Module 2-1: The Mobile Communication System
- Due Sep 3, 2024 by 12:30pm
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- Module 2: Overview & Instructions
- Module 2-1: The Mobile Communication System, Assignment
- Assignment 2-1: Discussion Cell Phone Base Stations
- HW 2-1: Cell System, Assignment
- Module 2-3: Waves through the Air, Assignment
- Discussion 2-3: Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
- Module 2-2: Cellular Coverage (and Guest Speaker on coverage for the Navajo Nation), Assignment
- Assignment 2-2:a Homework: Guest Speaker (Dr. Ardakarni ) Reflection
- Module 2-2 continued: Guest Speaker Cell Phones in New Guinea, Assignment
- Assignment 2-2:b Homework: Guest Speaker Reflection
- Module 2-4: Are Cell Phones Safe?, Assignment
- Assignment 2-4: Your Thoughts Are Cell Phones Safe?
- Module 2-5: Can Batteries be Turned Into Bombs? And Mapping Wireless Signals, Assignment
- Assignment 2Final :Reflection and Feedback
The Mobile Communication System
In your hand, you hold a Smart Phone. You an talk with your friends, send texts, photos, videos, find (and be found) from your location, and more, all without wires. What makes up the mobile communication system? What's a network, cell, tower, and how do all these things connect you to the rest of the world?
Learning Objectives
- What are the parts of a mobile communication system, and what do they do?
- Who owns and controls all of the parts of the system? (Where do business, local, national, and international boundaries intersect?)
Pre-Class Assignment (also ok to do this post class)
- Find out what a 5G tower looks like: https://www.steelintheair.com/5g-cell-towers-in-2023-top-questions-answered/ Links to an external site.
- Find a cell tower in your neighborhood. See https://dgtlinfra.com/cell-tower-locations-4g-lte-5g-towers/ Links to an external site.
- ASSIGNMENT: Take a picture of a cell tower of any kind, and post it here: Assignment 2-1: Discussion Cell Phone Base Stations
NOTE: We will provide a number of online resources, some of which may be corporate sites that are advertising services or products. Using these sites as our references should IN NO WAY imply that we are promoting these companies. In some cases, we will even provide conflicting or debatable sites for the purpose of generating thought and discussion.
In Class Activities
- Slides I'll be using in class today: module 2-1 Cell systems.ppt Download module 2-1 Cell systems.ppt
- Vocabulary Discussion (Alphabet Soup)
- We are going to watch this video at the start of class together, but if you'd like to watch it in advance, here's the link:
- https://www.cellmapper.net Links to an external site. Find cell towers near the U. Explore SL Valley, urban, rural, roadway areas.
- https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-30/fake-trees-cell-phone-tower-southern-california Links to an external site. why do we disguise cell towers?
- What is frequency, and why does it matter (international implications)
- Start homework: Put your phone in Field test Model and learn about signal strength (RSCP, RSRP, Cell tower CellID, etc.)
- Apple: *3001#12345#* All others Google or check
https://dgtlinfra.com/cell-tower-locations-4g-lte-5g-towers/ Links to an external site.
An app you might like: SignalFinder - Here's a recording from in class today
Extra Resources
- A bit humorous how to build a cell network https://medium.com/ironkeel/learn-to-build-a-mobile-phone-network-in-22-minutes-ae2eb097c583 Links to an external site.
- Cell tower tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct0wFde9Xc
Links to an external site.
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- Cost to build cell tower https://dgtlinfra.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-cell-tower/ Links to an external site.
- Interested in the Business of Cell Towers? See 'Industry Players' on this site: https://www.steelintheair.com Links to an external site.
- What's frequency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axx8WfxQDkk
Links to an external site.
Homework
Have a Question?
- Heard a word you didn't understand? Have a question in general? Post it here ... if you know the answer (or can find it online) for someone else, reply to their question: Vocabulary Discussion (Alphabet Soup)
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