Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor-Lecturer
Rajan Shankaran
285, Level 2, 4 RPD
TBA
Lecturer
Muhammad Sajjad Akbar
TBA
Tutor/Practical Supervisor
Muhammad Sajjad Akbar
TBA
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ITEC647 or COMP6250
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will aim to provide a sound understanding of the architecture and operating principles of mobile and wireless networks. The unit will cover two fronts: introduce students to the diverse literature on mobile data networks, and expose them to the fundamental issues in design and analysis of different mobile network architectures. A healthy mix of technological and research issues will be covered pertaining to a wide range of topics in mobile networking including wireless LANs, mobile network layer design, location management and mobility tracking, mobile transport layer design issues, and ad hoc networks.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assignment Submission
From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quiz 1 | 20% | No | Week 6 |
Assignment 2 | 40% | No | Week 11 |
Assignment 1 | 20% | No | Week 7 |
Quiz 2 | 20% | No | Week 10 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 20%
Quiz 1 is a short test (close book) that will be based on your previously covered lecture material for weeks 1-4. The quiz questions will be handed over to you at the beginning of your Lecture class.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 40%
Students will leverage their knowledge of mobile networks to research and critically analyse relevant literature in the discipline and present conclusions. The assessment also allows students to further develop their team working and professional communication skills. The project report (10 pages with citations) is due in week 11. The Presentations are scheduled in weeks 11 and 12.
Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%
The purpose of the problem solving assignment is to help the students to get accustomed to dealing with real world problem situations/issues.It is designed to help students analyse a particular problem and find its best solution. Some questions may require an in depth research and will be a process to come up with an acceptable and reasonable answer
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 20%
Quiz 2 is a short test (close book) that will be based on your previously covered lecture material for weeks 5-9. The quiz questions will be handed over to you at the beginning of your Lecture class.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Note: There are no Hurdles in this unit.
Live lecture sessions will provide an opportunity for the students to ask questions on the topic of the week and to clarify anything that they might not be sure of. In order for these live sessions to be worthwhile, we strongly urge the students to watch the recordings before attending these sessions..
Lecture recordings will be made available through Echo360.
It should be noted that no single text book completely covers the content of this unit. A large portion of the lecture material is drawn from research papers, Industry White Papers and standard documents . Students are encouraged to read the weekly recommended reading list to gain a solid understanding of the topics that are covered.
There will be two quizzes in the following weeks: 6 and 11. A quiz is a short test that will be based on your previously covered lecture material. For example, week 5 quiz will be based on lectures done in weeks 1-4. The quiz questions will be handed over to you at the beginning of your Lecture class. Each quiz contributes 20% of the total mark and serves as a feedback mechanism to monitor your progress in the unit.
Your assignment is to be submitted online using Turnitin.
Late Submission
From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:
The tutorial gives you the opportunity to interact with your peers and with the lecturer. The tutorial sessions involve informal discussions with your peers and the lecturer. Each week you will be given problems to solve prior to the tutorial; preparing solutions is important because it will allow you to discuss the problems effectively with your tutor and maximise the feedback you get on your work.
Practical sessions will be held in the second half of the unit.
General Notes
In this unit, you should do the following:
There is no single text book containing material that could address all topics of unit. All necessary reading material and elaborate and detailed notes on lecture topics will be provided by lecturers every week.
Note: We anticipate that there may be some shifting of material depending on class progress during the lecture series.
Week |
Topic |
Reading |
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1 | Introduction | Notes | |
2 | Medium Access Protocols | Notes | |
3 | Wireless LAN Part I | Notes | |
4 | Wireless LAN Part II | Notes | |
5 | Mobile IP | Notes | |
6 | Cellular IP | Quiz 1 | Notes |
7 | Introduction to Cellular Networks | Assignment 1 Due | Notes |
8 |
Satellite Internet |
Notes | |
9 | Mobile Ad Hoc Networks | Notes | |
10 | Quality of Service/Overview of Transport Protocols for Mobile and Wireless Networks | Quiz 2 | Notes |
11 | Mobile Communications Security | Assignment 2 Report due | Notes |
12 | Presentation | ||
13 | Presentation/Guest Lecture |
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Grades
At the end of the semester, you will receive a grade that reflects your achievement in the unit
• Fail (F): does not provide evidence of attainment of all learning outcomes. There is missing or partial or superficial or faulty understanding and application of the fundamental concepts in the field of study; and incomplete, confusing or lacking communication of ideas in ways that give little attention to the conventions of the discipline.
• Fail (FH): has obtained a raw mark over 50, yet failed all available attempt of at least one hurdle assessment.
• Pass (P): provides sufficient evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes. There is demonstration of understanding and application of fundamental concepts of the field of study; and communication of information and ideas adequately in terms of the conventions of the discipline. The learning attainment is considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in relation to the specified outcomes.
• Credit (Cr): provides evidence of learning that goes beyond replication of content knowledge or skills relevant to the learning outcomes. There is demonstration of substantial understanding of fundamental concepts in the field of study and the ability to apply these concepts in a variety of contexts; plus communication of ideas fluently and clearly in terms of the conventions of the discipline.
• Distinction (D): provides evidence of integration and evaluation of critical ideas, principles and theories, distinctive insight and ability in applying relevant skills and concepts in relation to learning outcomes. There is demonstration of frequent originality in defining and analysing issues or problems and providing solutions; and the use of means of communication appropriate to the discipline and the audience.
• High Distinction (HD): provides consistent evidence of deep and critical understanding in relation to the learning outcomes. There is substantial originality and insight in identifying, generating and communicating competing arguments, perspectives or problem solving approaches; critical evaluation of problems, their solutions and their implications; creativity in application.
In this unit, the final mark will be calculated by combining the marks for all assessment tasks according to the percentage weightings shown in the assessment summary. There are no hurdles in this unit.
Concretely, in order to pass the unit, you must obtain an overall total mark of 50% or higher. Students obtaining a higher grade than a pass in this unit will (in addition to the above)
• have a total mark of 85% or higher to obtain High Distinction;
◦ have a total mark of 75% or higher to obtain Distinction;
◦ have a total mark of 65% or higher to obtain Credit.
You are encouraged to:
• set your personal deadline earlier than the actual one;
• keep backups of all important assessed tasks;.
• make sure no one else picks up your printouts. All work submitted should be readable and well presented.
You should never commit plagiarism in any of your submitted work, including tutorial and practical answers.
Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook