The following courses are available for 2014/2015. Students may choose any combination of three courses.
Information Theory: Principles and ApplicationsLecturers: TBD Aims: The objective of the curricular unit is to expose students to the fundamental elements and practices of information theory, covering both theoretical and applied is- sues of recognized importance in contemporary communications systems and networks. The first part of the unit covers the basic principles of information theory, such as source and channel coding for single-user (point-to-point) and multi-user communications systems. The second part of the unit covers advanced applications of information theory, including the analysis, design and optimization of wireless communications systems and networks, sensor networks, and network information flow, as well as security and privacy. Syllabus: Part I: Principles 1. Information Measures Part II: Applications 1. Wireless Systems and Networks
Mobile Communication SystemsLecturers: TBD Aims: The objective of this curricular unit is to provide a comprehensive and updated vision of the requirements and techniques used in the design of mobile and wireless communication links. It is expected that at the end of the course, students will be:
Syllabus: The curricular unit has four components: 1. Overview of current wireless communications. Component One: I. Introduction and basic principles - Introduction II. The wireless communication channel - Wireless Channels III. Multiuser systems: - Channel classification for multiuser systems Component Two: Trends and emerging techniques in the field of wireless / mobile communication systems: - Distributed antenna systems
Mobile ComputingLecturers: Helena Rodrigues (coordinator), Adriano Moreira, Ana Aguiar, João Paulo Barraca Aims: This course aims to introduce students to the current challenges and opportunities in Mobile Computing (MC), to create some insight regarding the way MC is evolving towards a world of pervasive computing and networking. At the end of this curricular unit, students should be able to:
Syllabus: 1. Foundations of Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing - Mobile Society 2. Mobile devices and platforms - Current and future devices 3. Location techniques and space modeling - Positioning technologies 4. Ubiquitous Computing - Introduction 5. Software architectures for ubiquitous computing - Design Principles for Smart Spaces Pervasive Computing 6. Real world deployment - Robustness, maintenance and usability issues
Network Planning and PerformanceLecturers: TBD Aims: The objectives of this curricular unit are to describe the main tools used in the planning, traffic engineering and performance evaluation of telecommunications networks, and to characterize workloads and network traffic through statistical analysis and measurements. The learning outcomes of this curricular unit are: (i) explain the main issues in the planning, traffic engineering and performance evaluation of telecommunications networks; Syllabus: Methodologies for performance evaluation: stochastic modeling (Markov chains, queuing systems and networks); discrete-event simulation; performance models for multiple access, routing, admission and flow control, scheduling. Network dimensioning and traffic engineering optimization: ILP modeling and solving techniques; heuristic techniques; network dimensioning and traffic engineering optimization problems; optimization of unconstrained, shortest-path and tree based routing networks. Network performance and monitoring: monitoring system properties; performance and QoS metrics; measurement techniques and tools: active and passive measurements, traffic sampling, packet and flow capturing; identification of Internet applications; tools for traffic data processing. Traffic modeling and statistical characterization: traffic models (Poisson, long-tail distributions, self- similar, Markovian and fractal); statistical characterization and fitting procedures; fitting accuracy.
Network Services and ApplicationsLecturers: TBD Aims: With this course, students are expected to: 1) Understand the main challenges TCP/IP networks in the context of service integration and multimedia support Syllabus: 1. Introduction: Challenges in today’s networks, services and applications. 2. Internetworking and Infrastructure: Internetworking with IPv6. 3. Service integration and Quality of Service: Evolution steps and QoS. Multiservice IP networks. Service contracts. 4. Support for multimedia applications: End-to-end perspective - transport and signalling. Congestion control and avoidance. Protocols oriented to QoS, and real-time multimedia support. Resource reservation and session signalling. 5. Applications and Services: Voice over IP, Video/TV over IP. Security issues. Multiservice support architectures and evolution. 6. New service architectures: Virtual networks; Peer-to-peer networks; Structured overlay networks: distributed hash table, characterisation; Unstructured overlay networks: characterisation; reputation and incentives; Streaming over peer-to-peer networks. 7. Future research.
Optical CommunicationsLecturers: Henrique Salgado (Coordinator), Mário Lima, António Teixeira, Luís Pessoa Aims: The course aims to provide the students with the fundamentals related to optical communication systems and networks, presenting nowadays scenarios (core and access), and foreseeing next generation optical networks (NGN). It discusses several issues covering in a first part the principles of optoelectronics and fiber optics operation, followed by optical networks aspects, namely related to access passive optical networks (NGA-PONs): standards, design and installation. The students will be able to receive complementary laboratory formation, by performing some experiments related to the course topics. Syllabus: 1. Optical communication systems fundamentals 1.1 Optical fibers 1.2 Sources (Lasers) 1.3. Optical amplifiers (EDFA, Raman, SOA) 1.4. Photodiodes and receivers 1.5. Nonlinear effects in fiber (SPM, XPM,); Pulse propagation 1.6. Advanced modulation formats 2. Next generation optical networks 2.1. Nowadays scenarios (competing technologies) on metro/local networks 2.2. Design core/metro networks (long and ultra long haul) 2.3. Access networks (NGA): topologies FTTx, access, standards (xPON), design 2.4. NGN in Portugal/world
Optical NetworksLecturers: TBD Aims: Upon completion of this curricular unit, students will be able to understand the most important aspects of optical networks, including the techniques used to transport and switch information within the network (data plan), but also the management and network recovery aspects (control plane). Students will also learn how to design first and second generation optical networks. Syllabus: I- Introduction to optical networking. II- First generation networks – SDH/SONET. III- Elements for WDM networks. IV- WDM networking architectures. V- Design of optical networks. VI- Optical access networks. VII- Emerging Trends.
RF Circuits and SubsystemsLecturers: José Carlos Pedro (coordinator), Nuno Borges Carvalho, José Machado da Silva Aims: This course is focused on RF electronic circuits and subsystems and is intended to complement the basic undergraduate knowledge on electronics of Telecommunications PhD students, as RF systems are the basis of all wireless systems. These currently include all types of mobile communication systems, Bluetooh, Zig-bee and WiFi, and they will be the basis for future solutions on 5G communications, especially Internet of Things, white space technologies and M2M. It is expected that students have already undergraduate knowledge of electromagnetism, electromagnetic wave propagation in guided media and electronic circuits. Summary of the expected learning outcomes at the end of the UC: 1. Understanding the basics of RF circuits and their operation Syllabus: Part 1 – RF Circuits 1. Linear RF Two-Port Networks Part 2 – RF CMOS Circuits 1. MOS RF technology overview Part 3 – RF sub-system design 1. RF spectrum
Wireless Networks and ProtocolsLecturers: Adriano Moreira (coordinator), Manuel Ricardo, Rui Aguiar Aims: Wireless Networks and Protocols (WNP) is a course for students aimed at specializing in the mobile communications theme of MAP-Tele. The WNP course has two main objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Describe the evolution path of the wireless and mobile communications systems; Syllabus: 1. Introduction to Wireless Networks and Protocols: a) Overview; b)History; c)Standards and market issues; d)Evolution and trends. 2. Fundamentals of wireless communications: a) Transmission; b) Wireless data links and medium access control; c; Networking; d) Mobility concepts; e) Research issues. 3. Telecommunications systems: a) GSM; b) GPRS; c) UMTS; d) LTE; e) TETRA; f) Broadcast and satellite. 4. IEEE wireless data networks: a) WPAN; b) WLAN; c) WMAN. 5. Convergence and interoperability: a) Evolution of 3GPP networks; b) Wireless mesh networks; c) Research issues. 6. Quality of service: a) Characterization and models; b) Case studies: 3GPP-QoS, IEEE-QoS, IP-QoS; c) Research issues. 7. Support for services and applications: a) Web services components; b) Services and applications platforms; c) Research issues. 8. Authentication and access control: a) Fundamentals of Authentication and Access Control; b) Characterization and models; c) Case studies: 3GPP, 802.1x, 3GPP; d) Research issues.
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