31275 Mobile Networking Subject Outline PDF

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SUBJECT OUTLINE 31275 Mobile Networking Course area

UTS: Information Technology

Delivery

Spring 2021; City

Credit points 6cp Requisite(s)

31270 Networking Essentials OR 31467 Networking 1 OR 31486 Data Communications OR 31516 Networking Fundamentals OR 48720 Network Fundamentals OR 41092 Network Fundamentals

Result type

Grade and marks

Attendance: Forms of attendance and mode of delivery in this subject have changed to enable social distancing and reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 in our community. Recommended studies: basic understanding of networking and telecommunication concepts

Subject coordinator Andrew Zhang Office: CB11.08.117 Phone: 9514 7871 Email: [email protected] The tutors for your tutorial class are recommended as the first point of contact if you have matters of a personal nature to discuss, e.g., illness, study problems, team problems, team re-assignment, or a request for an appointment outside the given consultation hours, as they work more closely with each class. The Subject Coordinator may also be contacted by email on these issues. All email must bear a meaningful description in the ‘Subject’ box at the top of the email, beginning with the Subject number: e.g., 31275 team problems, 31275 request for late submission due to illness, 31275 I have no team, etc. Generally questions regarding assessment and the Subject should be raised in the lectures or tutorials. This ensures that all students get the benefit of the information given.

Teaching staff Coordinator and Lecturer: A/Prof Andrew Zhang, Email: [email protected]; Lecturer: Dr. Kai Wu, Email: [email protected].

Subject description Wireless networks, such as cellular, WiFi, sensor, satellite and near field communication networks, provide ubiquitous connections to devices and end-users, and are the underlying technologies and systems for almost every industry today. This subject covers the principles and applications of wireless telecommunication networks, and their integration with the internet. The emphasis is on the concepts, infrastructure and protocols of these networks, and the use of these networks in applications with different requirements of supporting devices and mobility. This subject also offers extensive hands-on experience via solving industry-related problems, and provides opportunities for research innovation via group project work. This subject provides students with both fundamental knowledge and practical usage experience in wireless networks, and is suitable for students over a wide range of engineering courses.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs) Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to: 1. Explain the concepts, techniques and protocols employed in various wireless networks to perform consulting tasks involving support roles for wireless technologies. 2. Analyze the network infrastructure requirements to support mobile devices and users. 3. Develop and roadshow innovative solutions for practical applications of wireless technologies 23/07/2021 (Spring 2021)

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Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs and cultural perspectives, establish priorities and goals, and identify constraints, uncertainties and risks (social, ethical, cultural, legislative, environmental, economics etc.) to define the system requirements. (B.1) Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to develop components, systems and processes to meet specified requirements. (C.1) Technically Proficient: FEIT graduates apply abstraction, mathematics and discipline fundamentals, software, tools and techniques to evaluate, implement and operate systems. (D.1) Collaborative and Communicative: FEIT graduates work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams, communicating effectively and operating within cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts in the workplace. (E.1)

Teaching and learning strategies Weekly 3 hour lecture and tutorial. The subject is designed to engage students closely in the learning process, by encouraging active learning and providing students with sufficient opportunities for hand-on practice. Students will have extensive interactive activities in class and using Canvas, with both their fellow students and teachers. The subject includes two stages of learning activities: nine weeks of theory and three weeks of project develpoment. In the theory stage, students will learn the basic knowledge of different wireless networks, through a mix of online lectures, interactive discussions, online quizzes, forum discussions, exercises and group discussions. Students are required to watch online lectures and study the supplemental reading materials before the class. The tutorial class is built upon such pre-class preparation by assuming students’ familiarity with the content. What a student can learn and achieve in the tutorial classes largely depends on how well he/she has prepared, and how well he/she accepts feedback. In each tutorial, a quick review of the online lecture and Q&A session will be firstly provided. Students will then work on some exercises. Each exercise will be discussed and reference answers will be provided to students. Students will then have group discussions for some small projects/topics. Finally, an online quiz will be conducted. Tutors will provide oral feedback following each quiz on a weekly basis. In the project development stage, students will work in groups to develop innovative solutions for practical applications, using the wireless technologies learned in the theory stage. In this stage, students will be able to not only get a deeper understanding of wireless network technologies, but also learn the skills of applying technologies to solve practical problems in a collaborative and competitive way, mimicking the real working environment. Feedback will be provided both orally and in writing over the whole period, from both tutors and student peers. Tutorials will be organized into different themes, including cooperation, competition and commercialization across three weeks. Students will play the different roles of collaborator, competitor and investor during this process, and will help each other to improve project work and peer-assess the quality of the work. Outstanding groups have the opportunity of being invited and funded to continue their project work as either their thesis or internship project. Across the whole subject period, students are strongly encouraged to participate in the active learning exercises in class. Merit will be given according to the level of engagement demonstrated by each student.

Content (topics) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Introduction and Wireless data transmission principles. Radio frequency communications. Wireless Personal Area Networks: Bluetooth and Zigbee. Wireless Local Area Networks: WiFi . Wireless Wide Area Networks: Cellular and Satellite. Radio Frequency Identification and Near-field Communications. Develop an innovative solution for practical problems using mobile networking technologies.

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Dates

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02 Aug

Lecture 1. Prepare for the subject. Welcome to Mobile Networking. Notes: There is 1-hour online lecture this week. Topic: Introduction to this subject. No tutorial.

2

9 Aug

Lecture 2: Introduction and Wireless Data Transmission (Chapter 1, 2) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 2 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 1: Theory study for lecture 1 (online Only) Review; Exercise and Group discussions Quiz practise (no Marking applied) Post-work: Review lecture 2, prepare for Quiz 1

3

16 Aug

Lecture 3: Radio Frequency Communications (Chapter 3) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 3 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 2: Theory study for Lecture 2 (Online Only) Review; Exercise; and Group discussions Online quiz 1 (10%) and feedback Post-work: Review lecture 3 and prepare for Quiz 2

4

23 Aug

Lecture 4: Wireless Personal Area Networks (Chapter 5) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 4 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 3: Theory study for Lecture 3 (Online Only) Review, exercise, and group discussions Online quiz 2 (10%) and feedback Post-work: Review Lecture 4 and prepare for Quiz 3

5

30 Aug

Lecture 5: Wireless Local Area Networks - 1 (Chapter 6) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 5 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 4:Theory study for Lecture 4 Review, exercise and group discussions Online quiz 3 (10%) and feedback Post-work: Review lecture 5 and prepare for Quiz 4

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06 Sept

Lecture 6: Wireless Local Area Networks -2 (Chapters 7 and 8) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 6 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 5: Theory study for Lecture 5 Review, exercise and group discussions Online quiz 4 (10%) and feedback Post-work: Review lecture 6 and prepare for Quiz 5

7

13 Sept

Lecture 7: Wireless Wide Area Networks (Chapter 10) Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 7 (Notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 6: Theory study for Lecture 6 Review, exercise and group discussions Online quiz 5 (10%) and feedback Introduction to Project work Feedback from previous year's project work Post-work: Review Lecture 7 and prepare for Quiz 6. Forming Teams for project work and develop initial project ideas.

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20 Sept

Mid-session Stuvac - no classes

8

27 Sept

Lecture 8: IoT and RFID Technologies (Ref materials and Chapter 11), Kick-off Project Work Notes: Pre-work: Pre-study lecture 8 (notes and/or video) In-class activities: Tutorial 7 Review, excise and group discussions for Lecture 7 Online Quiz 6 (10%) and feedback Form and refine project ideas collaboratively. Post-work: Develop project idea and plan. Prepare for Quiz 7.

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04 Oct

Lecture 9: Review of State-of-the-art Wireless Technologies Notes: Pre-work: Project development and prepare for Quiz 7. In-class activities: Tutorial 8 Review, exercises and group discussions for Lecture 8 Online Quiz 7 (10%) Refine project idea and develop project methodology. Post-work: Develop detailed project methodology

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11 Oct

Tutorial 9: Project work (Theme: Cooperation and Competition) Notes: Pre-work: Develop detailed project plan and methodology In-class avtivities: Elaborate project ideas and develop methodologies in a collaborative and competitive way Team Presentation and peer-feedback Post-work: Implement project plan and develop a demo/prototype

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18 Oct

Tutorial 10: Project work (Theme: Application and Commercialization) Notes: Pre-work: Implement project plan and develop a demo/prototype. Prepare a pitching slide for your product. In-class avtivities: Learn and assess the social and commercial aspects of your project. Team Presentation and peer-feedback Post-work: Complete a 3-min video for project presentation and writing up the report.

12

25 Oct

Tutorial 11: Project work (Final presentations) Notes: Joint tutor and peer assessment. Attendance is required: Not attending or late arrival will result in mark reduction for assignment 2 per session.

The students are expected to attend all scheduled sessions for the subject.

Assessment Assessment task 1: Quizzes Intent:

The intent of this assessment is to encourage students to do pre-class preparation, develop better self-learning capabilities, and achieve solid theory study results. The quiz questions and answers are generally straightforward. The study of the theory will establish the foundation for subsequent project work, and allow students to become competent and knowledgeable wireless engineers.

Objective(s): This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1 and 2 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): C.1 and D.1 Type:

Quiz/test

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Groupwork: Individual Weight:

60%

Task:

Quizzes are designed to address objectives 1-2, assessing skills in topics covered in online lectures. Feedback will be provided to students following each quiz on a weekly basis. The quizzes will be open book.

Due:

Weekly, in class from weeks 3 to 9 (tutorials 2 to 8)

Further There will be no supplementary exercises if not attending the tutorial during those weeks. The final information: quiz marks will be calculated based on the best 6 out of 7 quiz results for each student.

Assessment task 2: Mobile Application Design project Intent:

This assessment task stimulates students to apply theory to develop innovative solutions to real problems representative of industry, and create a wireless industrial design report. It assesses students' overall knowledge and capabilities in problem abstraction, modeling, and flexibly applying the learned knowledge from this subject to solve real wireless problems. The task also promotes team work by mimicking the real collaborative and competitive working environment.

Objective(s): This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 2 and 3 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1, C.1, D.1 and E.1 Type:

Project

Groupwork: Group, group and individually assessed Weight:

40%

Task:

A Wireless Application Design project. This is a group assignment (3 per group). In this assignment you develop a technical plan and solution for an innovative wireless application. Three tutorials from week 9 to 11 will be organized in different themes of cooperation, competition and commercialization to help students to work on different aspects of the projects and get efficient feedback from both tutors and fellow students. The group will present their final solution in week 11 or week 12. The report needs to be submitted through UTSOnline in Week 12. The total 40 marks will be distributed as 3 for progress over each of weeks 9 to 11, 25 for report, and 12 for presentation. For this assessment students will be assessed as a team and receive one total mark for the team. However, the individual’s mark will vary depending on how individual members assess each other's contribution. Each team member has to decide how marks are allocated to each member of the team with the total mark not exceeding the total mark allocated for this task. Details of the marking criteria and instructions for this task will be announced in separate documents released in approximately week 6.

Due:

Presentation: Week 12, in class. Group presentation of the application as a roadshow (product launch) via pre-recorded video, followed by live Q&A; Report: Due 11:59pm Friday, Week 12

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Moderation of marks Where assessment items are marked by more than one marker, moderation will occur in line with UTS policy.

Assessment feedback Feeback for Quiz will be provided immediately following each quiz on a weekly basis. Feedback for project work will be provided both orally and in-written from both tutors and peer students.

Minimum requirements In order to pass the subject, a student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.

Required texts Guide to Wireless Communications, 4th Edition, Jorge L. Olenewa, ISBN: 978-1-305-95853-1

Graduate attribute development For a full list of the faculty's graduate attributes refer to the FEIT Graduate Attributes webpage. For the contribution of subjects taken in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or Master of Professional Engineering to the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies, see the faculty's Graduate Attributes and the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies webpage.

Assessment: faculty procedures and advice Marking criteria Marking criteria for each assessment task will be available on the Learning Management System: Canvas. Extensions When, due to extenuating circumstances, you are unable to submit or present an assessment task on time, please contact your subject coordinator before the assessment task is due to discuss an extension. Extensions may be granted up to a maximum of 5 days (120 hours). In all cases you should have extensions confirmed in writing. Special consideration If you believe your performance in an assessment item or exam has been adversely affected by circumstances beyond your control, such as a serious illness, loss or bereavement, hardship, trauma, or exceptional employment demands, you may be eligible to apply for Special Consideration. Late penalty For Graded subjects: Work submitted late without an approved extension is subject to a late penalty of 10 per cent of the total available marks deducted per calendar day that the assessment is overdue (e.g. if an assignment is out of 40 marks, and is submitted (up to) 24 hours after the deadline without an extension, the student will have four marks deducted from their awarded mark). Work submitted after five calendar days is not accepted and a mark of zero is awarded. For some assessment tasks a late penalty may not be appropriate – these are clearly indicated in the subject outline. Such assessments receive a mark of zero if not completed by/on the specified date. Examples include: a. weekly online tests or laboratory work worth a small proportion of the subject mark, or b. online quizzes where answers are released to students on completion, or c. professional assessment tasks, where the intention is to create an authentic assessment that has an absolute submission date, or d. take-home papers that are assessed during a defined time period, or e. pass/fail assessment tasks. For Pass/Fail subjects: Work submitted late without an approved extension will only be assessed at the subject coordinator’s discretion. Students who do not submit assessment tasks by the due dates may be referred to the Responsible Academic Officer under Student Rule 3.8.2, and a fail result may be recorded for the subject.

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Querying results If you believe an error may have been made in the calculation of your result in an assessment task or the final result for the subject, it is possible to query the result with the Subject Coordinator within five (5) working days of the date of release of the result.

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