EECE 569: Mobile Communications Networks

Term 2, 2012-2013 (January to April 2013)

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)

  • 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.

General Info

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.
  • 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.

Lecture Date

Topics

Lecture Notes

Reading Assignments

Supplemental Reading Materials

16 Jan 2013

Course Outline,
Overview of Wireless Communications

L1

Reading: Garg Ch. 1,3,4

 

23 Jan 2013

1 and 2G Cellular Networks

L2

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

 

30 Jan 2013

1 and 2G Cellular Networks (continued)

 

 

Supplemental notes on queuing process

6   Feb 2013

Multiple Access Techniques

L3 with references

B&G Ch. 4, Garg Ch. 6

 

13 Feb 2013

Traffic and Mobility Models

L4

 

 

20 Feb 2013

Mid-term break – lecture cancelled

 

 

 

27 Feb 2013

Wireless Network Simulations

(OPNET, OMNeT++, ns2-SUMO-ns3)

Guest lecturers: Farshid Agharebparast, Nasim Arianpoo, SeyedAli Hosseininezhad 

L5 (OPNET)

L5 (OMNeT++)

L10 (ns2-SUMO-ns3)

 

 

 6  Mar 2013

2.5G and 3G Cellular Networks

L6

 

 

13 Mar 2013

Test 1  Grades

 

 

 

20 Mar 2013

4G Cellular Networks

L7

 

 

27 Mar 2013

Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks

L8, L9

 

 

  3 Apr 2013

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

L11 Wireless Security

 

 

10 Apr 2013

Test 2 (Cancelled)

 

 

 

15 Apr 2013

Report Due

 

 

 



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

Assignments

 

  • 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.

 

Term Paper/Project

 

Maintained by V. Leung. Last modification: April 2, 2013