EECE 569: Mobile Communications Networks

Term 2, 2011-2012 (January to April 2012)

Course Description (from UBC Calendar)

  • Network architectures: cellular networks, ad hoc networks; access protocols; radio and network resource management; quality of service; mobility and location management; routing; mobile-IP; current wireless technologies for personal, local and satellite networks. 
  • Pre(co)-requisites: EECE 456 (Computer Communications) and EECE 565 (Data Communications) or equivalent.

Announcements (in reverse chronological order)

  • 21 Mar. 2012 – The grades for Test 1 have been posted. Problem set 3 has also been posted. Due 28 Mar. 2012 before the guest lecture.
  • 12 Mar. 2012 – Test 1 will be held on 14 Mar. 2012, 6:00 – 7:30 pm in MCLD 242. A review and Q&A on the first two assignments will be done from 5:00 – 6:00 pm. For this test, you will be responsible for materials up to L7: Mobility Management in Cellular Networks. You can use your course notes (pdf printouts), personal written notes, problem sets and solutions for reference in the test. No other reference materials allowed. You may use a scientific calculator, but all mobile phones and computers must be turned off during the test.
  • 16 Feb. 2012 –Test 1 has been further postponed to 14 Mar. 2012, due to conflicts with tests by other courses.
  • 13 Feb. 2012 – Problem set 2 has been posted. Due 29 Feb. 2012. In view of the due date of problem set 2, we shall postpone test 1 by one week, to 7 Mar. 2012.
  • 16 Jan. 2012 – Problem set 1 has been posted. Due 25 Jan. 2012.
  • Announcements will be posted here in reverse chronological order. The first lecture is on Jan. 4. You will need to send me your email address to access the course materials.

General Info

Lectures:

 

Grading Scheme: (Subject to change)

  • Assignments: 10%
  • Term Paper: 40%
  • Tests: 50%

Instructor:

  • Victor Leung
  • Office: Kaiser, Room 4013
  • E-mail: vleung at ece.ubc.ca 
  • Office hour: Thursdays 2:0-3:00 pm (or by appointment)

 

Objectives:

  • To study the technical issues and state-of-the-art techniques in the operation and management of mobile communications networks;
  • To learn the engineering principles and system evaluation methods used in the design of mobile communications networks.

 

Course Outline:

  • Overview of wireless communications
  • Cellular wireless networks
  • 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G cellular networks
  • Wireless local area networks (Wi-Fi)
  • Wireless wireline interworking, Mobile IP
  • Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET)
  • Wireless personal area networks (Bluetooth, UWB, ZigBee)
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Mobility management and radio resource management
  • Traffic models and mobility models
  • Multiple access techniques
  • Simulations of wireless networks (OPNET, NS2)

Textbook (recommended):

Other Recommended Textbook:

  • Stallings, Wireless Communications and Networks, Prentice Hall 2002, ISBN 9780131918351.
  • Schwartz, Mobile Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-84347-2.
  • Mark and Zhuang, Wireless Communications and Networking, Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN 0-13-040905-8.

References:

       Additional optional textbooks:

  • Pahlavan and Levesque,Wireless Information Networks, Wiley 2005, ISBN: 978-0-471-72542-8. 
  • Pahlavan and Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks: A Unified Approach, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-093003-2.
  • Bertsekas and Gallager, Data Networks, 2 ed. Prentice Hall, 1992, ISBN 0-13-200916-1.
  • TohAd Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, Protocols and Systems, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-007817-4.
  • ThurwachterWireless Networking, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-088366-2.
  • Glisic, Advanced Wireless Networks: 4G Technologies, Wiley 2006,  ISBN 978-0-470-01593-3.

 

      The following magazines, journals and proceedings are dedicated to the subject areas:

  • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Networks Magazine
  • IEEE Trans. Information Theory/Communications/Wireless Communications/Mobile Computing/Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing: Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems
  • ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review
  • ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks
  • ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications
  • Kluwer International Journal of Wireless Information Networks
  • Elsevier Computer Networks/Communications
  • Kluwer Wireless Personal Communications
  • Wiley Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
  • Proceedings of ACM Mobicom/Sigcom, IEEE/ACM Infocom, IEEE Globecom/ICC/WCNC/PIMRC/VTC ...

 

Lecture Schedule

 

  • To access hot links in this section, use your ECE.UBC.CA login.
  • Other course materials will be made available to your email address.

 

Lecture Date

Topics

Reading Assignments

  4 Jan 2012

Course Outline,
Overview of Wireless Communications

Reading: Garg Ch. 1,3,4

11 Jan 2012

1 and 2G Cellular Networks

Reading: Garg Ch. 1,5,6,7

18 Jan 2012

1 and 2G Cellular Networks (cont’d)

 

25 Jan 2012

Multiple Access; Traffic and Mobility Models

 

  1 Feb 2012

Wireless Network Simulations (Guests)

 

  8 Feb 2012

2.5 G and 3G Cellular Networks

 

15 Feb 2012

Mobility Management

 

22 Feb 2012

Mid-term break – lecture cancelled

 

29 Feb 2012

Wireless Local Area Networks

 

  7 Mar 2012

Internetworking - Support of Wireless Links and Mobile Nodes over The Internet

 

14 Mar 2012

Test 1 (1.5 hr.)

 

21 Mar 2012

Wireless Personal Area Networks

 

28 Mar 2012

Wireless Security (Guest lecture by Paria Jokar and Hasen Nicanfar)

 

  4 Apr 2012

Test 2 (2.5 hr.)

 

16 Apr 2012

Report Due

 



Note (from the UBC Calender, please double check):
Monday, 16 January 2012
: Last day for changes in registration and for withdrawal from most Term 2 courses without withdrawal standing of "W" recorded on a student's academic record.
Friday, 10 February 2012: Last day for withdrawal from most Winter Session Term 2 courses through Student Service Centre with withdrawal standing of "W" recorded

 

Term Paper/Project

 

Maintained by V. Leung. Last modification: March 21, 2012