WIRELESS NETWORKS:
FUNDAMENTAL AND FUTURE REVOLUTIONS
Course Syllabus
 - Introduction. Wireless
     Comes of Age. The Cellular Revolution. The Global Cellular Network.
     Broadband. The Trouble with Wireless. Outline of the Book. Internet and
     Web Resources.
- Transmission Fundamentals.
     Signals for Conveying Information. Analog and Digital Data Transmission.
     Channel Capacity. Transmission Media. Multiplexing.
- Communication  Networks. LANs, MANs, and WANs.
     Switching Techniques. Circuit-Switching. Packet Switching. Asynchronous
     Transfer Mode. Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite. The Need for a 
- Protocol Architecture. The
     TCP/IP Protocol Architecture. The OSI Protocol Architecture.
     Internetworking.
- Antennas  an d Propagation. Antennas. Propagation
     Modes. Line-of-Sight Transmission. Fading in the Mobile Environment
- S i g n a l E n c o d i n
     g Techniques. Signal Encoding Criteria. Digital Data, Analog Signals.
     Analog Data, Analog Signals. Analog Data, Digital Signals. Spread
     Spectrum. The Concept of Spread 
- Spectrum. Frequency
     Hopping Spread Spectrum. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. Code-Division
     Multiple Access. Generation of Spreading Sequences. 
- Coding and Error Control.
     Error Detection. Block Error Correction Codes. Convolutional Codes.
     Automatic Repeat Request.
- WIRELESS NETWORKING.
- S a t e l l i t e
     Communications. Satellite Parameters and Configurations. Capacity
     Allocation—Frequency Division. Capacity Allocation—Time Division. 
- Cellular Wireless
     Networks. Principles of Cellular Networks. First Generation Analog. Second
     Generation TDMA. Second Generation CDMA. Third Generation Systems. 
- Cordless Systems and
     Wireless Local Loop. Cordless Systems. Wireless Local Loop. IEEE 802.16
     Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Standard. 
- M o b i l e I P a n d Wi r
     e l e s s A c c e s s Protocol. Mobile IP. Wireless Application Protocol.
- WIRELESS LANS.
- W i r e l e s s L A N
     Technology. Overview. Infrared LANs. Spread Spectrum LANs. Narrowband
     Microwave LANs 
- IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN
     Standard. IEEE 802 Protocol Architecture. IEEE 802.11 Architecture and
     Services. IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control. IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer. 
- B l u e t o o t h , W I F
     I WiMAX, Mobile-FI Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB Overview. Radio Specifications.
     Baseband Specification. Link Manager Specification. Logical Link Control
     and Adaptation Protocol.