Lecture: Mobile Communication

The lecture is offered for Master Computer Science (module MA-INF 3202) Lecture and Exercises/Tutorials will be given in English language.

Other:

• Term: Master Computer Science
• Requirements: Basic knowledge of communications systems and protocols, e.g. from a Bachelor course on computer networks (or similar topics)
• Faculty: MA-INF 3202
• Effort: 2L+2E / 6CP
• Follow-up/Side-events: We are offering a periodical seminar and a lab in each semester. However, the research activities of our department ar currently focused on IT security, thus it is not foreseeable how many topics related to Mobile Communication will be on offer.

Prerequisites (recommended)

We recommend existing basic knowledge on computer networks and communication systems protocols, e.g. coming from appropriate courses of your Bachelor programme.

For the Uni Bonn German programme "Bachelor Informatik" we recommend participation in the course BA-INF 101 "Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemem (KIVS)". All lecture material (slides, assignment sheets, ...) is available in English language and maybe helpful also for Master students who have not done the BA degree in Bonn. You can access the recent course material (of winter term 2017/2018) here on the KIVS web page (no username/password required from within the University computer network).

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.

Important Announcements:

• SECOND ROUND OF EXAMS

  The schedule for the second round of the oral exams has been posted. The exams take place at the Informatikzentrum (Endenicher Allee 19A) in room 1.007. Please don't come late, wait in front of the room (... there are some cozy couches :D), and be quiet until we call you in. We need your student ID card (Studentenausweis), and a picture ID (Personalausweis or Passport). You do not need anything else besides the two documents mentioned above. If you will (for whatever reason) not attend the exam, please send us a short notice via email in advance. Thank you!

• FIRST ROUND OF EXAMS

  The schedule for the first round of the oral exams has been posted (v2, updated on July 10, changes highlighted!). The exams take place at the Informatikzentrum (Endenicher Allee 19A) in room 1.007. Please don't come late, wait in front of the room (... there are some cozy couches :D), and be quiet until we call you in. We need your student ID card (Studentenausweis), and a picture ID (Personalausweis or Passport). You do not need anything else besides the two documents mentioned above. If you will (for whatever reason) not attend the exam, please send us a short notice via email in advance. Thank you!

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 1-24 Important announcements abot the 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 1-38
2. Wireless Communication Basics 2.1. Signal Propagation Characteristics 2.2. Modulation Schemes 2.3. Multiple Access Schemes 2.4. Wireless Links	Slides 1-48
3. Wireless Technologies Overview 3.1. Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11	Slides 1-77
3.2. Bluetooth	Slides 1-55
3.3. WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (IEEE 802.16) (cf. announcements in the lectures …)	Slides 1-42 1-12 will be discussed in the lecture; 13-42 are for reference from earlier MoCo
4. LoRa and LoRaWAN - Long Range Wide Area Networks	Slides 1-52
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	Part 1 Slides 1-31 Part 2 Slides 32-82
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++	Slides 1-59
Supplementary Material: Animations of 2. Wireless Communication Basics Animations of 4.1. WLAN Animations of 4.2. Bluetooth Animations of 5. Cellular Networks Animations of 6. Mobility Management

Assignment Sheets

 General information about the MoCo exercises

PDF file	Supplementary files	Further Information
Exercise Sheet 1	ex1.csv
Exercise Sheet 2
Exercise Sheet 3
Exercise Sheet 4	cell_towers_germany.csv bonn-berlin.gpx
Exercise Sheet 5		Bonus sheet for exam preparation