ECE 695N - Wireless Communications Networks
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Counts as:
Experimental Course Offered:
Fall 2005
Catalog Description:
This course will cover fundamental concepts in mobile wireless systems such as propagation and fading, cellular systems, channel assignment, power control, handoff, mobility management. It will also cover system and standards issues including second generation circuit switched and third generation packet switched networks, wireless LANs, and mobile IP. Besides providing and overviewing current technologies, the emphasis on the course will be to identify the challenges that face the engineering of wireless communications networks.
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Week(s) | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Historical Milestones and Current Wireless Networks |
| 2-3 | Understanding the Wireless Communication Channel |
| 4-5 | Multiple Access Techniques (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA) |
| 6-7 | Concept of Cellular Communications, Handoff, and Location Management |
| 8 | System Case Studies, (e.g. GSM and IS-95) |
| 9 | Channel Allocation Techniques |
| 10 | Power Control for CDMA networks |
| 11-12 | Third Generation Systems (e.g. GSM+, CDMA 2000, IMT-2000) |
| 13 | Wireless LANs (e.g. 802.11, HiPerLan, Bluetooth, etc.) |
| 14 | Mobile IP |
| 15 | Broadband Satellite Networks |
Assessment Method:
none