This is an archived syllabus from 2013-2014
COMP28512 Mobile Systems syllabus 2013-2014
COMP28512 Mobile Systems
Level 2
Credits: 10
Enrolled students: 46
Course leader: Barry Cheetham
Additional staff: view all staff
Requisites
- Pre-Requisite (Compulsory): COMP15111
Assessment methods
- 50% Written exam
- 50% Practical skills assessment
| Semester | Event | Location | Day | Time | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sem 2 | Lecture | 1.3 | Tue | 09:00 - 09:00 | - |
| Sem 2 | Lab | Toot 0 | Thu | 09:00 - 09:00 | - |
| Sem 2 | Lab | Toot 1 | Thu | 09:00 - 09:00 | - |
- Mobile Computing and Networks
Overview
Now that the mobile telephone has evolved into a powerful computer, the mobile dimension of computing is a vital part of Computer Science. This unit will give insights into many issues of mobile systems, including wireless communication networks, the processing of speech, music and other real-time signals, the control of bit-errors and maximising battery life. The techniques and software which underlie commonplace applications of mobile computing systems, including smart-phones, tablets, laptop computers, MP3 players and GPS satellite navigation, will be addressed.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.
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
10, plus a few lab support lectures
Laboratories
2 hours/week
Feedback methods
Marks and feedback on the three laborartory tasks, the presentation and the report will be communicated via Blackboard.Feedback on previous examinations is available via the School, and feedback on this year's examination will be published in due course.
Study hours
- Assessment written exam (2 hours)
- Lectures (26 hours)
- Practical classes & workshops (24 hours)
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Group/team working
- Innovation/creativity
- Leadership
- Project management
- Oral communication
- Problem solving
- Research
- Written communication
- Other
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:
Learning outcomes are detailed on the COMP28512 course unit syllabus page on the School of Computer Science's website for current students.
Reading list
No reading list found for COMP28512.
Additional notes
Course unit materials
Links to course unit teaching materials can be found on the School of Computer Science website for current students.