CS 4596 Wireless and Mobile Networks (4)		2005

Catalog description;
      Network protocols and mechanisms to support mobility, e.g., 
      Mobile-IP, M-RSVP, proxies. Issues including routing, tunneling, 
      security, and handoffs. Wireless communication standards, 
      including AMPS, IS-95, GSM, PCS, and satellite standards. 
      Underlying technologies including multiplexing and coding.
      Prerequisite: CS 3590 


Course outline:

 Review of OSI reference model
 Wireless Networking
          Signal propagation
          Multiplexing: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA
          Cellular Technologies: AMPS, GSM, PCS
          Cellular network design
          Wireless LANs
          Satellites
  Mobile Networking  
          Mobile-IP
          Ad-hoc networks
          Handoffs, proxies, resource reservation
          Mobile Transport Layer: I-TCP, M-TCP
          Mobile Application Layer: WAP, i-mode
   

Recommended texts:
     Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, 2nd ed., Addison 
	Wesley, 2003.
     James Solomon, Mobile IP: The Internet Unplugged,  Prentice Hall, 
        2005.
     Theodore Rappaport, Wireless Communications, 2nd edition, 
        Prentice Hall, 2002.
     Schiller, Mobile Communications, 1/e, Addison Wesley