Organizational Information

• Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Klaus Wehrle
• Teaching Assistants: Olaf Landsiedel, Tobias Heer
• Appointments and Locations:
  • Lecture:
    • Tue 11:45h - 13:15h (weekly, starting 21.4.2008), AH 1
    • Thu 8:15h - 9:45h (fortnightly, starting 30.4.2008), AH 1
  • Exercises:
    • will be announced in the lecture
  • Exam:
    • will be announced in the lecture
• 3+1 SWS (V3+Ü1)
• ETCS Credits: 6

Information for Participants

• Slides, assignments, and resources are now available in a L2P-Lernraum.
  Please note that all further announcements, assignments and resources will be only made available there!
• MDS2 in CAMPUS

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Contents

The course focuses on architectures, protocols and algorithms of/for mobile communication systems and sensor networks.

Topics:

Wireless communication

• Principles of wireless and mobile systems
• The wireless channel
• Wireless resource management

• Examples and design principles of massively distributed systems
• Application scenarios
• Design of sensor nodes
• Architecture of sensor networks
• Energy-aware MAC & link layer
• Clock synchronization
• Localization and positioning
• Topology control & Routing protocols

• Mobile communication technologies (GPRS, UMTS, WLAN)
• Wireless handover and mobility management
• Communication stacks and mobility
• Layer-2 mobility and roaming
• IP-based mobile communication protocols (MobileIP, HIP)

Prerequisites

• Lectures about communication systems and TCP/IP