CS 6910: Pervasive Computing—Spring 2007
Slides and Announcements
Department of Computer Science
Class Web Pages:
Syllabus - main page: index.htm
Detailed course outline: outline.htm
Class slides and announcements (this page): slides+announcements.htm
Slides and Announcements
Section 0.A --
Introduction to Pervasive Computing
Required reading (paper used for slides):
M. Satyanarayanan, “Pervasive Computing: Vision and
Challenges,” IEEE Personal Communications, 2001
Available at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aura/docdir/pcs01.pdf
-- Opportunistic Networks: Animation for
Emergency Application
Required reading:
Section 4 of the
paper: L. Lilien, Z. H. Kamal and A. Gupta, "Opportunistic
Networks: Research Challenges in Specializing the P2P Paradigm," Proc.
3rd International Workshop on P2P Data Management, Security and Trust (PDMST'06),
[PDF]
Optional reading –
esp. for students interested in a project on privacy and security in pervasive
computing/oppnets:
L. Lilien, Z. H.
Kamal, V. Bhuse, and A. Gupta, "Opportunistic Networks: The Concept and Research
Challenges in Privacy and Security," book chapter in: Mobile and
Wireless Network Security and Privacy, ed. by K. Makki et al.,
Springer Science+Business Media, Norwell, Massachusetts, 2007 (to appear)
[Pre-publication copy available
from me upon request]
Announcement (1/26/07)
Up to 5% of extra course credit
for innovative pervasive computing scenarios (announced in class on 1/25).
Up to 7% of extra course credit
for innovative pervasive computing scenarios using oppnets (added on
1/26 here).
Note: The corresponding sections of the textbook are
the required reading for all lectures based on textbook (starting with Section
1).
Section 1 (Ch. 1)
-- Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems
Section
2 (Ch. 2) -- Probability, Statistics, and Traffic Theories (just a few
slides)
Section
3 (Ch. 3) -- Mobile Radio Propagation (some details skipped)
Announcement (2/17/07)
Files you email to me must be in the PDF format (a DOC
format must be attached as well, just in case). This information on free
conversion to the PDF format was emailed to you last week (except one
more HTTP in Item 1).
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Section 4
(Ch.4) -- Channel Coding and Error Control (some details skipped)
Section
5 (Ch.5) -- The Cellular Concept
Section
6 (Ch.6) -- Multiple Radio Access
Section 7 (Ch.7) --
Multiple Access Techniques (some details skipped)
Section 8 (Ch.8) –
Traffic Channel Allocation
Section
9 (Ch.9) – Mobile Communication Systems
Chapters 10 – 12 have been omitted.
Section 10 (Ch.13)
– Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Note: Since the final exam is just a few days after the
last lecture, the material required for the final exam ends on (and includes)
Slide 58 of Section 10.
© 2007 by Leszek T.
Lilien
Last updated on 4/22/07, 2:54 am