MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Course details

Introduction to the IoT and Network Basics : Wireline, ad hoc and sensor networks, PANs, LANs, WANs, Node and network technology, applications and links to enabling technologies Protocols, state machines, the protocol stack, infrastructure vs ad hoc, reliable transmission.

Networking for IoT: Revision of basic networks: Wired vs wireless,  protocols, state machines, the protocol stack,  infrastructure vs ad 
hoc, channel access, reliable transmission, addressing, routing,  congestion.

IoT Security Basic IoT security requirements, introduction to cryptography.

Basics about the estimation theory, and practical algorithm for localization in IoT networks.

Network performance, modelling and simulation: Performance metrics, review of Markov chains, simple queuing theory and application to 
protocols, discrete event simulation.

To select unit EEEN40482, you need to have selected unit EEEN30111 Data Networking in your 3rd Year.

The unit aims to: Provide a thorough introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) in general and to those aspects of computer networks that underpin the IoT in particular.

On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:

ILO 1: Appraise the importance of IOT and its dependence on enabling technologies. scope and applications.

ILO 2: Identify the requirements, structure and implementation of IoT platforms, in terms of hardware and software.

ILO 3: Appraise the need of the protocol stack and the issues and techniques relevant at each layer.

ILO 4: Assess the networking requirements of different IoT applications, particularly related to localization and estimation.

ILO 5: Be able to reason about situations arising in the use of IoT in terms of MAC, routing and transport protocols.

ILO 6: Apply appropriate statistical tools, including queuing and estimation theories, to model and assess the behaviour and performance of IoT in different environments.

Approaches to be employed will include:

Face-to-face lectures
Recorded lectures
On-line quizzes
Tutorials/problems classes

Unseen written exam (80%)
Online test (2%)
Network simulation (8%)
Lab exercise report (10%) 

Standard feedback on exam following Exam Board.
Immediate feedback on online test.
Network simulation - mark plus feedback 3 weeks after submission.
Lab report - mark plus feedback 3 weeks after submission.