Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Operating Systems of Mobile Devices

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	460-4084/01
Abbreviation	OSMZ
Course title	Operating Systems of Mobile Devices
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator	Mgr. Ing. Michal Krumnikl, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Architecture of operating systems. Mobile operating systems.
2. Process managements, concurrency
3. Interprocess communication, synchronization.
4. freeRTOS and context switching, process schedulers.
5. Memory management, paging, segmentation.
6. File systems (EXT2/3/4, JFFS/YAFFS, FAT).
7. Peripheral communications and interrupt handling, network communication.
8. OS Linux, Android.
9. iOS (iPhone OS)
10. Windows CE/Mobile/Phone.
11. Cross-platform development, libraries and frameworks.
12. Security considerations, cryptography.
13. Reverse engineering, mobile malware.
14. Power management, optimization of energy consumption.

Labs:
1. Android SDK, introduction to sockets.
2. Implementation of HTTP server - Sockets, Threads.
3. Synchronization problems, semaphores.
4. Thread synchronization, messages.
5. Video streaming, Camera API.
6. Round Robin (RR) scheduler implementation.
7. Priority extension of RR.
8. Lottery Scheduling implementation.
9. Accessing FAT file system metadata.
10. Reading FAT file system content.
11. Implementing write operation on FAT file system.
12. Application reverse engineering, content of application bundles.
13. Malware analysis.
14. Code optimization, profilers.

Literature

[1] Tannenbaum, Andrew S., BOS, Herbert, Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition), Prentice Hall, 2014,

Advised literature

[1] Smith, Neil, Android Studio 4.1 Development Essentials - Java Edition: Developing Android 11 Apps Using Android Studio 4.1, Java and Android Jetpack, Payload Media, 2020,
[2] Levin, Jonathan, MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode, Technologeeks Press; 2nd edition, 2019,
[3] Boling, Douglas, Programming Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Developer Reference, Microsoft Press; 4 edition, 2007,
[4] Tannenbaum, Andrew S., Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
[5] Yaghmour Karim, Embedded Android: Porting, Extending, and Customizing, O'Reilly Media, 2013,
[6] Ratabouil, Sylvain, Android NDK Beginner's Guide, Packt Publishing, 2012,
[7] Boling, Douglas, Programming Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Developer Reference, Microsoft Press; 4 edition, 2007,

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