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 CSE475 - Wireless and Mobile Networks

2012-2013 Spring (2nd Semester)

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Topics

Basics of Radio and Microwave Communication; Cellular Communication Technologies (GSM Networks, CDMA Systems, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G Network Architectures); Mobility and Handoff Management; Data Access Networks (GPRS, EDGE); Standards of New Generation Cellular Networks (3GPP, HSPA, Evolved HSPA, LTE, E-UTRAN, EPC, LTE Advanced, 3GPP2); Wireless LANs (IEEE 802.11 Family) and WiMAX; Wireless Personal Area Networks (Bluetooth, Wireless Sensor Networks, ZigBee, Emerging WPAN Technologies e.g. UWB); Mobile IP; Satellite Networks.

Course Material

Textbooks

Essential  Text: 

(1) Zheng, et.al., Wireless Networking Complete, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010

(2) Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, 2nd Ed., Addison Wesley, 2003.

Recommended:  

(3) Vijay K. Garg, Wireless Communications and Networking. Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

(4) William Stallings, Wireless Communications and Networks, Prentice-Hall, 2nd Ed., 2005

 

Announcements

·         Homework 1 has been submited. Please check the course schedule table.

 

·         Midterm exam grades are announced.

 

·         Your first project submitted. Please check the course schedule table. Before beginning your projects, you had better to get experienced on Opnet. First, please read and complete the two tutorials by yourself that are provided in the Opnet tool. The first tutorial, leads you through various Opnet features. The second tutorial, Small internetworks, guides you creation and simulation of a local area network (LAN). Available at Opnet, (Menu) Help --> Tutorial. Second, please complete two more sample lab projects given in the course schedule table.

 

 

Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Week

Lectures

Readings

Assignments

1

Introduction to Wireless Communications

Slides   (Introductory information)

Slides  (Requires password) 

Schiller Ch.1

Garg Ch.1

 

2

Basics of Radio Communication

Slides  (Requires password) 

Schiller Ch.2

Garg Ch.4

3

 Basics of Microwave Communication

Slides  (Requires password) 

Schiller Ch.2

 

4

 Wireless Personal Area Network

Slides  (Requires password) 

Zheng Ch.8, 9

Garg Ch.19, 20

5

 Wireless Local Area Networks

Slides  (Requires password) 

Zheng Ch.2, 5

Schiller Ch.7

Assignment 1: "Wireless LAN" Project

Due date: April 11, 2013

Sample Project 1      Sample Project 2

6

WiMAX Technology

 Slides  (Requires password) 

Zheng Ch.2, 5

7

Cellular Communication

Slides   

Zheng Ch.3

Garg Ch.5

8

Midterm Exam

9

Basics of GSM

Slides  

Zheng Ch.3

Garg Ch.5

  

10

CDMA Systems

Slides  

Garg Ch.11,15,16

Assignment 2: "Mobile Wireless Network" Project

Due date: May 2, 2013

11

Wireless Data Access Networks

Slides  

Garg Ch.11

12

Cellular Network Technologies and Architectures

Slides  

Zheng Ch.1

Garg Ch.11

13

Evolution of 3G Standards

Slides  

Zheng Ch.6

Garg Ch.11

Assignment 3: "Design your cellular network" Homework

Due date: May 23, 2013

14

Wireless Radio Systems

 

 

15

Satellite Networks

Schiller Ch.5

16

Final Exam study

17

Final Exam

 

Resources

·         The End of the Public Phone Network (Read/Listen) at IEEE Spectrum.

 

·         White Paper on IEEE 802.11ac

 

·         Brief ppt on IEEE 802.11n

 

·         OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition software

http://www.opnet.com/university_program/itguru_academic_edition/