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

Contents are:

1. organizational matters
2. introduction & definitions
3. mobile devices
4. mobile radio technologies
5. mobile communications market
6. mobile applications
7. digital radio technologies
8. location & context

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

Learning objectives:

If you are confronted with a question in your job which affects "Mobile Business", you should be able to provide answers quickly and competently:

Market structures
technique
Possibilities for applications
lawsuits
issues

Workload:

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

• Jochen Schiller: Mobilkommunikation (2. Aufl. 2003)
  http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/inf/groups/ag-tech/teaching/resources/ Mobile_Communications/course_Material/index.html
• Martin Sauter: Grundkurs Mobile Kommunikationssysteme (6. Aufl. 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. Grundlagen, Technik, Konzepte. Dpunkt.verlag, 2. Auflage, 2005.
• Mansfeld, W.: Satellitenortung und Navigation:
  Grundlagen, Wirkungsweise und Anwendung globaler Satellitennavigationssysteme
• Dodel, H., Häupler, D.: Satellitennavigation

Einige relevante Informationen im Web

• Bundesnetzagentur http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de
  u.a. Jahresbericht und Marktbeobachtung
• VATM-Marktstudien
  http://www.vatm.de/vatm-marktstudien.html
• Verbände, bspw. BITKOM (bitkom.org), eco e.V. (eco.de)
• Presse, bspw. Teltarif, Heise, Golem, …
• Statistiken (Statista Lizenz des KIT)

Vorlesung und Übung werden integriert angeboten.