Wireless NetworksCS 442
Department of Computer ScienceDr. Yaser Khamayseh
Goals of the Course
• Learn about the unique challenges in wireless networking
• Gain an understanding of wireless technologies at the physical, MAC, and higher layers
» Focus is on the wireless protocol layer• Get experience in working with wireless networks
» Implementing protocols algorithms, protocols, …
» Measurements of wireless networks• Get a broad view of the ongoing research in thewireless domain» Focus on the protocol level
Course Contents
• Lectures: unique features of wireless• Surveys of advanced research topics• Project: team-based, hands-on
Grading
• First Exam 20%• Second Exam 20%• Final Exam 40%• Homeworks 10%• Project 10%
Projects Topics
• Technologies• Standards• Wireless Products• Applications• Security
Histroy
• Wireless telegraph invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1896
• Tesla credited with first radio communication in 1893
• First telegraphic signal traveled across the Atlantic ocean in 1901
• Used analog signals to transmit alphanumeric characters