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| Instructor: | Jasleen Kaur |
| Room: | FB 007 |
| Class Time: | MW, 9:30 – 10:45 am |
| Office Hours: | By Appointment |
| Class Mailing List: | comp790-088@cs.unc.edu |
Goal:
The field of wireless networking has seen tremendous growth over the last decade. The purpose of this new course is to introduce this field to the CS curriculum at UNC. The Fall 2010 offering is specifically designed to serve three purposes:
- Provide sufficient background for understanding fundamental issues in wireless networks,
- Familiarize with the latest research in wireless networks, and
- Explore open problems in this field.
Syllabus:
The first part of the course (background topics) will discuss how a wireless transmission impacts and guides mechanisms in several different layers of the protocol stack. These will include:
- History of different types of wireless technologies
- Cellular Systems, Satellite Systems, Broadcast Systems, Wireless LANs
- Physical characteristics of wireless transmission (including signals, antennas, multiplexing, modulation, interference)
- Medium Access Control
- Coordinated access (TDMA-based, CDMA-based, …)
- Random Access (802.11)
- Mobile network layer issues
- Mobile IP
- Ad-hoc routing
- Transport layer issues in mobile networks
- Wireless TCP
Structure:
The course will include:
- Lectures on the background material;
- Paper review and presentations (focused mainly on MAC protocols, Measurements techniques, Cross-layer design); and
- Semester-long projects investigating open issues in wireless networks.