TELCOM 2700 Wireless Networks

This course introduces the principles of wireless communications and how they differ from wired communications (e.g., signal transmission/propagation, mitigation techniques, interference, antennas, etc.).  The course then covers the types of wireless networks and their components namely: Wireless Wide Area Networks  (e.g., 1G, 2G, and 3G cellular,  satellite systems, location technology), Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (e.g., IEEE 802.16 WiMAX), Wireless Local Area Networks (e.g., IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n),  and Wireless Personal Area Networks (e.g., IEEE 802.15, Bluetooth, Zigbee).

  

The educational material in this course was developed with the support of the National Science Foundation under  NSF CCLI grant 0341386.  ``Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation”

 

1. Instructor:  Dr. David Tipper, Associate Professor
                         Graduate Telecommunications and Networking Program
                         Office: SIS 715
                         Phone: (412) 624-9421
                         Email: dtipper@mail.sis.pitt.edu
                         Web page: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~dtipper/tipper.html
                         Office hours: On line Fridays 10-12 EST

2.Textbook:   Lectures will be drawn from several sources as the current crop of texts are out of  date – the closest textbook is  
                       Mobile Communications, 2nd edition,  Jochen Schiller,  Addison Wesley, 2004.  some homework problems will be assigned from this.               

                       References which we will draw on include:  
                               Principles of Wireless Networks A Unified Approach,  K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, Prentice Hall, 2002
                       Wireless Communications and Networks, W. Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2002   
                       Wireless & Cellular Telecommunications 3rd edition, W. Lee, McGraw-Hill, 2006
                       UMTS: The Fundamentals, B. Walke, P. Seidenberg, M. Althoff, John Wiley, 2004
                       The cdma2000 System for Mobile Communications, V. Vanghi, A. Damnjanovic, Prentice-Hall, 2004
                       Fundamentals of WiMAX: Understanding Broadband Wireless Networking, J. Andrews, A. Ghosh, and R. Muhamed, Prentice Hall ,2007
                       Guide to Wireless Communications, by M. Ciampa, Thomson, 2002

4.  Course Outline and Class Notes

5. Grading:    Homework                           25%
                       Midterm                                25%
                       Final                                      30%
                       Project or Paper                    20%

6. Policies