Wireless Networks
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Telecommunications
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Prerequisites: ECE 6607
Catalog Description
Fundamental concepts of wireless networks.Textbook(s)
Course Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topical Outline
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
a. Topologies
b. Hidden and exposed terminal problems
c. RTS-CTS mechanisms, MACA, MACAW
d. CSMA/CA
e. IEEE 802.11 DCF and PCF
f. Power and rate control; Emerging technologies
g. Wireless LAN Standard: IEEE 802.11
h. SUMMARY TABLE OF WIRELESS LANs
3. CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES
a. FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
b. FDD & TDD
c. OFDMA
d. First to Fifth generations
4. NETWORK PROTOCOLS
a. Mobile IP
b. Wireless TCP
c. Location Registration, Update and Paging
5. NETWORK SIMULATOR
a. ns3 network simulator
b. Architecture, configuration, and simulations
6. WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS
a. Infrastructure-less wireless networks
b. IEEE 802.11 IBSS
c. Routing protocols
d. Other protocol layers
7. SENSOR NETWORKS/INTERNET OF THINGS
a. Device architecture
b. Network protocols and algorithms
c. Power/energy savings
8. ADVANCED WIRELESS TOPICS
a. Brain-computer communication
b. Wireless infrastructure mobility
c. Molecular communication
d. Wireless Security