Lecture: Mobile Communication

The lecture is offered for Master Computer Science (module MA-INF 3202) and for B-IT students in Master Media Informatics. More information see below. Lecture and Exercises/Tutorials will be given in English language.

Other:

• Term: Master Computer Science
• Requirements: see below
• Faculty: MA-INF 3202; B-IT Media Informatics
• Effort: 2L+2E / 6CP(MA); 4CP(B-IT MI)
• Follow-up/Side-events: A seminar will take place in the next lecture period. Subsequent to lectures "High Performance Networking", "Principles of Distributed Systems", and "Mobile Communication" participating in a lab is possible.

Important Announcements:

• The exam time schedule for the second round of oral exams has been published. The exams will again be held at the LBH building (Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144) in room II.48. Please wait in front of the room until we call you in. Please bring your student id and your passport. If you will (for whatever reason) not attend the exam, please send us a short notice via email in advance. Thank you!
• The second round of oral exams will be held on September 30, 2016. If you did not pass in the first attempt, please find additional information about how to register for your exam time slot on our mailing list.
• The exam time schedule has been published. The exams will be held at the LBH building (Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144) in room II.48. Please wait in front of the room until we call you in. Please bring your student id and your passport. If you will (for whatever reason) not attend the exam, please send us a short notice via email in advance. Thank you!
• The results of PA2 have been published. All students who passed both PAs are admitted to the oral exam. Information about the oral exams will be published via the mailing list.
• The results of PA1 have been published. All groups who passed PA1 can start working on PA2. The assignment sheet for PA2 can be found below.
• A list of PA groups has been published. Please check the list and report back if your matriculation number is not on the list or something else is wrong.
• Registration for the tutorials is now possible via the TVS system. Please register until April 19, 2016 23:59.
• The first lecture of Mobile Communication will be held on Tuesday April 12, 2016 at 14.30h in LBH room II.27

Prerequisites: (recommended)

• for students of Master Computer Science: High Performance Networking (MA-INF 3101) or Principles of Distributed Systems (MA-INF 3105)

• for B-IT MI students: High Performance Networking / Principles of Distributed Systems / Data Communication and Internet Technology (or similar - requiring specific negotiation with the lecturer)

Contents:

Mobility Management in the Internet, Wireless Communication Basics,
Wireless Networking Technologies, Cellular/Mobile Communication
Networks (voice and data communication), Ad-hoc and Sensor
Networks.

Mailing List - "Mobile Communication"

The mailing list "vl-moco" is used for news and organizational information concerning the lecture "Mobile Communication". An additional purpose is to discuss problems, e.g. with viewing or printing slides or assignment sheets. More information on subscribing the mailing list can be found here. The mails on the list are being archived.

Slides and Presentations

Access to the files is unrestricted from within the computer science department (including VPN access). Access from outside requires a username and a password, which has been announced in the first lecture. We will *NOT* distribute the acess data via e-mail! If you miss this information, please ask your fellow students or any MoCo team member in person.

The list of chapters and subsections is preliminary and maybe subject to slight changes.

Chapter	PDF-Files
0. Important information about this lecture	Slides 1-23 General information about exercises
1. Introduction 1.1. Everything moves … 1.2. Mobility versus portability 1.3. Mobile devices 1.4. Wireless communication 1.5. Mobile communication and the layer model	Slides 1-35
2. Wireless Communication Basics 2.1. Signal Propagation Characteristics 2.2. Modulation Schemes 2.3. Multiple Access Schemes 2.4. Wireless Links	Slides 1-47
3. Wireless Technologies Overview 3.1. Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11	Slides 1-74
3.2. Bluetooth	Slides 1-53
3.3. WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (IEEE 802.16) (cf. announcements in the lectures …)	Slides (will follow later)
4. Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Ad-Hoc Networks Essentials MANET Routing Flooding Optimized Link-State Routing Destination-Sequenced Distant Vector Dynamic Source Routing Lightweight Mobile Routing Associativity-Based Long-Lived Routing Geographic Routing Improved Routing Strategies	Slides 1-226 (lectures May 24th & June 7) (PDF with 2 on 1 page) !!! Note large file size, ~20MB !!!
5. Cellular phone network: GSM, HSCSD, EDGE, GPRS 5.1. Motivation + Overview of GSM 5.2. GSM Network: Architecture and Concepts 5.3. Data Services in GSM: CSD and HSCSD 5.4. Packet-oriented Data Service: GPRS	Slides 1-80
6. Mobility Management in (Wireless) Networks 6.1. Mobility in the Internet – Mobile IP 6.2. Mobility Management Internet vs. GSM/GPRS 6.3. Further Information	Slides 1-28
7. Third generation (3G) mobile communication and beyond 7.1. Generations' Overview: 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G 7.2. Overview of 3G/UMTS and its architecture 7.3. WCDMA Principles, Spread Spectrum 7.4. Support of mobility: Macro-diversity & Handover 7.5. Breathing cells & Power Control 7.6. Outlook: Future generations of mobile communication, 3.5G++ 7.7. Further information	Slides 1-75 (Relevant parts for the exam will be announced in the last lecture + tutorial)

Assignment Sheets

 General information about the MoCo exercises

PDF file	Supplementary files	Further Information
Assignment sheet 1	Frequency map Deutschlandradio
Assignment sheet 2
Assignment sheet 3
Assignment sheet 4
Assignment sheet 5
Assignment sheet 6
Assignment sheet 7

Practical exercises

PDF file	Supplementary files	Further Information
Practical Assignment 1	lq.dat.bz2	Registration required (see assignment sheet)
Practical Assignment 2