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CSE475 - Wireless and Mobile Networks
2013-2014 Spring
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.
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
[2014-06-10] Final exam results are announced.
[2014-05-23] Final Exam will take place at MC270 on June 6, 2014, Friday, at 15:00.
[2014-05-12] Homework-2 has been submitted. Please check the course schedule table .
[2014-04-11] Midterm exam results are announced.
[2014-03-31] Homework-1 has been submitted. Please check the course schedule table .
[2014-03-31] The lecture on March 31, 2014 (Monday’s one-hour lecture) has been postponed to Tuesday April 01, 2014 at 17:30.
[2014-03-15] The lecture on March 17, 2014 (Monday’s one-hour lecture) has been postponed to Tuesday March 18, 2014 at 17:30.
[2014-03-15] Your first project submitted. Please check the course schedule table. Before beginning your projects, you had better 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.
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Tentative Schedule
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Week |
Lectures |
Readings |
Assignments |
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1 |
Introduction to Wireless Communications |
Schiller Ch.1
Garg
Ch.1 |
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2 |
Basics of Radio Communication |
Schiller Ch.2
Garg Ch.4 |
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3 |
Basics of Microwave Communication |
Schiller Ch.2 |
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4 |
Wireless Personal Area Network |
Zheng Ch.8, 9
Garg Ch.19,
20 |
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5 |
Wireless Local Area Networks |
Zheng Ch.2, 5
Schiller Ch.7 |
Assignment 1: "Wireless
LAN" Project
Due date: April 5, 2014 |
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6 |
WiMAX Technology |
Zheng Ch.2, 5 |
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7 |
Cellular Communication |
Zheng Ch.3
Garg Ch.5 |
Assignment 2: Homework-1 Due date: April 4, 2014 |
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Basics of GSM |
Zheng Ch.3
Garg Ch.5 |
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Midterm Exam |
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10 |
CDMA Systems |
Garg Ch.11,15,16 |
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11 |
Wireless Data Access Networks |
Garg Ch.11 |
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12 |
Cellular Network Technologies and Architectures |
Zheng Ch.1
Garg Ch.11 |
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13 |
Evolution of 3G Standards |
Zheng Ch.6
Garg Ch.11 |
Assignment 3: Homework-2 Due date: May 19, 2014 |
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14 |
Wireless Radio Systems |
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Assignment 4: |
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15 |
Satellite Networks |
Schiller Ch.5 |
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16 |
Final Exam study |
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17 |
Final Exam |
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· The End of the Public Phone Network (Read/Listen) at IEEE Spectrum.
· White Paper on IEEE 802.11ac
· OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition software
http://www.opnet.com/university_program/itguru_academic_edition/