| 1. | Course Title | Mobile Networks | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ10013 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 11-IBS, 12-KIT, 20-IMSA | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Valentin Rakovikj, Dr Vladimir Atanasovski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Understanding contemporary wireless network concepts and architectures. Differentiation of advanced functional and technical characteristics of different wireless network concepts, technical solutions, architectures and protocols. Understanding global development directions in the area of wireless networks and mobile systems. Independent problem solving in the area of wireless networking and management. Development directions. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Development and characteristics of xG wireless systems generations. Radio access and core network in 5G. Migration scenarios. Advanced network architectures (Cloud-RAN, fog, MEC). Software Defined Networking (SDN). Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Network Softwarization. Network slicing. Analysis of specific scenarios. Innovative networking (M2M, IoT, IoE) and services. Latest IEEE 802.x standards (WiFi 6). Visible Light Communications (VLC). Vehicular-to-everything communication (V2X). Development towards 6G. Heterogeneous concepts. Novel standards. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures, project work and seminars |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Continuous presence on lectures/consultations | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment |
One full exam with a duration of max 120 minutes in a corresponding exam session and presentation of seminar work. Usage of books, hand-written materials or any kind of supplementary text book during the exam is not allowed, only a calculator is allowed |
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| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall, Johan Skold | 5G NR: The Next Generation Wireless Access Technology | Elsevier | 2018 | |||||||||
| 2. | Ying Zhang | Network Function Virtualization | Wiley-IEEE Press | 2018 | |||||||||
| 3. | Susinder R Gulasekaran, Sundar G Sankaran | WiFi 6: Protocol and Network | Artech House Publishers | 2022 | |||||||||
