| Date |
Topics |
Lecture Notes, Reading Materials |
| Week 1-2 |
Introduction: Syllabus, Wireless Basics |
Baisc Terms;
Antennas and Propagations;
Encoding, Spread Spectrum Technology;
OFDM Tutorial |
Week 3-8 (Winter Carnival) |
802.11 Standards: PHY, MAC, and Security (WEP, WPA, 802.1x, RSN, 802.11i, and etc).
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802.11 Tutorial;
Security Basics Review; Wireless Attacks and Defense.
WEP Vulnerabilities: Nikita Borisov, Ian Goldberg, and David Wagner.
Intercepting Mobile Communications:
The Insecurity of 802.11. Proc. of ACM Mobicom, 2001.
802.11i Analysis: C. He and J. C. Mitchell.
Security Analysis and Improvements for IEEE 802.11i, NDSS'05, pages 90-110. Feb. 2005
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Spring Break |
Between week 8 and week 9. |
| Week 9-12 |
802.11 Network Troubleshooting, Performace Tuning, and Security Enhancement. |
Rate Adaptations; QoS Provisioning (802.11e); Power Management; b/g Mixed-Mode performance analysis; Wireless TCP;
Enterprise 802.11 Network Analysis;
Deployment Issues in Enterprise 802.11 based Wireless LANs; 802.11 Self-Management (channel assignments, transmission power, fragmentation, and etc);
Network Fault Diagnosis (PHY and MAC); Greedy Behavior Detection; Mobile Device Privacy. |
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Midterm Exam and Review |
Week 10 |
| Week 13 |
Mobile IP |
Roaming; Handoff (including Vertical handoff); Mobility management; Location and context-aware mobile applications and services; SCTP. |
| Week 13 |
Wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks |
Wireless ad hoc networks. A tutorial on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Routing, MAC and Transport Issues. |
| Week 13-14 |
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN); Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) |
HSDPA, 3G, or WiMAX |
| Week 14 |
Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) |
Bluetooth and Zigbee. |
| Week 14 |
RFID |
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| Week 14-15 |
Review and Final Exam |
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