CERTIFICATE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS: FUNDAMENTAL AND FUTURE REVOLUTIONS ( S-C1031 )

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.

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