COMP20252: Mobile Systems (2009-2010)
This is an archived syllabus from 2009-2010
Mobile Systems
Level: 2Credit rating: 10
Pre-requisites: COMP10031
Co-requisites: No Co-requisites
Duration: 11 weeks in Semester 2
Lectures: ) The presentation of the course is to be determined, but is likely to have
Labs: ) a significant laboratory component
Lecturers: Doug Edwards, Steve Furber
Course lecturers: Doug Edwards
Steve Furber
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Timetable
Semester | Event | Location | Day | Time | Group |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sem 2 w19-26,30-33 | Lab | Toot 0 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | H |
Sem 2 w19-26,30-33 | Lab | Toot 1 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | H |
Sem 2 w19-26,30-33 | Lab | UNIX | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | H |
Sem 2 w19-26,30-33 | Lecture | 1.4 | Tue | 15:00 - 16:00 | - |
Sem 2 w19-24 | Lecture | 1.3 | Mon | 09:00 - 10:00 | - |
Assessment Breakdown
Exam: 50%Coursework: 0%
Lab: 0%
Degrees for which this unit is optional
- Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)
Aims
Computing is becoming increasingly mobile. This unit will give insights into the issues of mobile systems, covering mobile communications, real-time signals such as speech, video and music, codecs, and maximising battery life.
Learning Outcomes
A student completing this course should:
Appreciate the issues that differentiate mobile from tethered systems.
Have a working knowledge of speech, music and video codecs.
Understand the basics of wireless communication.
Appreciate the holistic nature of power-efficient system design.
Assessment of Learning outcomes
All learning outcomes will probably be assessed incrementally in the laboratoryContribution to Programme Learning Outcomes
TBDSyllabus
Mobile systems
Commonplace examples of mobile computing systems: - mobile phones; - MP3 players; - laptop computers; - PDAs; - GPS satellite navigation.
Real-time signals
Analogue and digital signals; - time and frequency domain representations; - sampling, aliasing, quantization; - companding; - real-time computation.
Coding, decoding and compression
GSM speech coding; - MP3 music, JPEG image and MPEG video coding & decoding; - error correcting codes; - communications coding schemes.
Mobile communication
Transmitting real-time information over wireless networks; - principles of cellular and ad-hoc networks; - Coding of multimedia signals - to increase the capacity of radio channels; - to minimise the effect of transmission errors.
Maximising battery life
May be addressed at many levels including: - chip design; - signal coding and processing; - medium access control; - transmit power control.
Reading List
Core Text
Title: Computer networks (5th edition)Author: Tanenbaum, Andrew S. and David Wetherall
ISBN: 9780132126953
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 5th
Year: 2010