Mobile Networks
Contents
- Wide area mobile networks: Cellular networks (GSM, UMTS, 4G networks): Introduction to cellular networks, architectures and evolution; main services (voice, SMS, CMestrado.SD, HSCMestrado.SD, GPRS, EDGE). Simulation and evaluation of CDMA-UMTS. Description and evaluation of MIMO architectures in cellular networks.
- Satellite mobile networks. "Trunking" (Tetra) networks.
- Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Personnel Area Networks (WPANs) Reference Models. WLANs (IEEE802.11 e HyperLAN): architecture, radio interfaces, propagation and protocol stacks. WPANs (Bluetooth e IEEE802.15): Main concepts and examples, architecture and protocol stacks;
- Short-range wireless transmission systems: Optical systems (IrDA). Radio-based systems (Bluetooth);
- Integration and interoperability of mobile networks: Association and handover, global authentication, security issues;
- Intelligent network platforms. Access to network services (OSA/Parlay, Mexe, GMLC). Technologies and services to support applications (SMS, WAP, MMS, J2ME). Positioning and Geo-location in mobile networks.
Learning Outcomes
- to describe the several types of mobile networks, explaining their evolution and discussing their functionality, complementarity and use;
- to describe the architecture of cellular networks, interrelating the main components of the architecture and understanding their role;
- to characterize the underlying protocol stacks of WLANs and WPANs; to select the most convenient network services to support applications in mobile environments.
Bibliography
- H. Holma and Antti Toskala editors, WCDMA for UMTS Rádio Access For Third Generation Mobile Communications, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
- Joachim Tisal, GSM cellular radio telephony, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
- Gilbert Held, Data over wireless networks Bluetooth, WAP, and wireless LANs, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- P. Nicopolitidis, et al., Wireless Networks, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
- Yi-Bing Lin, Imrich Chlamtac, Wireless and mobile network architectures, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
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