EECE 569: Mobile Communications Networks
Term 2, 2012-2013 (January to April 2013)
- 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.
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Announcements (in reverse
chronological order)
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- The class has agreed that Test 2 will be cancelled.
The grading scheme has been adjusted as indicated below.
- Problem set 3 and grades for test 1 have been posted
below.
- Test 1 will cover all course materials up to L5 and
Problem Set 2. You may use the
course notes, problem set solutions and your own notes as reference; no
other reference materials (including textbooks and copies of textbook
pages) allowed. A simple calculator may be used; no
PC/notebook/netbook/tablet or any other handheld computing devices
allowed.
- Problem set 2 has been posted below and is due
during the lecture on Mar. 6, 2013. The lecture on Feb. 27 will be
delivered by guest lecturers Dr. Farshid Agharebparast, Ms. Nasim Arianpoo and Mr.
SeyedAli Hosseininezhad
on wireless network simulations using OPNET, OMNET and ns2/ns3,
respectively.
- Solutions for problem set 1 has been posted below. Lecture notes
L3 has been amended with a list of papers added.
- Problem set 1 has been posted below and is due
during the lecture on Feb. 6, 2013.
- Dates for tests 1 and 2 have been set to Mar. 13 and
Apr. 10, 2013. The tests will take place during regular lecture hours.
- Announcements will be posted here in reverse
chronological order. No lecture on Jan. 2 and 9; the first lecture is on
Jan. 16, 2013. Please watch this site regularly for the latest information
and class notes. An ECE login is required for access to the
password-protected pages.
Lectures:
Grading
Scheme: (Subject to change)
- Assignments: 10%
- Tests (Mar. 13
and Apr.
10): 30%
- Term Paper: 60%
Instructor:
- Victor Leung
- Office: Kaiser, Room 4013
- E-mail:
vleung at ece.ubc.ca
- Office hour: Thursdays 2:00-3:00 pm (or by
appointment)
Teaching
Assistant:
- Haoming Li
- E-mail: hlih
at ece.ubc.ca
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.
- Toh, Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, Protocols and Systems,
Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-007817-4.
- Thurwachter, Wireless 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 ...
- To access hot links in this section, use your ECE.UBC.CA
login.
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Lecture Date
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Topics
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Lecture Notes
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Reading Assignments
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Supplemental Reading Materials
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16 Jan 2013
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Course Outline,
Overview of Wireless Communications
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L1
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Reading: Garg Ch. 1,3,4
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23 Jan 2013
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1 and 2G
Cellular Networks
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L2
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Reading: Garg Ch. 1,5,6,7
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30 Jan 2013
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1 and 2G
Cellular Networks (continued)
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Supplemental notes
on queuing process
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6 Feb 2013
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Multiple
Access Techniques
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L3 with references
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B&G Ch.
4, Garg Ch. 6
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13 Feb 2013
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Traffic and
Mobility Models
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L4
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20 Feb 2013
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Mid-term
break – lecture cancelled
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27 Feb 2013
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Wireless
Network Simulations
(OPNET, OMNeT++, ns2-SUMO-ns3)
Guest
lecturers: Farshid Agharebparast,
Nasim Arianpoo,
SeyedAli Hosseininezhad
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L5 (OPNET)
L5 (OMNeT++)
L10 (ns2-SUMO-ns3)
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6 Mar
2013
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2.5G and 3G Cellular Networks
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L6
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13 Mar 2013
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Test 1 Grades
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20 Mar 2013
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4G Cellular Networks
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L7
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27 Mar 2013
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Wireless
Local and Personal Area Networks
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L8, L9
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3 Apr 2013
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Wireless
Security (Guest lecture by Paria Jokar and Hasen Nicanfar)
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L11
Wireless Security
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10 Apr 2013
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Test 2 (Cancelled)
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15 Apr 2013
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Report Due
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Note (from the UBC Calender,
please double check):
Monday, 14 January 2013: 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, 8 February 2013: Last day for withdrawal from most Winter
Session Term 2 courses through Student Service Centre with withdrawal standing
of "W" recorded
- Problem sets and solutions will
be posted here:
1. Problem set 1 due Feb. 6,
2013. Solutions
2. Problem set 2 due Mar. 6,
2013. Solutions
3. Problem set 3 due Apr. 3,
2013.
Maintained by
V. Leung. Last modification: April 2, 2013