2013-2014 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (without addenda) 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EL 6323 Introduction to Wireless Networking

3 Credits
An introductory, systems-level approach to wireless networks covering both physical-layer aspects of wireless communications as well as implications in the medium access control (MAC), networking and application layers. Topics include channel and rate modeling, interference and spatial reuse, auto repeat request (ARQ), quality of service, random access, scheduling, mobility and intermittent communication. Overviews and examples from state-of-the-art cellular and wireless local area networks (LAN) standards as well as modern multimedia and web applications will be provided. The course is designed as a first course in wireless networks for students both intending to specialize in wireless communications as well as students who are interested in the consequences of wireless communications in other areas including multimedia delivery, networking and mobile applications.

Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: EL 5363 or equivalent