CS752/852 Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Fall 2018

Instructor: Prof. Stephan Olariu
Phone: 683-3915

Course Description: Please note that in Fall 2018 CS752-852 will be offered online
In recent years, wireless and mobile communications have seen an explosive growth both in terms of the number of services provided and the types of technologies that have become available. Indeed, cellular telephony, cellular data, and even multimedia services have become commonplace and the demand for enhanced capabilities will continue to grow into the foreseeable future. It is anticipated that in the not-so-distant future, mobile users will be able to access their data and other services such as electronic mail, video telephony, stock market news, map services, electronic banking, while on the move.

This graduate course will undertake a detailed study of the basics of wireless communications and wireless networks and their applications to mobile computing. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on understanding the needs specific to various mobile computing applications and services and on how these needs can be provided by wireless communications and networking support. We will look at various facets of wireless communications and networks and the symbiotic relationship between their various components and mobile computing. Of a particular importance is the interaction of hardware and software in support of hiding mobility from the application and in achieving unprecedented levels of dependability and availability.

Objectives: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Describe basic features of wireless communications and wireless networks and to enumerate significant applications of mobile computing
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the basic issues that underlie infrastructure-based wireless networks, including cellular networks, satellite networks, and wireless LANs
• Identify the basic characteristics and applications of mobile ad hoc and vehicular networks
• Describe the basic issues involved in the design of wireless sensor networks and their application to the Internet of Things
• Demonstrate an understanding of mobile clouds and their applications

Material: The course material is organized around the following five modules:

• Module 1: Basics of wireless communications, wireless networks, and mobile computing
• Module 2: Basics of infrastructure-based wireless networks, including cellular networks, satellite networks and wireless LANs
• Module 3: Mobile ad hoc and vehicular networks
• Module 4: Wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things
• Module 5: Mobile clouds

Please note that each participant is responsible for presenting two papers from the recent literature.

Intended audience: The students taking this class should have been exposed to an undergraduate networking class such a CS455/555. Also, the students are assume to have the ability to ead, understand, and present papers to the class.

Text: The area of wireless communications, wireless networking, and mobile computing is in constant flux and evolves very rapidly. Not surprisingly, there is no standard text can covers adequately the latest developments in this hot field. With this in mind, there is no mandatory textbook for this course. However, the following classic networking textbooks:

• J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networks: A Top-Down Approach, 6-th edition, Pearson, 2013, and
• S. Tanenbaum and D. J. Wetherall, Computer Networks, 5-th Edition, Pearson, 2011

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management or Electrical Engineering

Grading Scheme:

• Midterm examination 30%
• Final Examination 40%
• Two paper presentations 30%

Office Hours: Online using Adobe Connect M 4:00pm - 6:00pm

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