Advanced Topics in Mobile Communications (AToMIC)


Details

Workload/ECTS Credits: 5 ECTS
Module: M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III -or- M.Inf.224: Seminar Computernetzewerke II (old Regulations) -or- 3.10: Advanced Topics in Internet Research (II)(ITIS); M.Inf.1223 (new Regulations)
Lecturer: Dr. Xu Chen
Teaching assistant: Mr. Lingjun Pu
Time: Fri 10:15-11:45
Place: IfI 3.101
UniVZ [1]


Course Overview

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss some advanced topics in wireless and mobile communication and networking. This course is a theory-oriented research seminar (5 ECTS, 2 SWS), held on a weekly base and comprising the following components:

  • Weekly Presentation + Weekly Paper Reading and Discussion
  • Final Presentation
  • Final Report

The material in the seminar is mainly drawn from the research literature in top tier journals/conferences, like ToN,TMC, TPDS, SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, INFOCOM, MOBICOM, MOBIHOC, WWW, CoNEXT.

Requirements

  • Each participant is required to read the assigned paper before the seminar and prepare the review of the paper, which should include the following parts:
    • Summary of the paper
    • Pros AND cons of the paper (your conclusion)
    • NOTE!! Every participant should provide the paper review BEFORE the seminar (23:59 Wednesday). => the review form is available at [Paper_Review_Form_ATCN_WS201112.doc]
  • During each weekly seminar, four participants are assigned for presenting the papers (each presentation for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes discussions). And the list of pros and cons is discussed by all the participants.
  • In the end of the semester, everyone is requested to pick a topic and prepare:
    • Final report: prepare an essay (12~15 pages) for your chosen research topic, which contains a comprehensive literature survey + a detailed discussion of some key enabling technologies
    • Final presentation: each presentation for ~30 minutes, plus ~10 minutes Q&A

Presentation Schedule

TBD

Schedule

  • 17 April 2015
    • Informational Meeting


  • 24 April 2015 & 1 May 2015 [Holiday]
    • No Lecture, Paper pre-reading by students






  • 30 May 2015 ~ 16 July 2015
    • Final presentation and report preparation

Final Presentations & Report

  • Topics:
    • Mobile Cloud Computing
    • Mobile Data Offloading
    • Wireless Data-Center Networking
    • Wireless Content Caching
    • Device-to-Device Communication


  • Final Presentation:
    • Each for ~30 minutes, plus ~10 minutes Q&A
    • 17 July 2015


  • Final Report:
    • Essay (12~15 pages) for a comprehensive literature survey of the chosen topic (Template:[2])
    • Due by 1 September 2015