Wireless Networking – BSc CSIT Syllabus

Course Description:

This course familiarizes students with different concepts of wireless networking including wireless channels, communication techniques, cellular communications, mobile network, and advanced features.

Course Objectives:

The main objective of this course is to provide concepts and principles of wireless networking including protocol stacks and standards with the evolution of latest wireless networks.

Course Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction (4 Hrs.)

History and challenges of wireless communications; WLAN technologies: Infrared, UHF narrowband, spread spectrum; Wireless communications standards

Unit 2: Wireless Channel Characterization (4 Hrs.)

Multipath propagation environment; LTI channel model; Channel correlation function; Large scale path loss; Small scale multipath fading

Unit 3: Wireless Communication Techniques (12 Hrs.)

Transmission techniques: Introduction to bandpass transmission, Signal space and decision reasons, Digital modulation, Power spectral density; Receiver Techniques: Introduction to fading dispersive channels, Channel impairment mitigation techniques, Diversity, Channel equalization; Multiple Access Technologies: Conflict free multiple access technologies, Spectral efficiencies

Unit 4: Fundamental of Cellular Communications (5 Hrs.)

Spectrum reuse and re-farming; Cell cluster concept; Co-channel and adjacent channel interference; Cell site call blocking and delay; Channel allocation strategies

Unit 5: Mobility Management in Wireless Networks (6 Hrs.)

Introduction; Call admission control; Handoff management; Location management for cellular and PCS networks; Traffic calculation

Unit 6: Overview of Mobile Network and Transport Layer (8 Hrs.)

Mobile IP: IP packet delivery, Agent discovery, tunneling and encapsulation; IPv6-Network layer in the internet; Mobile IP session initiation protocol; Wireless application protocol; Mobile routing protocols: DSDV, AODV and DSR; Classical TCP improvements: Mobile TCP, Time out freezing, Selective retransmission

Unit 7: Advances in Wireless Networking (6 Hrs.)

4G: Features, Challenges and Applications; Overview of 4G Technologies: Multicarrier Modulation, Smart antenna techniques, Adaptive Modulation, Cognitive Radio; Introduction to 5G and its vision; Introduction to wireless network virtualization; Concepts of Wireless Sensor Network & RFID; Introduction to optical communication: Li-Fi; Introduction to Software Defined Wireless Networks; Concepts of Open BTS and Open Cellular Networks

Laboratory Works:

Implement DSSS, Channel coding, line coding in MATLAB or equiv. tool; Analyze performance of WiMAX/WiFi network using NetSim or equiv. tool; Develop QPSK detector and understand the relation between BER and SNR; Implement various pulse shaping filers implemented in wireless communication; Implement wireless routing protocol: DSDV & AODV; Create IPv6 based (Ad-hoc & Infrastructure) wireless network environment and evaluate connectivity, delay, latency, throughput etc.; Understand Contiki OS and implement IoT/WSN

Text Books:

1. Vijay Garg, Wireless Communications and networking, 1^st Edition, Elsevier, 2007

Reference Books:

1. John W. Mark and Weisua Zhuang, Wireless communications and Networing, Prentice hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2005
2. Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, 2^nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2012
3. Simon Haykin, Michael Moher, David Koilpillai, Modern Wireless Communications, 1^st Edition, Pearson Education, 2013