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Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Mobile Computing

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 460-4051/01
Abbreviation MS
Course title Mobile Computing
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator Ing. Pavel Moravec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Mobility types
- Wireless mobility, nomadicity, seamless mobility, ...

Application models
- Client-server, client-agent-server (client-proxy-server), dynamic client-server models, mobile agents, ...

Disconnected operation and weak connectivity
- Proxy, cache, CODA file system, ...

Mobile codes
- Code on demand, mobile agents, code mobility.

Wireless mobile technologies
- Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee, WiMAX, ...

Location management
- TOA, TDOA, GPS, ...

IP mobility

Mesh networks, Wireless sensor networks

Power management on mobile devices
- Suspend & stand-by modes, dynamic voltage & frequency scaling

Vehicular mobile systems
- Car-to-Car, Car-to-X, eCall, ...

Wearable devices

Literature

JING J., HELAL A., ELMAGARMID A., Client-Server Computing in Mobile Environments, ACM Computing Surveys, červen 1999
LOY R., HELAL A., Active Mode Power Management for Mobile Devices, World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Mobile/Wireless Computing, 2001
KISTLER J., Disconnected Operation in a Distributed File System, Ph.D. Thesis, 1993

Advised literature

KISTLER J., Disconnected Operation in a Distributed File System, Ph.D. Thesis, 1993