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