The lecture deals with the basics of mobile business with a focus on the (information) technical basics. These are interlinked with the economic background in Germany.

Contents are

1. organizational
2. Introduction & Definitions
3. Mobile devices
4. Mobile technologies
5. Mobile communications market
6. Mobile applications
7. Digital wireless technologies
8. Location & Context

Note: The teaching units listed above each have a different scope.

Learning objectives:

If you are confronted with a question relating to "mobile business" in your job, you should be able to provide appropriate answers quickly and competently. This requires a broad overview of the subject area:

• market structures
• technology
• Possibilities for applications
• processes
• problems

Workload:

The total workload for this course unit is approx. 135 hours (4.5 credit points).

• Lecture 30h
• Exercise 15h
• Preparation and follow-up of the lecture 24h
• Preparation and follow-up of the exercise 25h
• Exam preparation 40h
• Exam 1h

• Jochen Schiller: Mobilkommunikation (2nd ed. 2003)
  http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/inf/groups/ag-tech/teaching/resources/ Mobile_Communications/course_Material/index.html
• Martin Sauter: Basic course in mobile communication systems (6th ed. 2015)
  http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-08342-7
• Küpper, A.: Location-based Services. Fundamentals and Operation. Wiley & Sons, 2005.
• Roth, J.: Mobile Computing. Basics, technology, concepts. Dpunkt.verlag, 2nd edition, 2005.
• Mansfeld, W.: Satellitenortung und Navigation:
  Grundlagen, Wirkungsweise und Anwendung globaler Satellitennavigationssysteme
• Dodel, H., Häupler, D.: Satellite navigation

Some relevant information on the web

• Federal Network Agency http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de
  including annual report and market observation
• VATM market studies
  http://www.vatm.de/vatm-marktstudien.html
• Associations, e.g. BITKOM (bitkom.org), eco e.V. (eco.de)
• Press, e.g. Teltarif, Heise, Golem, ...
• Statistics (Statista license of the KIT)

Lecture and exercise are offered integrated.