Wireless communication networks such as cellular phone networks and wireless local area networks have become a critical component of the national infrastructure. This course focuses on information system applications that run on top of the wireless infrastructure (e.g. multimedia messaging, mobile inventory control, location aware services, etc.). This course provides insight into how applications may be limited and enabled by the incorporation of mobile and wireless devices and provides details in developing such applications. The course gives an overview of mobile devices and wireless technology (GPRS, cdma2000, UMTS, 802.11, Bluetooth , etc), and focuses on application development using smart and thin clients. Topics covered include: wireless technologies mobile information systems and applications (m-Business, location based services, wireless CRM, etc.,), wireless information system challenges and architectures (security, reliability, mobility, power conservation, gateways, proxies, etc.), mobile application protocols (SMS, EMS, MMS, WAP), mobile application development (WML, XML, Java, J2ME, J2EE), and business case studies of  mobile applications.  

Prerequisites:  Basic Networking Course (Telcom 1004 or 2000)  
                        and advanced programming  (Infsci 20 or C++ or JAVA)

1. Instructor:  Dr. David Tipper,  Associate Professor of  Telecommunications
                        Office: SIS 749
                        Phone: (412) 624-9421
                        Email: tipper@tele.pitt.edu
                        Web page: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~dtipper/tipper.html
                        Office hours: Monday: 1:30 a.m. - 3 p.m,  Thursday: 1:30 p.m. - 3:.00 p.m. or by appointment

2. GSA:          Korn Vajanapoom
                       Office: Telecom Wireless Lab, SIS 747
                       Phone: (412) 624-4099
                       Email: kov2@pitt.edu
                       Office hours: 5-8PM  Tuesday, Wireless Lab

3.Textbook:   Next Generation Wireless Applications,
                       by Paul Golding, Wiley & Sons, July 2004,  ISBN 0-470-86986-0
                       Mobile and Wireless Design Essential,  M. Mallick, Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2004

                       References: (On Reserve in SIS Library)
                         Enterprise J2ME, M. Yuan, Prentice Hall, 2004   
                         Wireless Java Developing with J2ME, 2nd Edition, Jonathon Knudsen
                         Mobile Communications, 2nd Edition, J. Schiller, Addison Wesley, 2004
                         Content Networking in the Mobile Internet, S. Dixit and T. Wu, John Wiley, 2004

4.  Course Outline and Class Notes

5. Grading:     Homework  and Labs           35%
                       Project                                 35%
                       Test                                      30% 

6. Policies

• All work must be the student's own unless collaboration is explicitly permitted
• Late assignments will not be accepted unless there are exceptional circumstances.
• Homework is due ONE week after it is assigned unless otherwise mentioned.
• Homework will be assigned every week unless otherwise mentioned.
• Check for homework on the web page even if it is not explicitly mentioned in class
• Labs will be due TWO weeks after assigned
• Students are responsible for doing the labs and submitting the reports to the instructor
• Check for lab instructions and changes on the web page regularly
• Keep checking the web page for other changes regularly
• All written work must be legible and clear to receive credit.