Advanced wireless networks
Develop your knowledge of wireless networks! You will immerse yourself in the different technologies and gain practical knowledge of modern networking technologies.
Facts
Target group:
IT professionals who want to deepen their knowledge in IoT-based industrial automation and digitalization.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge in programming. Good knowledge of English.
Scope:
According to agreement
Location:
By agreement
Language:
English
Price:
SEK 12 000 excluding VAT
Registration:
Register your interest through the link further down on this page. Luleå University of Technology reserves the right to cancel the course if there are too few participants.
About the course
The teaching consists of lectures, laboratory sessions and seminar assignments. The labs are presented orally and may have a deadline for submission.
Course content
- Basic knowledge about wireless communication
- sensor networks (IEEE 802.15.x protocols, e.g., Bluetooth, ZigBee)
- Local wireless networks (IEEE 802.11x protocols)
- Mobile networks (LTE, WiMax)
- Mobility in wireless networks (Mobile IP, mobile ad-hoc networks, delay-tolerant networks)
- Hot research topics in the field of wireless networks
- Network simulation
At the end of the course you will be able to
- Explain the elements of modern radio transmission technology.
- Calculate the size of radio transmission areas.
- Explain the "hidden/exposed terminal" problem and explain the difference between MAC protocols in wireless and wired networks.
- Describe the channel congestion problem in the MAC and transport layer.
- Compute path with the famous Bellman-Ford and Dijkstra path selection algorithms and identify path selection protocol problems in wireless networks.
- Explain the concepts behind reactive and proactive route selection protocols in wireless networks.
- Explain the concepts behind geographic and content-based routing protocols in wireless networks.Identify the problems of using transport protocols in multi-hop wireless networks.
- Simulate TCP and UDP in a wireless environment and different routing protocols in a network simulator and measure performance parameters such as throughput, packet loss rate.
- Explain the principles behind the network architectures WiMax, Zegbee and Bluetooth, LTE.
Expression of interest
- Register your interest
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A registration of interest is not binding. The course starts when enough people have registered interest.
Responsible teacher
Evgeny Osipov, Professor
Contact person
LTU Professional Education uppdragsutbildning@ltu.se
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