16 | (1x1) | (4x1) |
Material
| Chapter | Title | Link |
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| 1 | G.Marconi, "Das Unsichtbare Netz" | Link |
| 4 | 802.11 - DCF with Hidden Terminals | Applet |
| 4 | 802.11 - DCF without Hidden Terminals | Applet |
Lab Exercise Slides
Access to the slides listed below requires authentication. In case no Email containing the required details has been received yet, exercise participants can request them via Email to Adam Bachorek submitting full name and immatriculation number.
For those who remember, please use the same credentials as used during the exercise sessions for PC login :-)
| Title | Slides (pdf) | |
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| Lab Exercise 1 - Wireless LANs | (1x1) | (4x1) |
| Lab Exercise 2 - Wireless Sensor Networks | (1x1) | (4x1) |
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