VT 2004, Period 4, 2G1330 Wireless and Mobile Network
Architectures (Arkitekturer för trådlösa och mobila nätverk)
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Announcements
NOTE
2G1330 Wireless and Mobile Network Architectures is a 5
point course designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate
students; especially those in the Telecommunication Graduate Program
or the International Masters Wireless program.
Advanced undergraduates should have completed the course 2G1305
(Internetworking) or 2G1701 (Advanced Internetworking) or an
equivalent course. Students with out one of these courses should
obtain permission of the 2G1330 instructor.
Information is available on:
Aim
This course will give both practical and general knowledge
concerning wireless and mobile network architectures. After this
course you should have some knowledge of these architectures and
understand the basic priciples behind them. You should be able to read
the current literature at the level of conference papers in this area.
As with the Internetworking course you may not be able to
understand all of the papers in journals, magazines, and conferences
in this area - you should be able to read 90% or more of them
and have good comprehension. In this area it is especially
important that develop a habit of reading the journals, trade papers,
etc. In addition, you should also be aware of both standardization
activities, new products/services, and public policy in the area.
You should be able to write papers suitable for submission
to Mobicom and other conferences and journals in the area. This course
should prepare you for starting an exjobb in this area (for
undergraduate students) or beginning a thesis or dissertation (for
graduate students).
Prerequisites
- Telesys, gk or Datorkommunikation och datornät/Data and Computer Communications or
equivalent knowledge in Computer Communications; Internetworking;
and permission of the instructor
Students considering participating in this course should contact
the instructor.
Contents
This course will focus on the network architectures that are
used in wireless and mobile networks. In some cases we will dig deeper into
the protocols used by such networks. The course should give both practical and
more general knowledge concerning the these network architectures.
The course consists of 10 hours of lectures, and an assigned paper
requiring roughly 50h of work by each student.
Topics
- Mobility Management
- Handoff Management: Detection and Assignment, Radio Link Transfer
- Network Signaling
- Intersystem Handoff and Authentication in IS-41
- Roaming
- Example networks: Cellular Digital Packet Data, GSM, General
Packet Radio Service (GPRS), WLAN
- Mobile Number Portability, User Mobility, Device Mobility, ...
- Economic models, such as, Prepaid, Flat rate, ...
- Mobile Services
- Heterogeneous networks
Examination Requirements
- An assigned paper requiring roughly 50h of work by each student (5 p)
- Registration: 01-May 2004, to maguire@it.kth.se
with the "Subject: 2G1330 topics" giving:
- Group members, leader.
- Topic selected
- Written report
- The length of the final report should be 10 pages (roughly 5,000 words) for each student.
- The report may be in the form of a collections of papers,
with each paper suitable for submission to a conference or journal
- Contribution by each member of the group - must be clear (in
the case where the report is a collection of papers - the role
of each member of the group can be explain in the overall
introduction to the papers.
- The report should clearly describe: 1) what you have done;
2) who did what; if you have done some implementation and
measurements you should describe the methods and tools used,
along with the test or implementation results, and your
analysis. Final Report: written report due 24 May 2004 + oral
presentations scheduled from 31-May 2004 to 04-June 2004
- Send email with URL link to maguire@it.kth.se
- Late assignments will not be accepted
- Note that it is pemissible to start working well in advance of the deadlines!
- Language: the report can be written in Swedish or English -
(I can provide better feedback if the report is written in English)
- Oral presentations: 31-May 2004 to 04-June 2004 from 8.00-12.00 and
13.00-16.00 each day in Sal E (formerly known as Sal 5)
Each group should present their results for 20 minutes (note that
this is the upper limit on time - not a lower limit, thus an
individial doing a project might plan on 8-10 minutes), followed by
10 minutes of discussion. You only need to attend the half-day you present.
The exact schedule into half-days will be made once I have received
the written reports.
Grades: U, 3, 4, 5
To get a 4 you need to write a very good paper, i.e., it should be
either a very good review or present a new idea; and you have to give a
very good oral presentation.
To get a 5 you need to have an outstanding or excellent paper and give an
outstanding oral presentation.
Literature
Main Text-Book
The course will mainly be based on the book
Wireless and Mobile Network Architectures by Yi-Bing Lin, Imrich
Chlamtac, John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471394920
Copies of the textbook will be on sale at the "Kistabutiken"
(student bookshop), located in Electrum, level 3. Above the restaurant.
Additional Reference Books
- Mobile IP: Design Principles and Practices
by Charles E. Perkins, Addison-Wesley,
1998, ISBN 0-201-63469-4.
- Mobile IP: the Internet Unplugged by James
D. Solomon, Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-13-856246-6.
- Pervasive Computing: Technology and Architecture of Mobile
Internet Applications by Jochen Burkhardt, Dr. Horst Henn, Stefan
Hepper, Klaus Rintdoff, and Thomas Schäck, Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN
0-201-72215-1. This is a book about writing Java server applications
for PDA, WAP devices, PCs, ... .
- Wireless Internet Applications
and Architecture: Building Professional Wireless Applications
Worldwide by Mark Beaulieu, Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN
0-201-73354-4. This book gives provides some good descriptions of why
mobile applications are not like desktop applications.
- William C.Y. Lee, Mobile Cellular Telecommunications: Analog and
Digital Systems, Second Edition, 1995, ISBN 0-07-038089-9; all the
usual radio topics
- Ellen Kayata Wesel, Wireless Multimedia Communications: Networking
Video, Voice, and Data, Addison-Wesley, 1998, ISBN
0-201-63394-9. (This book is really about signal processing and means
to over come problems. Written by someone who works with satellite systems.)
- David J. Goodman, Wireless Personal Communication Systems,
Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-63470-8. Greate coverage about the
link layer details and general architectures of AMPS, IS-41, North
American TDMA and CDMA, and GSM. Only very brief coverage of CT2,
DECT, PHS, and PACS. This is an exteremely well written book.
- Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and
Practice, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002, 736 pp., ISBN: 0-13-042232-0.
- H. Peter Alesso and Craig F. Smith, The Intelligent Wireless
Web, Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN 0-201-73063-4.
- K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless
Networks, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002, ISBN 0-13-093003-2.
- WLAN
- Håkan Lindberg, Trålösa nätverl - WLAN, WEP
och WiFi, Studentlitterature, Lund, 2002, ISBN-91-44-02696-X
- Harold Davis and Richard Mansfield, The Wi-Fi Experience: Everyone's Guide to 802.11b Wireless Networking,
Que, Book and CD-ROM edition (December 21, 2001), 176 pages, ISBN: 0789726629
- Matthew S. Gast, 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide,
O'Reilly & Associates, 1st edition (April 2002), 464 pages, ISBN: 0596001835
- Jim Geier, Wireless LANS - Implementing High Performance IEEE 802.11 Networks,
Sams, 2nd edition (July 9, 2001), 360 pages, ISBN: 0672320584
- Lawrence Harte (Editor), Nancy Campbell, R. Dreher, Richard Dreher
(Illustrator), Steve Kellogg (Editor), Steven Kellogg, Tom
Schaffnit, Lisa Gosselin, Judith Rourke-O'Briant,
The Comprehensive Guide to Wireless Technology,
APDG Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 2000), 278 pages, ISBN: 0965065847
- James LaRocca, Ruth Larocca, and Judy Bass, 802.11 Demystified: Wi-Fi Made Easy,
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1st edition (June 10, 2002), 291 pages, ISBN: 0071385282
- Daniel Minoli, Hotspot Networks: WiFi for Public Access Locations,
McGraw-Hill Professional, (September 4, 2002), 435 pages, ISBN: 0071409785
- Bob O'Hara and Al Petrick, The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion,
IEEE, 1 edition (December 1999), ISBN: 0738118559
- E. Ouellet, R. Padjen, A. Pfund, R. Fuller (Ed.), and T. Blakenship (Ed.),
Building a CISCO Wireless LAN,
Syngress Media Inc., 1st edition (June 15, 2002), 520 pages, ISBN: 192899458X
- Ron Seide, Neil P. Reid, Lyssa Wald (Illustrator), and Dave Molta, Wi-Fi (802.11) Network Handbook,
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, (December 5, 2002), 363 pages, ISBN: 0072226234
- James Trulove (Editor), Build Your Own Wireless LAN (with Projects),
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1st edition (May 29, 2002), 351 pages, ISBN: 0071380450
Also as an e-book.
- Jeffrey Wheat, Randy Hiser, Jackie Tucker, Alicia Neely, and Andy McCullough,
Designing a Wireless Network,
Syngress Media Inc., 1st edition (June 15, 2001), 379 pages, ISBN: 1928994458
- IETF BoF Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points
(CAPWAP)
- WRAPIis a
Microsoft Windows XP software library that allows applications to query/set
information about an IEEE 802.11 network.
- WLAN security
- Christian Barnes, Tony Bautts, Donald Lloyd, Eric Ouellet, Jeffrey
Posluns, David M. Zendzian, Neal O'Farrell (Editor), Erif
Ouellet, Hack Proofing Your Wireless Network,
Syngress Media Inc., 1st edition (February 28, 2002), 512 pages, ISBN: 1928994598
- Jahanzeb Khan and Anis Khwaja, Building Secure Wireless Networks with 802.11,
John Wiley & Sons, 1 edition (January 10, 2003), 320 pages, ISBN: 0471237159
- Stewart S. Miller, Wi-Fi Security,
McGraw-Hill Professional, (January 22, 2003), 309 pages, ISBN: 0071410732
- Randall K. Nichols and Panos C. Lekkas, Wireless Security: Models, Threats, and Solutions,
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1st edition (December 13, 2001), 657 pages, ISBN: 0071380388
- Cyrus Peikari and Seth Fogie, Maximum Wireless Security,
Sams, Book and CD-ROM edition (December 18, 2002), 408 pages, ISBN: 0672324881
- Bruce Potter and Bob Fleck (Editor), 802.11 Security,
O'Reilly & Associates, 1st Edition edition (December 2002), 208 pages, ISBN: 0596002904
- Russell Dean Vines, Wireless Security Essentials: Defending Mobile Systems from Data Piracy,
John Wiley & Sons, 1st edition (July 15, 2002), 320 pages, ISBN: 0471209368
- Bernard Aboba's
"Unofficial 802.11 Security Web Page"
- Community WLANs
- Rob Flickenger, Building Wireless Community Networks,
O'Reilly & Associates, 1st edition (December 15, 2001), 150 pages, ISBN: 0596002041
- Bluetooth
- Jennifer Bray and Charles F. Sturman, Bluetooth,
Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (December 15, 2000),
ASIN: 0130898406
- Brent A. Miller and Chatschik Bisdikian,
Bluetooth Revealed: The Insider's Guide to an Open Specification for Global Wireless Communications,
Prentice Hall PTR; (September 25, 2000),
ISBN: 0130902942
- low-power wireless sensor networks
Lecture notes are available on-line in PDF format.
Supplementary readings
- Joseph Mitola III, "Software Radio Architecture: Object-Oriented
Approaches to Wireless Systems Engineering", John Wiley & Sons,
October 20, 2000, 568 pages, ISBN: 0-471-38492-5
- Joseph Mitola and Zoran Zvonar (eds.) "Software Radio
Technologies: Selected Readings", IEEE, 1st edition, 2001, 544 pages
ISBN: 0780360222.
- Markus Dillinger, Kambiz Madani, and Nancy Alonistioti (eds.),
"Software Defined Radio: Architectures, Systems and Functions", Wiley,
2003, ISBN 0-470-85164-3.
To be added
Useful URLs
-
Wireless in Everything
-
Near Field Radio for touch interfaces
-
Bluetooth in 5 x 4 x 1.1mm module
- Xilinx's Bluetooth tutorials
- IETF: Internet RFCs, Internet drafts, ...
- Sierra Wireless,
GSM/GPRS SDK AT Command Reference, Rev 1.0, 2130213, 2002;
gives a nice introduction to Hayes ATtention commands, with sections
on GSM, SMS, GPRS
- Sony Ericsson,
GPRS PC Card Modem GC75 AT-Commands Manual, Draft
P1C, date unknown.
- 4G at GaTech
- Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) NeXt Generation (XG)
Communications program
-
New America Foundation, "Wave of the Future or Dead in the Water? The
Public Release of DARPA's XG Spectrum Sharing Technology", June 20,
2003, Washington, DC
- Shared Spectrum Company
- Dr. David Wake,
A Survey of Current and Emerging
Radio-Over-Fibre Technologies for Wireless Communications
Applications", Application Note, Microwave Photonics, Los Angeles,
CA, "extended and updated version of the invited paper given at the
International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 2002
(MWP2002)".
- Alcatel Telecommunications Review (ATR)
- Ericsson's Telecom Report
Schedule
Note that in the following "xx" means "xx:00", not "xx:15".
Dates for 2004:
Thu 18-Mar-04 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00 in Aulan (Forum Building)
Fri 19-Mar-04 10:00-12:00 in Aulan (Forum Building) and
13:00-16:00 in C1 (Electrum Building)
Final oral presentations will be made for both this course and another
course (2G1325: Practical Voice over IP) on the following days:
Mon 31-May-04 8:00-17:00 2G1325 and 2G1330 oral presentations
Tue 01-Jun-04 8:00-17:00 2G1325 and 2G1330 oral presentations
Wed 02-Jun-04 8:00-17:00 2G1325 and 2G1330 oral presentations
Thu 03-Jun-04 8:00-17:00 2G1325 and 2G1330 oral presentations
Fri 04-Jun-04 8:00-17:00 2G1325 and 2G1330 oral presentations
The oral presentations will take place in Sal E (formerly known as
Sal 5).
The split between the courses will be based on the numbers of students
in each course who have submitted reports.
Starting at 10:00 should allow students from most places in Sweden
to leave at ~7:30 and still make it in time for the start at 10.
Lecture Plan and Lecture Material (OH slides)
Note that the lectures will occur in a very intensive fashion to
accommodate graduate students coming from elsewhere in Sweden.
The lecture material for 2004(1.772 Mbytes)
Staff Associated with the Course
Registering
Use the normal process for registering. For most students this
means you should speak with your study advisor (studievägledare.
Other on-line Course Material
An example of an outstanding
paper on imode,
it appears here with permission of the author.
An example of a paper examing the much lower layer issues of
Handover Considerations in the Design of Multi-Standard Transceiver Front Ends,
it appears here with permission of the author.
Sources for Further Information
Note that the seminar series: 2E1380/2E1381 will have 4 tutorials on WCDMA
Date | day | time | room |
Mar 23 | Tuesday | 17:30-19 | D2 |
Mar 25 | Thursday | 17-19 | D2 |
Mar 30 | Tuesday | 17-19 | D2 |
April 1 | Thursday | 17-19 | D2 |
For further information related to communications (especially conferences,
publications, ...) contact one of the professional societies, such as
the IEEE Communications Society,
vendors, or use the WWW!
Handsets poised to be commodities: "Microsoft, Intel Aim for
High-End Phone", Wall Street Journal Europe, Tuesday, 19 Feb. 2002,
page 1 and pg. A6, features an article, which
describes how they are attempting to provide a platform for high-end
phones so that they will be commodities just like PCs.
The figure on A6 shows the basic components of a handset and lists the
prices for the components and for licensing the design "framework":
color screen | 17 euro |
printed circuit board | 9 euro |
flash memory | 2 euro |
radio chip and related electronics | 40 euro |
baseband chip | 34 euro |
battery | 29 euro |
license for reference design for phone 7.50 euro |
license of user interface software 3.40 euro |
license for operating system software 5.70 euro |
An footnote indicates that the last three items could be developed in
house, but typically cost 15 euros from outside suppliers.
IEEE 802.15 Working group:
802.15.3 high performance requirements (upto 55Mbps)
802.15.4 low bandwidth (~250kbps), extra-low power MAC and physical devices
Working group IEEE P802.20,
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Page History
Earlier courses: 2003,
2002
Date | Update |
2004.06.25 |
added link to multimode front-end paper |
2004.06.16 |
added link to imode paper |
2004.03.22 |
added WRAPI link |
2004.03.20 |
added three new links to Wireless in Everything, Near Field
Radios, and a new Bluetooth module |
2004.03.17 |
updated links from this page and some links in the first four
lecture sections |
2004.03.16 |
added lecture notes for 2004 |
2004.03.15 |
change in room!!! |
2003.08.25 |
added link to Alcatel Technical Review |
2003.08.23 |
Noted that Sal 5 is now known as Sal E. |
2004.02.17 |
added radio-over-fibre link |
2003.08.09 |
added SDR and XG radio links |
2003.08.01 |
Added clarification for grades four and five |
2003.07.02 |
first version for 2004 |
© Copyright 2003, 2004 G.Q.Maguire Jr. (maguire@it.kth.se)
All Rights Reserved.
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