Internet of Things: Communication Technologies

Name: Internet of Things: Communication Technologies
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Overview

Have you wondered how “Things” talk to each other and the cloud? Do you understand the alternatives for conveying latency-sensitive real time data versus reliable signaling data? Building on the skills from the Sensing and Actuation course, we will explore protocols to exchange information between processors.

In this course, you will learn how VoIP systems like Skype work and implement your own app for voice calls and text messages. You will start by using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for session management. Next, you will learn how voice codecs such as Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) are used in 3G networks and use them for voice traffic in your app.

Learning Goals: After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Implement session initiation, management and termination on your DragonBoard™ 410c using SIP.

2. Discover other users and exchange device capabilities.

3. Compare and contrast narrowband and wideband codecs and experience the voice quality differences between them.

4. Implement and demonstrate VoIP calls using the DragonBoard 410c.

Syllabus 5

Introduction 10 minutes
Welcome to the Internet of Things! Before diving into this course give us a chance to let you know what it is all about! We will walk you through a module by module outline that will give you highlights on the interesting aspects of the course.
Terminology/Cheat Sheet (Beginner) 1 hour
In this course, you will see a lot of new words and acronyms you might not be familiar with. If you feel comfortable with your knowledge of tech terminology, feel free to skip these lessons since they will not affect the overall integrity of the course. If you see something that you want to know a…
VOIP in a Nutshell 1.5 hours
This module will take a high level look at what VoIP is in a nutshell. Essentially, we would like to talk a little more in depth about the key terms you may have seen in module 1. We will also go over a great open source VoIP application called Linphone, and explain a variety of ways you can use th…
Codecs 1.5 hours
In this module our esteemed Professor Harinath Garudadri will talk about coders and decoders (Codecs). This will allow us to make better use of the communications in the data plane.We want to look at the motivation behind using Codecs, the different ways to take advantage of redundancies when using…
Make your own VoIP application 1.5 hours
The main part of this module will focus on you making your very own VoIP application on the Android operating system. In order to do this, you might have to brush up on some of the materials in Course 2. You will be required to use Android Studio to push the application onto your board. You will ne…

Skills you'll practise

Internet Of Things

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
From University of California San Diego, a well-regarded name.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,596 learners.
Self-paced: start any time.
A clear syllabus (5 parts) you can see before you start.

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Taught by

Ganz ChockalingamPrincipal Engineer, Qualcomm Institute of Calit2, UC, San Diego
Harinath GarudadriAssociate Research Scientist, Qualcomm Institute of Calit2, UC, San Diego

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