TELCOM 2720: Cellular and Wireless Networks

Spring 2008 Course Schedule

Please, note that the following schedule contains dates of classes and reading assignments for these dates. While I will try to follow this schedule, we may turn out to go faster or slower depending on the difficulty that the class experiences with the material, in which case I will have to adjust the schedule. I will tell you about any possible schedule changes as we go. In case of larger changes, I will make an updated schedule available. The readings are from the main course textbooks, books on reserve, typed class notes and handouts. Assignments are due one week after they are posted.

January  9
        Organization, Overview of  cellular and wireless networks,  Safety of Cellular Systems
        [Reading:  Chapter 1]
        Slides 1

January 16
        Fundamentals of Cellular: Propagation, Transmission, Coverage [Reading: Chapters 2, 3]
         Notes 1, Slides 2,  Assignment 1  

January 23
         Fundamentals of Cellular: Modulation (Slides 2) Mitigation Techniques,   Multiple Access Techniques [Reading: Chapters 2, 3, 4]
          Slides 3,  Assignment 2, Notes 2 Class Project List,
        
January 30   
       Traffic Engineering and Cellular Network Planning  [Reading: Chapter  5], 1 G Cellular [Reading: Goodman Chapter 3]
        Slides 4, Slides 5  Erlang B and C Table, Notes 3, Assignment 3

February 6   
        1 G Cellular continued  [Reading:  Goodman Chapter 3], 
        Intersystem Handoff and Mobility Management [Reading: Chapter 6],
        Slides 5 continued, Slides 6, Lab1 - due Feb 20  

February 13   
       Digital Speech Coding, 2G Cellular Systems: GSM [Reading: Chapter 7]
        Slides 7,  Slides 8 , Speech Coder Demos  

February 20
        2G Cellular Systems:GSM continued,  cdmaone (IS-95) [Reading: Chapter 7]
        Slides 8 continued , Slides 9, Assignment 4,

February 27   
        2G Summary, 2.5G Cellular Systems: GPRS, EDGE, cdma2000 1xrtt 
        [Reading:  Chapter 8]
        Slides 10, GPRS Paper

March 5   
        3G Cellular: UMTS  [Reading: T.B.D.]
        Midterm,  Slides 11, Lab2 , Lab 2 Sign Up Sheet, Assignment 5

March 12   
        Spring Break - No Class

March 19
        3G Cellular: UMTS, HSDPA
       Slides 12,  3G_Evolution paper, wcdma evolution paper,

March 26 
        3G Cellular: cdma2000 1X-EVDO , 3G Summary, Location Systems 
        [Reading:Chapter 9, 14]
       Slides 13,  cdma2000 evolution, Assignment 6 ,  Slides 14,

April 2 
        WLANs
        [Reading:  Chapter 11]
        Slides 15,  Assignment 7

April 9
        WPANs [Reading: Chapter 13], Satellites
        Slides 16, Assignment 8    Slides 17,

April 16
        WiMAX , Mobile IP [Reading: paper+ slides]
       WiMAX paper 1,  WiMAX paper 2    Slides 18,

April 23
       Final Exam

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