COMP28512: Mobile Systems (2011-2012)
This is an archived syllabus from 2011-2012
Mobile Systems
Level: 2Credit rating: 10
Pre-requisites: COMP15111
Co-requisites: No Co-requisites
Duration: 11 weeks in Semester 2
Lectures: 10, plus a few lab support lectures
Labs: 2 hours/week
Lecturers: Barry Cheetham, Steve Furber
Course lecturers: Barry Cheetham
Steve Furber
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Timetable
Semester | Event | Location | Day | Time | Group |
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Sem 2 | Lecture | 1.4 | Tue | 09:00 - 11:00 | - |
Sem 2 | Lab | Toot 0 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | F,G,H,I |
Sem 2 | Lab | Toot 1 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | - |
Sem 2 | Lab | UNIX | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | - |
Sem 2 w32 | Lecture | IT406 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | - |
Sem 2 w32 | Lecture | IT407 | Thu | 09:00 - 11:00 | - |
Assessment Breakdown
Exam: 50%Coursework: 0%
Lab: 50%
Themes to which this unit belongs
- Mobile Computing and Networks
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.
Programme outcome | Unit learning outcomes | Assessment |
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A3 | Appreciate the issues that differentiate mobile from tethered systems. |
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A5 B1 B2 B3 C3 | Have a working knowledge of speech, music and video codecs. |
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A3 | Understand the basics of wireless communication. |
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A2 A5 B1 B2 B3 C2 C3 C9 D3 D7 D10 | Appreciate the holistic nature of power-efficient system design. |
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Syllabus
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