EEE 598 – Wireless Networks

Prerequisite: EEE 459, EEE 554

Textbook: V. Garg and J. Wilkes, Wireless and Personal Communications Systems, Prentice Hall, 1996

Reference: W. C.Y. Lee, Mobile Cellular Telecommunication Systems, 4th ed, and T. S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications.

The course will focus more on wireless communications from a networking perspective. The objective is to develop an understanding of the special requirements of a network when operating in a wireless environment.

Outline

I. Physical Channel

A. Channel Characteristics
B. Forward Error Correction

II. Access Technologies

A. TDMA
B. CDMA
C. FDMA

III. Cellular

A. CDMA
B. TMDA
C. WLAN
D. 802.11 IEEE
E. HYPERLAN
F. DECTS

IV. Wireless ATM

A. Architecture

V. Multimedia Transport

A. CDMA
B. TDMA

VI. DLC Design for Wireless Environment

A. Retransmission
B. Maximum Transfer Unit Size

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