Introduction to wideband networks, wired and wireless wideband communications and services. Analysis and design of fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) networks. Passive Optical Network (PON), Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM). Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Very high bitrate DSL (VDSL) networks and services. Gigabit Ethernet, Power over Ethernet (PoE) technologies. Wireless Local Area Network – WLAN. Cooperative Communications. Fourth Generation (4G) cellular networks, Long Term Evolution (LTE) protocol. Millimiter Waveband (mmWave) networks, transmission techniques, channel model, combination with RF networks. Free Space Optical (FSO) networks, transmission techniques, channel model, combination with RF networks. Visible Light Communications (VLC), transmission techniques, channel model, gains over RF networks. Digital video broadcasting (DVB), terrestrial (DVB-T) and satellite (DVB-S) networks, modulation and coding techniques, services. Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets), topologies, combination of RF, mmWave, FSO and VLC networks.

Course objectives can be categorized into three levels. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

At the level of knowledge acquisition:

• To comprehend the basic notions of Sensor Networks
• To comprehend the basic functionalities of Sensor Networks and the latter’s interaction with other types of networking systems (e.g. mobile/fixed networking systems)
• To comprehend the particular problems and solutions in the different layers (i.e. physical, MAC, network, transport layer) of the Sensor Networks.
• To study various ways that sensor network protocols collaborate in order to implement the basis upon which the various applications may run.
• To study the design features and ways of implementation of protocols and their application in sensor networks.

At the level of practical knowledge:

• To design and analyze the requirements of a sensor network
• To design and analyze innovative business models for specific sensor network applications
• To evaluate the performance of a sensor network according to various key performance indicators
• To implement a small-scale application for a sensor network

At the level of competencies:

• To be able to communicate effectively with specialized and non-specialized personnel as members or leaders of a project team working on development and management of a sensor network
• To be able to work on complex sensor network problems both in a systematic and creative way
• To be able to function autonomously and propose/implement solutions in real-life sensor network problems
• To exploit software tools in order to be able to effectively analyze the performance of a sensor network
   

Not required.

1. Δίκτυα Πρόσβασης Νέας Γενιάς, Χρήστος Βασιλόπουλος, Διαμαντής Κωτούλας, Δημήτριος Ξενικός, Πέτρος Βούδδας, Γιώργος Χελιώτης, Γιώργος Αγαπίου, Τηλέμαχος Δούκογλου, ISBN: 978-960-461-378-6

2. Εισαγωγή στις σύγχρονες τεχνολογίες επικοινωνιών, Πομπόρτσης Ανδρέας Σ., ISBN 978-960-418-198-8

1. IEEE Communications Magazine

2. IEEE Wireless Communications

3. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

4. IEEE Transactions on Communications

5. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

6. IEEE Access

Written exam on the theory of wideband networks (70% of the overall score)

Semester project and public presentation (30% of the overall score)

Face-to-face.