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CODE 90453
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/03
LANGUAGE Inglese
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:

OVERVIEW

The lectures are aimed to provide basic knowledge on telecommunications technologies employed to support safety, logistic and intelligent transportation systems. In more detail, networking fundamentals will be introduced and in particular, protocols and wireless networks – usually exploited by modern Intelligent Transportation Systems – will be described from the technological viewpoint.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Basic knowledge on telecommunications technologies employed to support safety, logistic and intelligent transportation systems

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Structure of telecommunication networks; transmission media; functional structure, definition of protocol, remote system communication; definition of circuit and packet switching; Internet and TCP/IP networks; Internet protocols (top-down approach), TCP,  UDP, IP, ARP, DNS, DHCP and ICMP; introduction to Ethernet and 802.3; short range transport support networks: IEEE 802.11; CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA multiple access; long range transport support networks: WiMax (IEEE 802.16); vertical handover with IEEE 802.21; MANET; Middleware.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • B. Carlson, “Communications Systems”, McGraw-Hill.
  • A. Molisch, "Wireless Communications", Wiley.
  • L. J. Ippolito Jr. “Satellite Communications Systems Engineering”, Academic Press-Elsevier.
  • D. Munoz, F. Bouchereau, C. Vargas, R. E. Caldera, “Position Location Techniques and Applications”, Academic Press-Elsevier.
  • J. Kurose, K. Ross, "Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach", Pearson.
  • W. Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, (9th Edition), Prentice Hall-Pearson.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

IGOR BISIO (President)

FABIO LAVAGETTO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

See the Calendar on the web site of the Polytechnic School of the University of Genoa.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written or Oral

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Test and exercises resolution.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
23/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Registrazione
14/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Registrazione
08/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Registrazione