CSE5501 - Mobile and distributed computing systems

Leader: Arkady Zaslavsky

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2007 (Evening)
South Africa First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Theoretical foundations of mobile computing systems, wireless networks, advanced mobile applications. Architectures of mobile distributed computing systems; wireless network classification and management; mobile distributed file systems; failure recovery, fault tolerance and reliability of mobile computing systems; replication in mobile distributed systems; case studies for distributed mobile database systems; mobile information systems; advanced mobile computing applications and the Internet; research trends; synchronisation and global time concepts; transaction management mechanisms for mobile computing.

Assessment

Research paper and literature survey: 50%
Oral presentation: 15%
Practical work: 35%

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prohibitions

COT5701