units

FIT5046

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 29 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Information Technology
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2014 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit provides a high level coverage of mobile and distributed computing. It will focus on the underlying concepts and standards of mobile computing and current technologies for mobile and distributed systems. It will discuss cellular networks, wireless networks and their standards and technologies, context-aware computing, location-awareness, wireless sensor networks, internet mobility, web services and service-oriented technology, cloud computing and current research trends and case studies.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

  • identify and describe different approaches and methods for building distributed and mobile computing systems;
  • evaluate several models and approaches and select suitable mobile computing solution to a particular case;
  • propose and develop a mobile or distributed system that is appropriate to a problem domain;
  • identify the current research directions in the field and their impacts.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Maria Indrawan-Santiago

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour laboratory

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

Prerequisites

((FIT5131 or FIT9017) and (FIT5134 or FIT9018) and (FIT5135 or FIT9020)) or equivalent
Recommended background in Java Programming

Prohibitions

CSE5501

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5046/