King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals
Computer Engineering Department
Mobile Computing (COE 446)
Syllabus
Catalog Description
Introduction
to mobile computing, which are wireless randomly moving devices with/without
administration center. Studying exciting infrastructure/infrastructure-less
wireless protocols in order to design computer networks. Quality of Service
(QoS) issues and performance evaluation of various wireless protocols using
simulation programs available at COE. Introduction to modeling and optimization
methods using linear programming.
Instructor: Dr. Tarek Sheltami
Office: 22-327
Email: tarek@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
Office hours: Check my weekly schedule or by appointment
Tel: 4678
Text Book: No text book for this class yet. Course notes are published
research papers.
All assignments will require computer usage. This may involve the
use of word processing as well as graphic software’s. Some assignments may
require the use of electronic databases and/or the internet. Moreover, oral
presentations should be conducted via computers. In different projects,
students might use special packages that are available in the department to
carry out their project simulations or to process their experimental data. Some
simulation programs available in the COE department such as OpNet, Matlab and
others or programming language such as Java and C++ can be used in the project
work.
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Grading Policy: |
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Tentative exam dates |
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Attendance/Participation/Quizzes/Assignments |
25% |
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Mid-terms |
30% |
October 30, 2006 and December 25, 2006 |
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Project |
10% |
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Final Exam |
35% |
Scheduled by registrar |
Evaluation Methods
1. Attendance and participation in class
discussions.
2. Weekly progress assessment (Assignments and
Quizzes).
3. Midterm exams.
4. Final exam.
5. Oral presentation.
Tentative Course Schedule
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Week 1 |
Introduction |
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History of Wireless Networks |
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Introduction to Ad hoc Networks |
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Implementation of Ad hoc Networks (Experiment # 1) |
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Week 2 |
Multiple Access (ALOHA),(CSMA/CA), (FDMA and TDMA), and (CDMA) |
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Implementation of Bluetooth network (Experiment # 2) |
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Week 3 |
Comparison between FDMA, TDMA and CDMA |
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Performance of Fixed Assignments Access Methods |
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Making a wireless network connection in Windows XP without a router (Experiment # 3) |
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Week 4 |
Wireless Network Topologies |
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Introduction to remote access |
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Multi-hop remote access using laptops and pocket PCs in different modes (Experiment #4) |
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Week 5 |
Cell Concept |
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Single to Interference Calculations |
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Capacity Expansion Techniques |
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Week 6 |
Capacity Expansion Techniques |
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Channel Borrowing Techniques |
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Week 7 |
Projects Description, start work in projects |
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Location Management Protocols, |
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Paging Schemes and Location Dissemination |
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Handoff Management |
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Week 8 |
Mobile IP |
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Radio Resource Management and Power Control |
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Week 9 |
GSM Cellular System |
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Week 10 |
IS-95 Cellular System |
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Week 11 |
GPRS |
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Week 12 |
WiMAX |
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Week 13 |
DSR, AODV and WEAC Ad hoc routing protocols |
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Week 14 |
Bluetooth |
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Submission of Projects |
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Week 15 |
Project Presentations |