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Advanced Communication Systems [ComSys]

Winter 2012/2013

Contents

This course discusses advanced topics in communication systems. Starting with an introduction to wired network infrastructures and protocol engineering, we study quality of service techniques necessary for multimedia communication in the Internet. In the second part of the lecture, we focus on wireless communication, starting with wireless LAN and WPAN solutions, and continuing with routing and clustering techniques in ad hoc networks.

    • Network Infrastructure
      Ciruit switching, virtual circuit switching, telephone networks, ATM
    • Quality of Service and Multimedia
      Policing, scheduling, AQM, IntServ, DiffServ, MPLS
    • Wireless and Mobile Communications
      Wireless LAN, WPAN, sensor networks, GSM/UMTS
    • Ad Hoc Networks
      Routing, clustering, self-organization in massively distributed systems

General Information

This master course will be held in English and all the course material is available in English. Oral exams can be organized in English as well as in German.

  • Lecture, 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
  • Proseminar, 3 SWS, 6 ECTS

Instructors

Schedule

  • Lecture (LV 703628)
    Thursday, 10:15am - 11:45am, HS 11; no lecture on December 6
  • Proseminar (LV 703629)
    Thursday, 2:15am - 4:45am, RR 21

Exams

There will be oral exams for the lecture. We will provide more information at the end of the winter term. The grading of proseminar will be based on the assignments and the discussion of the home work.

Oral exam: Please send a short email to Falko Dressler to make an appointment for the exam. Please provide at least some alternatives - we will do our best to select a suitable date.

Evaluation

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Literature

  • Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja, Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, ed. 2, Boston, London, McGraw-Hill, 2004. [BibTeX, Details...]
  • Douglas E. Comer, Computer Networks and Internets, ed. 5, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson, 2009. [BibTeX, Details...]
  • Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1996. [BibTeX, Details...]
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