ICOM 6505-060: Wireless Networks - Spring 2009

Schedule

• Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (L W V) 12:30pm ~ 1:20pm, Room: S-204
• Invited talks: March 13, 12:30~1:20pm
• Midterm Exam:
• Final Exam:

Instructor

• Dr. Kejie Lu
• Office: S-215
• Office Hours: Thursday (J) 8:30 ~ 10:00 am
• Phone: (787) 832-4040 ext. 3510
• E-Mail: lukejie@uprm.edu

Course Syllabus

• Syllabus and Instructor Information

Lecture Notes (subject to update)

• Course overview (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Introduction to Wireless Networks (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• The physical layer
• Part I: Fundamentals (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Part II: Propagation model (ppt) (updated on Feb-05-2009)
• Part III: Advanced Technologies (OFDM, MIMO) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• The Medium Access Control Layer
• Part I: Basics and Coordinated Schemes (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Part II: Random access (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Part III: Spread spectrum access (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Wireless Local Area Networks (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Cellular Networks
• Part I: Basics and Channel assignment (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Part II: Location Management and Handoff (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
• Part I: Capacity Analysis (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Mobile IP (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Wireless TCP (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)
• Wireless Sensor Networks (ppt) (updated on Jan-09-2009)

Homework

• Homework 1 (doc) (solution)

Project

• Description (doc)

References

• Books
• T. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition Prentice Hall, 2002.
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks," Forth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
• K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks: A Unified Approach, Prentice Hall, 2002.
• A. Jamalipour, The Wireless Mobile Internet Architectures, Protocols and Services, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2003
• Papers
  • Imrich Chlamtac, Marco Conti, and Jennifer J.-N. Liu, "Mobile ad hoc networking: imperatives and challenges," Elsevier, Journal of Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 13-64, 2003. (pdf)
• Links
  • IEEE 802.11 Working Group
  • Open WRT
  • FreeMind

Last updated on: Mar. 02, 2009