Università Roma Tre

The course provides the basic concepts for the study of Telecommunication networks.
Different types of networks will be investigated, from social networks (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) to wireless ad-hoc networks (i.e., vehicular networks).
Particular attention will be given to the topic of Internet of Things and optical wireless communications systems in the visible range (Visible Light Communications).

The course has the following goals:
(1) To present basic concepts on network science (i.e., social networks, Internet, ad-hoc networks, etc.)
(2) To illustrate recent methodologies for the analysis of Telecommunications systems through the use of simulation softwares, such as Network Simulator 2, Matlab, The Opportunistic Network Environment, Wireshark.
(3) Lab activities in teams through softwares.

- Lecture notes by the Professor (on MOODLE)
- J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross, "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach", 6th Edition, Addison Wesley
- A. Barabasi, “Network Science”, http://barabasi.com/networksciencebook
- Z. Ghassemlooy, W. Popoola, and S. Rajbhandari, Optical wireless communications, System and Channel modeling with MATLAB, CRC Press