20-440-01 - Wireless and Mobile Networks

Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30pm to 2:45pm in Science Center North Room 301
Fall 2008

Instructor

Jaiwant Mulik
Emailjmulik {at} desu {dot} edu
Phone(302) 857-7910
OfficeRoom 306A, 3rdth Floor Science Center North
Office hoursTuesday and Thursday 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Prerequisite

20-355 (Communication and Networking) or permission of instructor

Scope

This is an introductory course in wireless and mobile networking. We will begin with an review of networking primitives and progress to understanding the limiting factors for data transmission in wireless media. Wireless technologies for WANs, LANs and PANs together with associated mobility issues will be discussed. This course concentrates on the physical, data link and transport layers.

Textbook

Wireless Communications & Networks, 2/E, William Stallings, 2005.

Resources

The author of the book maintains a website with resources.

Testing

Homework will count for 50% of your final grade. The midterm and final examinations will count for 25% each of your final grade. I will not be assigning extra credit homework and there you may not submit homework after the due date. To compensate for a occassional lapse (and to show that I am not totally heartless) the homework with the lowest grade will not count.

Policies

Cheating/Plagiarism is a very strict no-no. If you are caught, you will fail. Simple. If you do not understand a topic, ask your instructor in class. Don't be shy, it is likely that others are having difficulty too. If you are not satisfied that you understand the topic, talk to me after class. If after you go home and re-read the notes, but are still have difficulties, try to narrow in on the the specific area where you are having trouble, then come during office hours with a clear question. If the topic is still not clear (and there are more than one such student) we will go over it in class. Under no circumstances cheat or plagiarize, it is just not worth it.

As per univeristy policy attendance is compulsary, unless you have a excuse approved by the provost's office or me.

If you have any special needs, please let me know as soon as possible. We will do all we can to accomodate you.

We will not have class on Monday, Sep 1st 2008, Labor day.

Assignments

  1. Problems 2.1 and 2.3. (These are on page 42 of the textbook. Note that these are "Problems" and not "Review Questions".) Due September 2, 2008.
  2. Problems 2.9, 2.10 and 2.13. Due September 9, 2008.
  3. Problems 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.14. Due September 18, 2008.
  4. Problems 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.13. Due October 7, 2008.
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