This is an entirely new course that I have developed in 2019 (and is continuously updated). The course aims to provide a deep understanding of IoT access networks, and to develop the skills required for the wide-scale design and deployment for these networks. The labs are very exciting with hands on use of LoRWAN, NB-IoT devices and software defined radios. Following is the high-level contents:

Week 1 Introduction to Networks and Network Architecture and OSI Layers

Week 2 OSI Layer 1: Physical Layer

Week 3 OSI Layer 2: Media Access Control

Week 4 OSI Layer 3: Networking Layer: IPv4 and IPv6

Week 5 OSI Layer 4: Transport Layer: TCP and UDP

Week 6 Mid semester test

Week 7 Wide Area Networks (PS and CS), Cellular Networks

Week 8 Wireless and Multiple Access: ALOHA and WLAN

Week 9 Introduction to Traffic Engineering

Week 10 Internet Services and Applications: DNS and HTTP

Week 11 Internet Services and Applications: Real Time Traffic, VoIP / RTP

Week 12 Review / Invited Talk

Years coordinated and delivered: 2019 - 2020

Link to the course at RMIT Webpage

The course aims to induces the introductory concepts of the OSI model in communications, primarily focusing on the lower 4 layers (Physical, Data link, Network and Transport). It also provide a wealth of introduction into important applications such as cellular networks - 5G, www, and DNS. The labs are mainly based on Cisco Packet Tracer.

Years coordinated and delivered: 2017 - 2020

Link to the course at RMIT Webpage