Summer Class Do-It-Yourself Networking (Advanced Practical Course, IN2106, IN4203)
Course 0000001490 in WS 2016/7
General Data
| Course Type | practical training |
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| Semester Weekly Hours | 6 SWS |
| Organisational Unit | Informatics 11 - Chair of Connected Mobility (Prof. Ott) |
| Lecturers |
Yi Ding Teemu Henrikki Kärkkäinen Responsible/Coordination: Jörg Ott |
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Assignment to Modules
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IN2106: Master-Praktikum / Advanced Practical Course
This module is included in the following catalogs:- Further Modules from Other Disciplines
Further Information
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| additional remarks | The Internet interconnects people globally and allows access to networked services pretty much anytime, anywhere. A wealth of cloud-based services has made it into every day uses, from file and document sharing to social networking to chat to real-time video. Cloud services are not just convenient because of their global reach but also because they are accessible across different personal devices and relieve individuals from maintaining and backing up data. This convenience comes at three types of cost (at least): 1) Cloud service providers manage user data, define the features, and set the rules (cf. censorship) for their services so that users are always dependent on third parties elsewhere. 2) Even when providing location-based services, e.g., to share a picture with friends close by, data usually travels halfway around the globe to be stored and processed in remote data centers, which creates global traffic for purely local interactions. 3) Privacy concerns arise as third parties are remotely able to gather data about user habits, preferences, contents, etc. Do-it-Yourself networks, a flavor of community networks, are (local) counterpoints to the global dominance of big application services providers. We want to explore building localized services relevant to the people at a given place and time using Raspberry PIs and enhanced WLAN access points, mobile (Android) phones, and local sensors. As one starting point, we are offering a simple localized communication platform (http://www.liberouter.mobi) that provides communication and database abstractions to build localized services. The goal of this practical course is threefold: 1. Understanding the background and underlying communication models of hyperlocal and do-it-yourself networks. We will provide introductory lectures and practical sessions for the background and the tools. (1 week) 2. Developing an application/service idea that fits some definition of localized do-it-yourself networking and particularly exploits colocation (in space, not necessarily in time) of its users. (1 week) 3. Designing and implementing your idea in teams of two and demonstrating it at the end of the class and documenting your system. (2 weeks + 1 day) To illustrate the above, examples of applications could be: • A digital version of geocaching where content can be retrieved and posted via short range radio rather than exchanging physical goods with the cache. • A local music sharing tool that allows exploring what people around you (e.g., in a certain café) would listen to. |
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E-Learning course (e. g. Moodle) TUMonline entry |
Equivalent Courses (e. g. in other semesters)
| Semester | Title | Lecturers | Dates |
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| WS 2018/9 | Summer Class Do-It-Yourself Networking (Advanced Practical Course, IN2106, IN4203) |
Kärkkäinen, T.
Responsible/Coordination: Ott, J. |
Mon, 09:00–18:00, MI 01.07.023 Mon, 09:00–18:00, MI 01.07.023 |