Mobile Communications

The course introduces technologies and protocols from physical layer to transport layer in wireless and mobile networks. Wireless communications suffers from network characteristics that are quite different than in fixed networks, e.g., interference, attenuation, bad channel conditions, mobility of end systems and users etc. The course covers protocols on physical, medium access, routing, and transport level in wireless local / personal area networks (WLAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee etc.) as well as satellite and cellular networks (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, LTE, 5G). Novel network architectures such as mobile ad-hoc and wireless mesh networks are also discussed.

Details

Code 11033
Type Course
ECTS 5
Site Bern
Track(s) T1 – Distributed Software Systems
Semester S2026

Teaching

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course you will be able to

  • identify and evaluate physical layer characteristics in wireless networks compromising network performance
  • evaluate multiplexing techniques and their combinations in wireless networks
  • explain and compare mobility management protocols in cellular networks and IP networks
  • to evaluate different satellite communication technologies
  • to discuss and compare various wireless communication technologies for local and personal area networks
  • discuss protocols and protocol mechanisms on transport layer, in particular TCP, to support communication of mobile users
  • to evaluate novel wireless network architectures such as mobile ad-hoc and wireless mesh networks, where not only end systems but also routers communicate via wireless networks only.
Lecturer(s) Torsten Braun
Language english
Course Page

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Schedules and Rooms

Period Weekly
Schedule Monday, 10:15 - 13:00
Location UniBE, Engehaldenstrasse 8

Additional information

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First Lecture
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