Course Program:
1. Introduction (Applications, Devices, Challenges, Brief History)
2. Transmission Fundamentals (Signals, Analog and Digital Data Transmission, Channel Capacity, Transmission Media, Signal Strength and Decibels)
3. Antennas and Propagation (Antennas, Propagation Modes, Line of Sight Transmission, Fading in the Mobile Environment)
4. Modulation and Spread Spectrum (Signal Encoding Techniques, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
5. Medium Access (TDMA, FDMA, CDMA)
6. Satellites Systems (GEO, LEO, MEO Satellites, Routing, Capacity Allocation)
7. Cellular Systems (Basics - Cell reuse, spectrum, sectoring, etc.-, 1G AMPS, 2G GSM, UMTS and IMT2000)
8. Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.11)
9. Bluetooth and IEEE 802.15 (WPAN, Zigbee, etc.)
10. Mobile IP
11. Mobile TCP
12. Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Textbook:
Reference Books:
- Wireless Communications & Networks, William Stallings, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall
- Yi-Bing Lin, Imrich Chlamtac, "Wireless and Mobile Network Architectures," John Wiley, 2001.
- T. S. Rappaport, 2nd Ed. Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Prentice-Hall, 2004.
Grading:
| Percent | Item |
|---|---|
| 10% | Term paper |
| 20% | Midterm 1 (3rd week) |
| 20% | Midterm 2 (5th week) |
| 35% | Final (August 2010) |
| 15% | Homeworks and quizzes |