Course details

Wireless and Mobile Networks

BMS Acad. year 2024/2025 Winter semester 5 credits

Description of most used wireless and mobile systems. Used frequencies, the role of the Czech Telecommunication Office, modulations, spread spectrum systems, cellular systems. Public phone systems GSM and systems for data transmission (GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE). Spread spectrum system CDMA. Satellite communication systems and satellite navigation systems GPS. Wireless LANs, Wifi, Bluetooth. Network protocols for wireless and mobile networks, mobile IP, ad-hoc wireless networks. Transport protocols for wireless and mobile networks, reliable transmission, flow control. Support for mobility, application programming interfaces, SIM-toolkit, WAP, J2ME.

Guarantor

Hanáček Petr, doc. Dr. Ing. (DITS)

Course coordinator

Malinka Kamil, Mgr., Ph.D. (DITS)

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 70 pts final exam (written part)
  • 10 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 20 pts projects

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Lecturer

Hanáček Petr, doc. Dr. Ing. (DITS)

Instructor

Firc Anton, Ing. (DITS)
Holop Patrik, Ing. (DITS)
Homoliak Ivan, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Hujňák Ondřej, Ing. (DITS)
Perešíni Martin, Ing. (DITS)

Learning objectives

The goal is to make students familiar with the basic concepts and structure of modern wireless and mobile communication networks.
Students will learn basic principles of wireless and mobile networks with focus on computer and data networks, Knowledge of basic protocols and interfaces.

Study literature

  • Schiller, J.: Mobile Communications, Addison-Wesley, 2003, 512 p, ISBN 0-321-12381-6
  • Andreas F. Molisch, Wireless Communications, Wiley, 2011

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Introduction, applications, definition of terms, history
  2. Wireless transmission, frequencies, regulations, antennas, signal propagation
  3. Modulation, spread spectrum, cellular system
  4. Media access
  5. Mobile communication systems, GSM, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE
  6. Wireless telecommunication systems, TETRA, CDMA2000
  7. Satellite communication systems
  8. Broadcast systems, digital radio
  9. Localization systems GPS
  10. Wireless LANs, Wifi, Bluetooth
  11. Network protocols, mobile IP, ad-hoc networking
  12. Transport protocols, reliable transmission, flow control
  13. Support for mobility, WWW, WAP, i-mode, J2ME

Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students

  1. A homework on GSM protocol.
  2. A homework on Wifi/Bluetooth communication.

Progress assessment

A mid-term exam evaluation and an evaluation of projects.

Schedule

DayTypeWeeksRoomStartEndCapacityLect.grpGroupsInfo
Mon exam 2025-01-27 E104 15:0016:50 2. termín
Wed exam 2025-02-05 E104 09:0010:50 3. termín
Wed exam 2024-11-06 G202 10:0011:00 půlsemestrální test
Wed lecture lectures G202 10:0012:5080 1MIT 2MIT NNET xx Hanáček
Fri exam 2025-01-10 G202 15:0016:50 1. termín

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