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Wireless Networks

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Course Schedule

Please, note that the following schedule contains lecture, homeworks, slides and reading assignments for the lectures.

Lecture 1
Organization, Overview of wireless networks and applications
        [Reading:  Chapter 1, 2]
Video, Slides 1

Lecture 2
Fundamentals of Wireless Technology: Propagation, Transmission, Coverage [Reading: Notes, Chapters 2, 3]
Video, Slides 2, Assignment 1 Notes 1,

Lecture3
Fundamentals of Wireless Technology: Mitigation Techniques, Digital Speech Processing, Multiple Access
Multiple Access , [Reading: Notes Chapters 2, 3]
Video, Slides 3, Assignment 2, Notes 2, Speech Coder Demos

Lecture 4   
Traffic Engineering and Cellular Network Planning [Reading: Chapter 4]
Video, Slides 4,  Erlang B and C Table,  Notes 3,  Assignment 3

Lecture 5 
2G Cellular GSM, [Reading: Chapter 4],
Video, Slides 5, Assignment 4, Class Project List,

Lecture 6   
Intersystem Handoff and Mobility Management [Reading: Chapter 4]
Video, Slides 6,  

Lecture 7
2.5G Cellular Systems: GPRS, EDGE
Video Part 1,  Video Part2 Slides 7 , GPRS Paper ,

Lecture 8   
3G Cellular: UMTS, HSPA
Video, Slides 8 3G_Evolution paper, Assignment 5, wcdma evolution paper,

Lecture 9

Location Based Services
Video, Slides 9,

Lecture 10
WLANs [Reading: Chapter 7]
Video, Slides 10, Assignment 6,

Lecture 11
WPANs [Reading: Chapter 7]
Video, Slides 11,

Lecture 12
WMANs , [Reading: paper, Chapter 8], LTE
Video, Slides 12, Slides 13, WiMAX paper 1, LTE Paper , WiMAX paper 2 , Assignment 7

Lecture 13
, MobileIP and Applications [Reading: paper, Chapter 10]
Video, Slides 14, Midterm Study Guide Final Exam Study Guide

Final Exam, Project paper due at or before Final

Homework Solutions: HW1, HW2, HW3, HW4, HW5, HW6, HW7, HW8,