Mobile Internet Service Architecture 8 op, 4 ov

The course is an introduction to the general architecture of mobile Internet and its core enablers and services. MISA course delivers a comprehensive knowledge base for mobile service understanding, creation and management. The topics included are: Principles, Service Software Architecture, Service Enablers, All-IP vision, IPv6, Mobile IP, Quality of Service, SIP, Mobile VPN, Wireless Access, Application Layer Technologies, Service Development Tools and Standardization. Lectures review also the current and emerging technologies and their deployment. The exercises demonstrate examples of different maturity technologies and their implementations.

Activities: lectures (36 h) exercise (120 h) exam (60). Part of the lectures is online digital presentations. Exercises include 10 hours laboratory demonstrations and 110 hours student project. Laboratories are compulsory 3 out of 5, and they are scheduled with 2 hours / lab and 1 lab / week. The student project groups are organized into teams of students (2-3 students per team). For student project reporting recommended language is English but Finnish can be used as well.

Timing:  Periods a-b.Prerequisites: Internet and Computer Networks (811338A).

References:  Nokia: Mobile Internet Technical Architecture Vol 1-3, IT Press. ISBN 951-826-671-9. (partially).Camarillo, Gonzalo, and Miguel-Angel Garcia-Martin:  The 3G IP multimedia subsystem (IMS): merging the Internet and the cellular worlds. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-470-87156-3. 406 p. (partially). Lecture notes.

Responsible: Peter Antoniac

WWW: http://mobi.tol.oulu.fi/misa