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About the Course

It is hard to imagine life without your Smartphone – you have come to rely on it so much – for your work; to stay in touch with family and friends; to capture and share those special moments; to find your way around in a new neighborhood. Did you ever wonder how and when all this happened? Or how and when GPS sensors came to be in your cell phone? In this course, we will explore the convergence of multiple disciplines leading to todays’ Smartphones. You will learn about the birth and evolution of Telephony Networks, Broadcast Networks (TV and Radio) and Consumer Electronics. We will discuss the impact of Internet, (multimedia) content, smartphones and apps on everyday lives. We will then look at how this emerging platform called the Internet of Things – wherein billions and trillions of devices communicating with each other and “the cloud” – could enable unprecedented, innovative products and services. Take this course if you want to understand what great new advances in mobile-enabled products will be coming our way! Learning Goals: This course provides a core grounding in how science and technology have developed to enable the Internet of Things – in a way appropriate for any learner. For those interested in developing further hands-on expertise in designing and developing for the Internet of Things, this course will provide a context to the discoveries and converging technologies that will springboard the next round of innovations. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Compare how the telephone system works (that is, peer-to-peer networks) with how media delivery works (that is, broadcast/multicast networks). 2. Explain the tradeoffs between circuit switched networks (that is, dedicated resources) and packet switched networks (that is, shared resources). 3. Tell interesting stories about key innovations that transformed the communications, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. 4. Explain how email, YouTube, SMS, etc. work. 5. Find resources for those wishing to do more of a “deep-dive” into the above topics....

Top reviews

DR

Mar 7, 2016

Hello Everyone,

I really enjoyed this course and definitely this is great learning experience for me..I am heartily thankful to Both Professors for given me this knowledge..

Thanks a lot..

GP

Jan 4, 2016

Great base for the incoming session in this specialization. I've learned about lot of things what i am using every day dut i had no idea how it was developed. Useful base knowledge.

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By AMAN K

Apr 2, 2018

You must provide some materials because it some time get very irritating to answer your quizzes.I just wanted to know that why you guys wanted us to know about the history of AT&T and Bell labs.

By Dimitrios M

May 20, 2016

Great instructors.

Lots of historical references and terminology. I would prefer more details about how stuff actually work - in simple layman's terms.

Looking forward to the second course.

By Lovevin T

May 29, 2020

The quizzes were very demotivating for me as most of the questions were not covered in the lectures at all. That being said, the lecturer was lively and taught with enthusiasm.

By Varun A

Jun 13, 2017

This course is more of a history type of course which bores the learners. Course should be more of technological knowledge rather than the history of the technology.

By Muhammad I A

Jun 14, 2016

It is informative, but there are many basics that were not covered well & there was a lot of information that was not that interesting (like too much history)

By Sam B

Nov 1, 2015

A lot of background information, most of which I was unfamiliar with. Kind of dragged on, but I think it'll ultimately be helpful in the specialization.

By Ravi K

Jan 2, 2021

Course content is good and gives a good historical perspective of communication systems, but quizzes are mostly irrelevant and in some cases incorrect.

By GAN H D

Sep 8, 2020

Quiz questions were very often unrelated or not found in the video lecture content. The early half of this course largely pertains to the History of IoT

By Krishna C

Feb 9, 2016

i feel this course start is somewhat bored because of teaching is not practical based and better follow udacity website tech for teaching interactively

By Omar V

Jan 27, 2017

The course is fine, but I would give the certificate out for free and charge for the ones that follow in the specialization as an incentive to enroll.

By Loh Y T

May 30, 2020

the content is inspiring but some of the content in quizzes are not stated in the lectures, making a hard time to search and check for the answers.

By Nicolas B G

Jun 9, 2020

In most part the quizzes were asking topics not mentioned in videos or didn't give an extra lecture to make a read a prepare the quiz

By Josué B

Feb 22, 2016

Interesting but very introductory. Don't expect to really learn something significant. Easy course. Accent is hard to understand.

By Christos K

Feb 8, 2016

Introductory, not completely relevant to my goals, could be ommitted. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the delivery of the instructor.

By Manish K

Oct 7, 2016

Not much useful if you want to learn about IOT but helpful if you want to learn historical development that lead to IOT

By Sakshi D

Jul 13, 2020

Good course and great content, but the quizzes are tad irrelevant with the content. and have a lot in extra to answer.

By Abhinuv N P

Aug 19, 2016

It's a very basic course with little technical overview. The history and story of emergence of internet is described.

By Karen K

Sep 9, 2016

Gooed clear presenters. Give a good idea of how connectivity works. Last module was a bit obvious (IoT applications)

By Paul I

Nov 16, 2015

While this course is well organized and descriptive, it barely touches the Internet of Things technologies.

By RATHAN N

Jul 6, 2020

Course instruction and assessment are not related. Felt difficult to find answers for the questions.

By Sanjeev S

Nov 29, 2015

This course is a refresher and provides a High Level overview of IoT and its history

as advertised

By Vivek L

May 7, 2020

initial module quizs are not in sync with teaching . learned few core stuff though. thanks you.

By Suraj G

Apr 23, 2019

OK for the beginners as an introduction to IOT.

Course Videos and Quiz are hardly correlated.

By Donat G

May 23, 2016

Not really technical, but a good overview over the past years and even centuries...

By VIGNESHKUMAR R

Aug 22, 2019

Good course but many quiz .May be to reduce quiz to get more star from students.