Course Summary
This course will give you an understanding of mobile computer systems particularly in the context of wireless network systems such as 3G/4G/5G mobile telephony, data networks, and other wireless networks and infrastructure. The course emphasises how to interface hardware to mobile computing devices, and programming those devices.
Contents of the course include:
- Mobile environments and communications systems.
- Hardware devices and interacting with these devices.
- Mobile operating systems available.
- Programming applications on a mobile system.
- Data and knowledge management.
- Wireless systems and security issues in wireless networks.
Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onward. See the
WAM information web page for more information.