5th sem syllabus:Concepts of Wireless Networking

Course Title: Concepts of Wireless Networking

Course no: CSC-308                                                                        Full Marks: 70+10+20

Credit hours: 3                                                                      Pass Marks: 28+4+8

 

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.)

 

Course Synopsis: This course contains the concept of wireless networking technology.

 

Goal:  To provide the concept and working principle for wireless communication and networking.

 

Course Contents:

 

Unit 1. Introduction                                                                                      4 Hrs.

 

History of wireless communication, Challenges in wireless communication networking, Wireless communication standards.

 

Unit 2. Wireless Channel Characterization                                             6 Hrs.

 

Multipath propagation environment, Linear time-invariant channel model, Channel correlation function, Large-scale path loss and shadowing, Small-scale multipath fading.

 

Unit 3. Bandpass Transmission Techniques                                              7 Hrs.

 

Introduction, Signal space and decision regions, Digital modulation, Power spectral density, Probability of transmission error.

 

Unit 4. Receiver Techniques for fading Dispersive Channels              5 Hrs.

 

Overview of channel impairment mitigation techniques, Diversity, Channel equalization.

 

Unit 5. Fundamental of Cellular Communications                                8 Hrs.

 

Introduction, Frequency reuse and mobility management, Cell cluster concept, Cochannel and adjacent channel interference, Call blocking and delay at the cell-site, Other mechanism for capacity increase, channel assignment strategies.

 

Unit 6. Multiple Access Technologies                                                      5 Hrs.

 

Multiple access in a radio cell, Random access, Conflict-free multiple access technologies, Spectral efficiencies.

 

Unit 7. Mobility Management in Wireless Networks                              5 Hrs.

 

Introduction, Call admission control (CAC), Handoff management, Location management for cellular networks, Location management for PCS networks, Traffic calculation.

 

Unit 8. Wireless/Wireline Internetworking                                               5 Hrs.

 

Introduction, Mobile IP, Internet protocol (IP), Transmission control protocol (TCP), Network performance, Wireless application protocol (WAP), Mobile AD HOC networks.

 

Text / Reference books:

 

1.      Wireless Communications and Networking, Jon W. Mark and Weihua Zhuang, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 2005.

2.      Principles of Wireless Networks, Pahlavan, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 2005.

 

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VK Pandey