CSI464 – Mobile Computing

By: Dr Shree Om
oms@ub.ac.bw
Overview
• Goal of this course
• Contents of the course.
• Grading
• Office hours
Overview – Networking = “Plumbing”
• Networking is the “plumbing” of computing
• Almost all areas of computing are network-based.
• Distributed computing
• Big Data
• Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things
• Smart Cities
Networking is fueling all sectors of economy
• Networking companies are among the most valued companies: Apple,
AT&T, Samsung, Verizon, Microsoft, China Mobile, Alphabet, Comcast,
NTT, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Amazon, Facebook, …
• All tech companies that are hiring currently are networking
companies
• Note: Apple became highly valued only after it switched from
computing to communications (iPhone)
Overview – Mobile vs Wireless
• Mobile vs. Stationary
• Wireless vs Wired
• Wireless ⇒ Media sharing issues
• Mobile ⇒ Routing, addressing issues
Overview – Wireless Networking
• Impact of Wireless on Networking:
1. Not tied to walls/infrastructure ⇒ Ad-hoc networking
2. Error-prone ⇒ Traffic Management
3. Frequent Disconnections ⇒ Resource Management
i. Quality of Service for multimedia
4. Battery operated
⇒ Media access and networking while sleep
⇒ Time synchronization
6. Broadcast ⇒ Security
Mobile Networking
• Impact of Mobility on Networking:
• Location
• Addressing
• Handoff
Why wireless networking?
1. Wireless (Wi-Fi) is ubiquitous.
2. Most of the access (end user connectivity) is wireless
• Smart phones, Tablets, and many laptops have no wired Ethernet
connections.
3. Most of telecommunication carriers’ revenue is in wireless.
4. New Developments:
• 5G: 1 Gbps Metropolitan Area Networks
• Vehicular Networking (802.11p)
• 6G coming soon.
Mobile Internet
• June 29, 2007: Apple announced iPhone
⇒ Birth of Mobile Internet, Mobile Apps
➢ Almost all services are mobile apps: Google, Facebook, KFC, …
• 2014 mobile data traffic was 2.5×1018 B/month. 30× the size of the entire global
Internet in 2000 (75 PB/month).
• Projection by Cisco for period 2018-2023
• Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connections will be the fastest-growing device and connections
category, growing nearly 2.4-fold during the forecast period.
• Smartphones will grow the second fastest.
• Connected TVs (which include flat-panel TVs, set-top boxes, digital media adapters [DMAs],
Blu-ray disc players, and gaming consoles) will grow next fastest.
• PCs will continue to decline over the forecast period. However, there will more PCs than
tablets.
• Issues: Errors, Disconnection, Limited bandwidth, Limited distance
Internet of Things
What’s smart?
• Old: Smart = Can think ⇒ Computation
= Can Recall ⇒ Storage
• Now: Smart = Can find quickly, Can Delegate
⇒ Communicate = Networking
• Smart Grid, Smart Meters, Smart Cars, Smart homes, Smart Cities,
Smart Factories, Smart Smoke Detectors, …
Goal of this course
• Comprehensive course on wireless and mobile networking
• Broad coverage of current key areas
• Topics of interest to industry
• Intro to physical layer “Wireless Communication.”
• Emphasis on lower layers: Layers 2, 3
• Emphasize both present (Industry standards and products) and near
future (Research).
What will you learn
• How is wireless different from wired communication?
• How does Wi-Fi work?
• How is the speed of Wi-Fi increasing from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps?
• What is the difference between a/b/g/n/ac/ad/…
• How is Bluetooth different from Wi-Fi?
• How is ZigBee different from Wi-Fi?
• What are the protocols that are used in IoT?
• Why do we need new protocols for IoT?
• What is the fundamental difference between
• 1G/2G/3G/4G/5G
• What new features came in with 4G?
• What new techniques enabled 5G?
• 10. What about 6G? When and how?
Tentative Schedule
# Date Topic
1 06/02/24 Course Overview
2 08/02/24 Wireless Trends + Wireless Coding and Modulation (Part 1)
3 13/02/24 Wireless Coding and Modulation (Part 2)
4 15/02/24 Wireless Signal Propagation
5 20/02/24 IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs. Part I:Basics
6 22/02/24 Wireless LANs Part II: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (Part 1)
7 27/02/24 Wireless LANs Part II: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (Part 2)
8 29/02/24 Mid-term Exam 1
9 05/03/24 60 GHz Millimeter Wave Gigabit Wireless Networks
Tentative Schedule
# Date Topic
10 07/03/24 Vehicular Wireless Networks + Wireless in White Spaces
11 12/03/24 IoT + Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart (Part 1)
12 14/03/24 Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart (Part 2)
13 26/03/24 IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN
14 28/03/24 Low Power WAN Protocols for IoT
15 Introduction to 6LowPAN and RPL
16 Cellular Networks: 1G/2G/3G
17 LTE
18 4G/LTE-Advanced (4G)
Tentative Schedule
# Date Topic
19 LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G)
20 5G (Part 1)
21 5G (Part 2)
Textbook
• No one book covers the breadth of the material in this course
• There will be a reading list with each lecture.
• The list may include some books, websites, and Wikipedia links
Grading (weight will be updated soon)
• Homework – 15%
• Tests – 20%
• Final Exam
• Project – 15%
Office hours
• Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday - 12-1pm; or by appointment
• Questions can also be asked in the WhatsApp group.
• Teaching assistant: Edward Bakane (bakanemes@gmail.com)
• Please write CSI464 in the subject field of all emails related to this
course.
• Resolve your grading issue with the TA first before approaching the
instructor.
Summary
• We are living in the Internet age. Most activities, including work and
play, require the Internet.
• Networking companies are among the most valued companies in the
world.
• Wireless networking is taking over the edge, fueled by smartphones
and smart devices (IoT).
• Goals of this course:
• To prepare you for the current job market in networking
• To teach you how to keep up with the latest in wireless and mobile
networking