CS 463/563 EE404/504

Wireless Networking

Spring 2007 - 3 credits

General Information

Instructor

Jeanna Matthews

Office: Science Center 389

Phone: 268-6288

E-mail: jnm@clarkson.edu

Homepage: http://www.clarkson.edu/~jnm

Times

Class Times: MWF 12-12:50 in SC 334 (ITL lab)

Office Hours: MF 10:30-12 W 11-12 and 2-3

Official Course Description

This course covers fundamental techniques in design and operation of first, second, and third generation wireless cellular networks, including medium access techniques, radio propagation models, error control techniques, handoff, power control, common air protocols (AMPS, IS-95, IS-136, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA,cdma2000, etc.), radio resource and network management. As an example for the future wireless networks, WLAN, WiMAX and Ad hock Sensor Networks are discussed in detail since they are expected to have a large impact on future world. This course is intended for senior level undergraduate or graduate students who have taken a course in computer networks Offered odd springs. Prerequisites: Computer Networks (EE407, CS455, or equivalent.)

Objectives

Teach students the fundamental techniques in the design and operation of wireless networks

Survey the breadth of wirelesss devices and protocols in commercial use today

Expose students to the history and future trends in wireless technologies

Outcomes

Students will understand the fundamental techniques in the design and operation of wireless networks

Students will understand how wireless standards and protocols are developed

Students will be able to describe common air protocols such as IS-95, GSM, cdma2000 etc

Students will complete a project related to wireless networking

Exams

There will be a midterm and final exam in this class.

Tentative Grading Scheme

20% Problem Sets
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
30% Project (15% class presentation/ 15% tracing assignment)

Tentative Syllabus

Date	Lecture Topic	Other Notes	Assignments
Week 1
Friday 1/12	Introduction		Read Stallings Chapter 1 for Monday
Week 2
Mon 1/15	Transmission Fundamentals: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Antennas, Analog/Digital, Periodic Signals, Sine Wave parameters,Approximation of Square Waves	US Frequency Allocations Text Version Wikipedia: Waves, Transmission Medium, Antenna, Transmitter, Electromagnetic Radation, Electromagnetic Spectrum	Stallings Chapter 2
Weds 1/17	Transmission Fundamentals: Noise, Attenuation, Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem, Nyquist Bandwidth, Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Multiplexing	Wikipedia: Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem	Stallings Chapter 2
Fri 1/19		Van Eck Phreaking Tempest for Eliza Wikipedia: Van Eck Phreaking, TEMPEST
Week 3
Mon 1/22	Protocol Layering Application/Transport/Network/ Link/Physical Layers Where Implemented and interfaces between Layer 3,2 and 1 devices Common Sense Example Protocol Encapsulation
Weds 1/24	Circuit Switching vs Packet Switching		Stallings Chapter Ch 2 problems due ( not 2.5, 2.6, 2.7)
Fri 1/26	Network Traces
Week 4
Mon 1/29	Antennas	Stallings Chapter 5 Wikipedia: Antenna, Antenna Effective Area, Dipole Antenna Propogation of Waves
Wed 1/31	Propogation Modes and Line of Sight	Wikipedia: Skywave
Fri 2/2	Fading	Wikipedia: Fading, OFDM, MIMO 5.8 GHz cordless phones vs 2.4 Ghz or 900 MHz
Week 5
Mon 2/5	Signal Encoding Techniques: Digital to Analog: ASK, FSK, PSK		Stallings Chapter 6
Weds 2/7	Analog to Analog: AM, FM, PM; Analog to Digital: PCM, DM		Bring to class execises for chapter 5 (10 of 18) OR proposal for class presentations Bring also a list of wireless devices in your life
Fri 2/9	Troy Rank's presentation amateur radio including frequency spectrum and antennas ( PPT )
Week 6
Mon 2/12	FEBRUARY BREAK
Weds 2/14	Snow day
Fri 2/16	Finish Delta Modulation Spread Spectrum, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum	Wikipedia: Hedy Lamarr	Chapter 7 Bring to class chapter 6 exercises 6,7,8,11,13,15,16
Week 7
Mon 2/19	CDMA		Stallings Chapter 7
Weds 2/21	Review Chapters 1-7
Fri 2/23	Questions/Start Chapter 8/Presentation?		Chapter 7 outlines due
Week 8
Mon 2/26	Midterm (Chapters 1-7)
Weds 2/28	Coding and Error Control		Stallings Chapter 8
Fri 3/2	Clarkson classes cancelled after 11 AM due to weather
Week 9
Mon 3/5	Coding and Error Control		Stallings Chapter 8
Wed 3/7	Satellite Communications	Wikipedia: Communications Satellite , Satellite Internet	Stallings Chapter 9 Outlines of chapter 8 due
Fri 3/9	Satellite Communications and Cellular Wireless Networks		Stallings Chapter 9, 10
Week 10
Mon 3/12	Cellular Wireless Networks	Wikipedia: AMPS	Stallings Chapter 10
Weds 3/14	Cellular Wireless Networks	Wikipedia: GSM , IS-95	Chapter 9 outline due
Fri 3/16	Travis Howard - GPS systems ( PPT )
Week 11	SPRING BREAK
Week 12
Mon 3/26	Wireless LAN Technology		Stallings Chapter 13
Weds 3/28	IEEE 802.11	Get IEEE 802 Wikipedia: 802.11	Chapter 10 outline due Stallings Chapter 14
Fri 3/30	Mindy Collins presentation on Two-Way Radios Pat Wilbur - Wireless Security ( PDF )
Week 13
Mon 4/2	IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard	Wikipedia: WEP , WPA , 802.11i	Stallings Chapter 14
Fri 4/6	David Aeschbacher - Broadband Wireless ( PPT ) Steve Fetcie - SUNY Canton Wireless network ( PPT )
Week 14
Mon 4/9	IEEE 802.11	WPA Tutorial	Statement of Interest/Capability in 802.11 tracing
Weds 4/11	Bluetooth	Bluetooth.com	Chapter 14 outline due List of things from slide set 14 that would be interesting to trace Stallings Chapter 15
Friday 4/13	Chris Hanudel - Wireless USB ( PPT ) Nate Wilson - Mesh Networking (Slides: ODP , PDF ;Outline: ODT , PDF )
Week 15
Mon 4/16	WiFi project equipment/planning Bluetooth
Weds 4/18	Jim Owens,aircrack
Fri 4/20	Darrell Curry - Wireless Sensors ( PPT ) Project Update	Detailed Notes/Research on Stimulating Specified Traces
Week 16
Mon 4/23	Chris Rosinski - Satellite Radio and Direct TV ( PPT ) Project Update
Wed 4/25	Review for Final
Fri 4/27	Tracing Project Reports
Week 17	FINALS WEEK
Tue 5/1	Final in Science Center 348, 7-10 PM