Created as part of the Master of Information Technology Systems offered at Southeast University in Nanjing, Suzhou.

This is a new unit to be offered in Semester 2,2012 for the Master of Information Technology Systems at Southeast University in Nanjing, Suzhou

06/02/2017 - Assessment: change of Monash University FIT assessment policy

24/9/2019: Admin - adding 10 minutes reading time to the overall exam duration as per University requirements.

19/11/2020: Admin - this unit was disestablished at FEC 5/20 on 12/11/2020 as it is no longer required.

This is one of the core units in the Master of Information Technology Systems at Southeast University in Nanjing, Suzhou

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• describe the basic characteristics of layered protocol networking model and wireless mobile systems;

• describe wireless network architecture and signal characteristics of cellular communication systems;

• analyse physical and media access control layers used in wireless technologies for signal encoding, spread spectrum and error control;

• describe architectures of: WiFi, WiMax, and advanced mobile networking systems like LTE as described in relevant standards

• analyse and interpret concepts behind mesh networks

• analyse advance topics in wireless networking.

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This unit will review the basic concepts of networking technologies and analyse technological aspects of the wireless network. Main topics will include: antenna and propagation for wireless systems, fundamentals of physical layers used in wireless networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN/WiFi), WiMax systems, mobile network technologies (3G and LTE), mesh networks. Unit will also cover advanced topics in wireless networking.

On-campus

Examination (2 hours and 10 minutes): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

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Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

FIT