CS 4596 Wireless and Mobile Networks (4) 2005

Catalog description;

Network protocols and mechanisms to support mobility, e.g., Mobile-IP, M-RSVP, proxies. Issues including routing, tunneling, security, and handoffs. Wireless communication standards, including AMPS, IS-95, GSM, PCS, and satellite standards. Underlying technologies including multiplexing and coding. Prerequisite: CS 3590

Course outline:

  • Review of OSI reference model
  • Wireless Networking
    • Signal propagation
    • Multiplexing: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA
    • Cellular Technologies: AMPS, GSM, PCS
    • Cellular network design
    • Wireless LANs
    • Satellites
  • Mobile Networking
    • Mobile-IP
    • Ad-hoc networks
    • Handoffs, proxies, resource reservation
    • Mobile Transport Layer: I-TCP, M-TCP
    • Mobile Application Layer: WAP, i-mode

Recommended texts:

  • Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, 2nd ed., Addison Wesley, 2003.
  • James Solomon, Mobile IP: The Internet Unplugged, Prentice Hall, 2005.
  • Theodore Rappaport, Wireless Communications, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • Schiller, Mobile Communications, 1/e, Addison Wesley