Colibri

General idea

The overall idea of Colibri (Collaboration and Innovation for Better, Personalized and IT-supported Teaching) is to implement new and innovative teaching methods through a joint learning activity, and to establish a “Living Lab” of students from different universities, study directions and countries/cultures for a systematic testing and evaluation. Colibri is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. It contains three yearly cycles of teaching material development, joint and blended learning activity, evaluation and dissemination. Colibri offers students a unique course, Future Internet Opportunities, designed for master students specialized in any subject related to Information and Communication Technologies. It exposes students to opportunities and challenges of Future Internet, seen from both technical and business perspectives.

The Colibri course contains 10 theoretical modules and a problem-based team-work project, based on a real-life case proposed by one of the participating companies. The project analyses a specific problem, and selects appropriate methods to design and verify one or more possible solutions. The course is organized mainly online. Besides, students have chance to meet twice physically in one of the partner universities for the project work and the final examination. In July 2016 this year’s group of students successfully finished the Colibri course. Master students of TUHH will be able to apply for the next year’s course in December 2016. You can find more information about Colibri here: www.erasmus-colibri.eu and www.facebook.com/ErasmusColibri

The technical module “Advances in Wireless Communications” is presented in this HOOU project. It introduces the basic concepts in radio communications and the state of the art wireless and mobile systems, including their applications. No previous knowledge in this field is needed to follow the material. Video lectures and self-correcting exercises will be provided to understand the basics of wireless communication technology. A question and answer forum will be available. There participants can help each other or ask a tutor for advice.

Learning outcomes

The participants will obtain:

• An understanding of how wireless communications work
• Knowledge of basic radio communications
• Knowledge of wireless networks (IEEE 802.11 with latest extensions): Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)
• Knowledge of mobile networks (cellular and latest evolutions LTE, LTE-A)

Initiator

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Timm-Giel

Hamburg University of Technology
Vicepresident  Research
Communication Networks
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3 (E)
21073 Hamburg
Homepage: www.tuhh.de/comnets

Contact

Vanessa Eichhorn

Hamburg University of Technology
Communication Networks
Email: vanessa.eichhorn@tuhh.de