ITMC313 : Mobile Operating System

Department

Department of Mobile Computing

Academic Program

Bachelor in Mobile Computing

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

ITGS302

Overview

Introduction to operating systems designed for mobile devices. Topics covered: A comprehensive overview of Mobile operating systems); the opportunities and challenges in designing them; mobile OS architectures( Android, iOS, Windows), mobile OS features (Multitasking, Scheduling, Memory Allocation, File System Interface, Keypad Interface, I/O Interface, Protection and Security , Multimedia) .

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge &understand 

The student should be able to

  • Know how the processes are managed in operating systems on mobile devices.
  • Understand the structure of different operating systems in mobile devices.
  • describes the most important features that distinguish different operating systems.

mental skills

The student should be able to

  • Explain how the scheduling process for operations in mobile systems.
  • compare the advantages and disadvantages of mobile operating systems.
  • criticize how operating systems operate and manage processes.

Practical & professional skills

The student should be able to

  • writes some programs that simulate the components of operating systems for mobile devices
  • perform operations to know the differences between different operating systems
  • Simulation of operations in one of the programming languages.

General and transferable skills

  • Providing students with the techniques of evaluating different operating systems.
  • Providing students  with the skill of modern systems.
  • Providing students  with how to apply and understand teamwork on applied projects.

Teaching and learning methods

  • Lectures.
  • Tutorials.
  • Problem-based learning.
  • Laboratory and practical training.
  • Mini-projects.

Methods of assessments

  • Midterm Exam = 30
  • Assignments = 10
  • Mini-project = 10
  • Final Exam = 50

Course contents

  • Week1: Introduction to operating systems
  • Week2 : mobile OS architectures - android
  • Week3: mobile OS architectures - IOS
  • Week4: mobile OS features - android
  • Week5: mobile OS features- IOS
  • Week6: Multitasking - android
  • Week7: Multitasking - IOS
  • Week8: Process Scheduling - android
  • Week9: Process Scheduling- IOS 
  • Week10: Memory Allocation - android
  • Week11: Memory Allocation - IOS
  • Week12: File System Interface- android
  • Week13: File System Interface- IOS
  • Week14: Protection and Security

Principles of Games Developments (ITMC404)
Parallel and Distributed Computing (ITMC403)
Mobile Multimedia (ITMC402)
Mobile 3D Graphics (ITMC401)
Mobile Commerce (ITMC304)
Programming Paradigms (ITMC302)
ARM microprocessor (ITMC301)
Arabic language 1 (ITAR111)
General English1 (ITEL111)
Physics (ITPH111)
Intro to Information Technology (ITGS111)
Problem solving Technic (ITGS113)
Mathematics I (ITMM111)
Arabic language 2 (ITAR122)
Mathematics II (ITMM122)
General English2 (ITEL122)
Introduction to Programming (ITGS122)
System Analysis and Design (ITGS124)
logic Circuit Design (ITGS126)
Introduction to Statistics (ITST211)
Object Oriented Programmin (ITGS211)
Introduction to Software Engineering (ITGS213)
Introduction to Networking (ITGS215)
Discrete Structures (ITGS217)
Numerical analysis (ITGS219)
Computer Architucture & Organization (ITGS223)
Data Structure (ITGS220)
Foundation of Information Systems (ITGS222)
Information Security (ITGS224)
Introduction to Internet Programming (ITGS226)
Introduction to Databases (ITGS228)
Mobile Applications Development (ITMC311)
Design and Analysis algorithms (ITGS301)
Operating System (ITGS302)
Principles of mobile communication networks (ITMC312)
IT Project Management (ITGS303)
Scientific Writing (ITGS304)
Cross-Platform Mobile App Development (Flutter) (ITMC323)
Heterogeneous and Mobile Databases (ITMC322)
Mobile Interaction Design (ITMC321)
Mobile Operating System (ITMC313)
Security in mobile computing (ITMC411)
Personal Area Networks (ITMC412)
Social Networking (ITMC413)
Networks Programming (ITMC414)
Fundamentals ubiquitous computing (ITMC421)
Cloud Computing (ITMC422)