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Wireless Technologies and Security 2021/22 fall

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LTAT.04.009 Wireless Technologies and Security

Course info

Lecturer: Danielle Morgan (danielle.morgan@ UT)
Teaching assistant: \\ Credits: 6 ECTS
Assessment: differentiated (A, B, C, D, E, F, not present)
Language: English
Lectures: Pre-recorded. Links posted on Moodle by Monday 23:59
Practice: Thursdays 16.15-18.00, Narva mnt 18 - 2048 (Wk 1-3,5-16)/Narva mnt 18 - 1017 (Wk 4)
Course Moodle: https://moodle.ut.ee/course/view.php?id=10877

General Information

The course will introduce students to wireless signals (frequencies, bandwidth, wavelength) and how they are transmitted and received. Students will learn how to use various hardware (HackRF, RTL-SDR, NFC reader, USB Wi-Fi receiver) and Software Defined Radio (GNU Radio). The course will cover different wireless communication protocols, analyse their security - different types of attacks and counter-measures. The homework assignments will involve implementing various tasks using Python.

Equipment Collection

Equipment can be collected from Room 3090 in Delta, Monday to Friday (except Wednesday) or during lab sessions 11:00 - 18:00.
Please send an email if this time frame is not suitable so other arrangements can be made.

Equipment Return

Equipment can be returned to Room 3090 in Delta (Mon to Fri: 11:00 to 17:00)
Please send an email to arrange a different return time
Other times: * May 31st: 12:00 to 17:00 * June 4th: 13:00 to 15:30 * June 8th: 12:00 to 17:00

Grading

Final grade structure:

  • Homework: 70%
  • Final exam: 30%
  • Institute of Computer Science
  • Faculty of Science and Technology
  • University of Tartu
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