MET TC 765

 MOBILE COMMUNICATION

Summer 1 2001

(Tentative: please “reload”, or “refresh” before reading)

Date

Topic

Deliverables

Readings
(read before class!)

Resources

May 22

Introduction. History and background of Wireless Networking.

 

Wireless Personal Communications

 

May 24

Internetworking and IPv6.
The Internet and Mobility. Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP).

 Administrative assignment

Translated chapter of my book, FAQ

 

May 29

Wireless LANs. Topologies Media Access Control. Different types of networks.

Homework + Seminar Content Proposals

Wireless MAC, IEEE 803.11

Some papers for the seminars

May 31

Digital Cellular Networks of the second generation. Concept of Cellular Communications. Radio Technologies: TDMA, CDMA, GSM

 

Channel Assignment

 

June 5

Network components: MSC; HLR; VM, SMS-C; WIN; GPRS. Interworking between the different standards.

 Homework

Mobile Data, Mobile Internet, GPRS-1, GPRS-2

 

June 7

Mid-Term Exam. Third Generation public Cellular Mobile Communication (1)

 

 

 

June 12

Third Generation public Cellular Mobile Communication (2). IMT 2000; UMTS. What Next? Seminar0: Resource limitations, Power Control by Tom W., Martin O’, Scott N.

Homework

 

 

June 14

Seminar1: Wireless Transport (UDP, TCP) by Gautam K., Nagendra P., Ronald K.
Seminar2: WAP, WML programming by LiJun W.

 

 

 

June 19

Seminar3: Wireless security by Liteh C., Charlie C., Paul P
Seminar4: Mobile eBusiness by John, Y., Cherry T., Amer S.

 Homework

 

 

June 21

Seminar5: Wireless streaming media services by Masumi P., Peter P., Don O.
Seminar6: Wireless location-based services by JB B., John S., Derek H.

 

 

 

June 26

Seminar7: Unicast + Multicast Routing by Pascale L., John N., James M., Joseph T.
Seminar8: Applications: Sensors, PANs, wearable computing by Bay S., Paul S., Trieu N.

Homework

 

 

June 28

Final Exam

 

 

 


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