Virginia Tech

Department of Computer Science

CS6504 Mobile Computing

VT-MENA Section

Spring 2007

Lectures: Monday and Wednesday, 4.30-5.45 PM

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Ayman Abdel-Hamid

Office: College of Computing and Information Technology, AAST, Room 411

E-mail: hamid at cs dot vt dot edu

Course home page: http://www.cs.vt.edu/~hamid/cs6504/

Office hours: by appointment.

Office phone:

Syllabus

Reading List

Project Project Groups

LECTURE LOG

Week	Date	Lecture	ToDo
1	1/15/2007
	1/17/2007	Course Introduction	Read FZ94, KLE95, and PER98
2	1/22/2007	Challenges of Mobile Computing	Read FZ94, KLE95, and PER98
	1/24/2007	Challenges of Mobile Computing (cont.)	Read FZ94, KLE95, and PER98 Hw1 is assigned. Due on 2/4/2007 (extended)
3	1/29/2007	Class will not meet
	1/31/2007	Wireless Transmission, Cellular Telephony, and Satellite Networks
4	2/5/2007	Channel Allocation Schemes	Read KN96, PSS99
	2/7/2007	Channel Allocation Schemes (cont.)	Read KN96, PSS99 Hw2 is assigned. Due on 2/14/2007
5	2/12/2007	Multiple Access Protocols	Read KAR90 and BD+94
	2/14/2007	IEEE 802 and IEEE 802.11 (1 slide/page) (4 slides/page)	Read CW+97 and STA02 Hw3 is assigned. Due on 2/21/2007
6	2/19/2007	Bluetooth	Read BIS01 and JKK+01
	2/21/2007	Mobile IPv4 (1 slide/page) (4 slides/page)	Read BPT96, MON01, PER02, and PJ01
7	2/26/2007	Mobile IPv4 (cont.)	Read BPT96, MON01, PER02, and PJ01
	2/28/2007	Mobile IPv4 (cont.)	Read BPT96, MON01, PER02, and PJ01
8	3/5/2007	Spring Break: Class will not meet
	3/7/2007	Midterm Exam (class time)
9	3/12/2007	Mobile IPv4 Mirco-mobility Solutions (4 slides/page) (1 slide/page)	Read the following GJP02, AA01, and AA03
	3/14/2007	Mobile IPv4 Mirco-mobility Solutions (cont.) (4 slides/page) (1 slide/page)	Read the following GJP02, AA01, and AA03 Hw4 is assigned. Due on 3/21/2007
10	3/19/2007	Mobile IPv4 Micro-mobility Solutions Host-based Routing (4 slides/page) (1 slide/page)	Read RVS+02, VAL99, and CGK+02
	3/21/2007	Mobile IPv4 Micro-mobility Solutions Host-based Routing (cont.) Midterm answers discussion
11	3/26/2007	Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Introduction	Read FJL00 and HDP+02
	3/28/2007	Routing Protocols in MANETs (Part I)	Read PR99, JMB01, and RT99 Hw5 is assigned. Due on 4/4/2007
12	4/2/2007	Routing Protocols in MANETs (Part I) (cont.)
	4/4/2007	Routing protocols in MANETs (Part II) (1 slide/page) (4 slides/page)	Read HP01, PB94, and BMJ+98
13	4/9/2007	Class did not meet
	4/11/2007	Routing protocols in MANETs (Part II) (cont.)	Read HP01, PB94, and BMJ+98
14	4/16/2007	TCP Review	Read FF96, MMF+96, and JAC88
	4/18/2007	Class did not meet
15	4/23/2007	TCP Review (cont.) TCP over Wireless Links	Read PEN00, BPS+97, BB95, and BSK95
	4/25/2007
16	4/30/2007	G1 and G2 Presentations
	5/2/2007	G3 and G4 Presentations
17	5/7/2007	Final Exam (All project documentation is due)

GRADING

Homework and Assignments	20%
Midterm Exam	20%
Comprehensive Final Exam	30%
Course Project and technical paper	30%

HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS

Assn #	Assigned	Due
1	1/24/2007	2/4/2007 (extended)
2	2/4/2007	2/14/2007
3	2/14/2007	2/21/2007
4	3/14/2007	3/21/2007
5	3/28/2007	4/4/2007

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Last updated April 3^rd, 2007.