IRE30721 Network and IOT (Autumn 2026)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
- Campus:
- Fredrikstad
- Course Leader:
- Reidar Johannes Nordby
- Teaching language:
- The primary language is Norwegian, but English may be used if there are international students or if the lecturer prefers it.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Elective course in the Bachelor's degree in engineering - electrical: electronics and green energy, as well as for TRESS and the Y-veien associated with this study programme.
The course will not run if there are fewer than 7 registered students.
Recommended previous knowledge
Teaching semester
Content
The following topics will be covered:
- Fundamental concepts; gain/attenuation, noise
- Wave propagation
- Transmission lines: radio, cable, and fiber
- Impedance matching, reflection, characteristic impedance, link budget
- Standards, components, and methods for short-range radio communication
- Wireless sensor networks (WSN)
- Secure radio communication and coding schemes
- Laboratory work: A simple IoT system will be constructed
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student can:
- provide an overview of theory and techniques for the transmission of electromagnetic signals
- describe the physical conditions for transmission over lines (radio, optical fiber, and transmission lines)
Skills
The student:
- understands the technical application of radio, transmission, and fiber-optic lines
- applies techniques for the calculation of transmission lines
- understands techniques applied in sensor networks and Personal Area Networks (PAN)
General Competence
The student has an understanding and overview of:
- short-range radio communication techniques and their application
- wireless techniques applied in data communication
- techniques for wireless acquisition and transmission of measurement and control data in sensor networks
- security aspects and vulnerabilities in their own radio communication systems and can demonstrate this
Teaching and learning methods
Instruction varies between lectures, self-study, exercises, and project work.
Independent study and project work will involve laboratory work.
A significant portion of the work is conducted in groups.
Attempts will be made to organize student presentations on relevant topics within the subject.
Workload
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Contribution to a report from project work (construction of sensor and command networks with an emphasis on the radio communication within these)
- Participation in laboratory, project, and group work, as well as any seminars, with at least 80 % attendance
Coursework requirements are graded as pass / fail. The coursework requirements must be approved before the student can sit for the exam.
Exam
Individual portfolio assessment.
The portfolio consists of five portfolio assignments. Permitted aids: All.
Grading scale: A-F.
Examiners
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
In the event of a failing grade on the individual portfolio assessment, the contents of the portfolio may be revised once.
If a student wishes to improve their grade, all portfolio elements must be re-developed and re-submitted at the next ordinary examination.
A resit examination is held early in the following semester.