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                   CS580: MOBILE COMPUTING (FALL 98)

INSTRUCTOR: Sandeep Gupta           CREDITS: 4 
TIME: Tue and Thu 11-12:15pm        VENUE: To be decided.              
Sec #: 001 (Lab Sec. L01)           SECTION ID: 231787 (Lab: 231788) 
Prerequisite: CS370 or equivalent course in operating systems.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The need for "information anywhere anytime" has
been a driving force for the increasing growth in Web and Internet
technology, wireless communication, and portable computing devices.
The field of mobile computing is the merger of these advances in
computing and communication with the aim of providing seamless and
ubiquitous computing environment for mobile users. Mobile computing
environments are characterized by severe resource constraints and
frequent changes in operating conditions. This has led to many new and
challenging problems which span several areas of computer science such
as incorporation of support for mobility in network protocols,
development of efficient and adaptive resource management techniques
for wireless bandwidth and battery power, predicting mobility
patterns, performance modeling and simulation of mobile applications,
and supporting mobile real-time multimedia applications.

The goal of this course is to provide an in depth understanding of the
fundamental problems in the area of mobile computing and study the
existing and proposed solutions for these problems from both research
and development perspective. Several topics including wireless
communication, location management and mobility tracking,
location-aware information services, and mobile agents will be covered
in this course. The course will be mostly self contained and will
cover any required background material. Course work will involve
programming and homework assignments, midterm and final exams, and
term project. Both undergraduate and graduate students with knowledge
of operating systems (CS370) can register for this course.

TOPICS:
  - Wireless Communication
     +Wireless Cellular Networks e.g. PCS
     +Protocols and Standards e.g. IS-41, Mobile IP, Wireless ATM
     +Dynamic (Adhoc, Instant infrastructure) networks 
      
  - Mobility System Support 
     +Location tracking and management 
     +Resource allocation problems 
     +Latency hiding and tolerance schemes
       
  - Designing and implementing mobile algorithms/applications 
     +Mobile information systems
     +Energy-efficient and disconnected operations
     +Context-aware computing
     +Mobile agents 
       
  - Design, Analysis, and Modeling of Mobile Systems
     +Performance metrics
     +Modeling techniques

BOOK: The course will be taught from course notes and research papers.

GRADING CRITERIA: Letter grades will be assigned on the basis of
homework and programming assignments, term project, midterms, and final exam.