CS 697 Wireless Networks & Mobile
Computing:
Syllabus (Spring ’04)
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1/27 |
Course overview & Introduction to wireless networks and mobile computing
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Schiller 1.1 & 1.2 |
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1/29 |
Introduction to wireless networks and mobile computing (con’td) |
Schiller 1.3 & 1.6 |
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2/3 |
Wireless Transmission: frequencies, signals, antennas,
signal propagation
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Schiller 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 |
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2/5 |
Wireless Transmission: multiplexing (SDM, FDM, TDM, CDM), modulation (ASK,
FSK, PSK), spread spectrum, cellular system |
Schiller 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 |
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2/10 |
Medium Access Control: hidden/exposed terminals, near/far terminals, SDMA,
FDMA, TDMA |
Schiller 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2 |
HW1 due |
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2/12 |
Medium Access Control: TDMA (cont’d), CDMA |
Schiller 3.4.3 – 3.4.10,
3.5, 3.6 |
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2/17 |
Wireless LANs: infra red vs. radio transmission, infrastructure
vs. ad-hoc networks, IEEE 802.11: architecture, MAC layer |
Schiller 7.1 – 7..3,
7.3.1-7.3.4, 7.3.4.1 |
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2/19 |
Wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11: MAC layer cont’d,
synchronization, power management, roaming, |
Schiller 7.3.4.2 - 7.3.4.4,
7.3.5 |
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2/24 |
Wireless LANS: IEEE 802.11: 802.11b, 802.11a, new
developments; Bluetooth overview |
Schiller 7.3.6 - 7.3.8,
7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2 |
HW2 due |
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2/26 |
Review Session
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3/2 |
1st Exam |
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3/4 |
Mobile IP: overview, network elements, packet delivery, agent
discovery, registration |
Schiller 8.1, 8.1.1 - 8.1.5 |
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3/9 |
Mobile IP: tunneling and encapsulation, optimization., IPv6, IP
micro-mobility support, DHCP and mobile IP |
Schiller 8.1.6 - 8.1.10 |
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3/11 |
Mobile Transport Layer: traditional TCP and implications on mobility,
indirect TCP, snooping TCP Discussion of project Ideas
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Schiller 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1,
9.2.2 |
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3/16 |
No class
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3/18 |
No class |
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3/23 |
Mobile Transport Layer: mobile TCP, fast retransmit/fast recovery,
selective retransmission, transaction oriented TCP |
Schiller 9.2.3 -9.2.7 |
HW3 due |
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3/25 |
Mobile Transport Layer: TCP over 2.5/3G networks, performance-enhancing
proxies. |
Schiller 9.3, 9.4 |
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3/30 |
Mobile Computing: File systems & WWW architectures for mobile
computing |
Schiller 10.1, 10.2 |
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4/1 |
Semester Project Proposals Presentations |
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4/6 |
Mobile Computing: WAP – architecture, protocols (WDP, WTLS, WTP, WSP) |
Schiller 10.1, 10.2, 10.3.1
–10.3.5 |
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4/8 |
Review Session
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HW4 due |
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4/13 |
2nd Exam |
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4/15 |
Mobile Computing: WAP – Wireless Applications Environment, WML, Push
architecture, push/pull services, WAP1.x stacks; I-mode; WAP 2.0 |
Schiller 10.3.6 –10.3.8,
10.3.10- 10.3.12, 10.4, 10.6 |
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4/20 |
Mobile Computing: J2ME |
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4/22 |
Mobile Computing: BREW |
(Lecture notes) |
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4/27 |
Wireless Telecomm Networks: evolution of
wireless telecomm networks; GSM; GPRS
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Schiller: ch 4 introduction,
4.1 (and all subsections) |
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4/29 |
Wireless Telecom Networks: IS-95,
CDMA-2000, W-CDMA
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(Lecture Notes) |
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5/4 |
Wireless Location Determination
Technologies
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5/6 |
(Slack) |
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5/11 |
Project Presentations & Demos |
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