ECE G 364, Mobile and Wireless Networking

Spring 2004

The class meets Monday and Wednesday from 11:40am to 1:20pm in room Robinson 109

Instructor:

        Stefano Basagni
        Office: Dana 312
        Office hours: Wed., 2pm-4pm
        Telephone: 617 373 3061
        E-mail: basagni@ece.neu.edu

Teaching Assistant:

        Marco Elia
         E-mail: maelia@coe.neu.edu


Textbook:(1) Wireless and Mobile Network Architectures, Yi-Bing Lin and Imrich Chlamtac, John Wiley and Sons, 2001. (2) Notes from the instructor.


Course Objectives: This class introduces to the fundamental techniques and protocols of the two main wireless networks architectures, namely cellular networks (second generation and emerging third generation systems) and ad hoc networks. The course examines the characterizing aspects of these wireless architectures and introduces to related problems and solutions.


Topics: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: MAC layer solutions, multipoint communication protocols (routing, multicast, broadcast), clustering protocols. Enabling Technologies: Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11. Cellular systems: mobility management and signaling within mobile networks, common air interfaces. IS-41, GSM and wireless data networking (CDPD).


Evaluation: There will be homework and the final exam.

Grades: Homework: 30%. Final: 70%.


Student Responsibilities: Homework are due in class on the specified date. Turn in what is completed by the deadline for partial credits. No late submission will be accepted. ("No shows" will obtain 0 points.) If k is the total number of homework assigned, at least h >= k/2 of the homework have to be turned in for passing the class with more than a B.

Only homework returned on a letter-size envelope will be accepted. Take care of print on the envelope the class name (ECE G 364) and your name.

All submissions must be your own work. Identical, or semi-identical assignments will not be accepted.

Class attendance is responsibility of each individual. If a student should elect not to attend a class, s/he is responsible for any handouts, announcements, reading material and content of missed lecture.

Scholastic dishonesty (e.g., cheating, plagiarism, collusion, record falsification, etc.) will be punished according to NU policies and standards.


Download the syllabus in Portable Document Format (PDF)( ).


CLASSES

1. Mon Jan 5 2004: Introduction to ECE G 364. Architectures and Wireless Medium Access Control (Wireless MAC). Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read till page vii of the MAC handout.

2. Wed Jan 7 2004: Wireless MAC: General MAC techniques. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read till page x of the MAC handout.

3. Mon Jan 12 2004:Ad hoc MAC protocols. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read till page xix of the MAC handout.

4. Wed Jan 14 2004: Ad Hoc MAC protocols: Allocation protocols. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read till page xix of the MAC handout.
Homework:Download homework 1. Homework are due in class on Mon Jan 26 2004.

5. Wed Jan 21 2004: Ad Hoc Routing. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the routing handout.

6. Mon Jan 26 2004: Location-enabled ad hoc routing. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the routing handout.

7. Wed Jan 28 2004: Location-enabled communications: DREAM, LAR and other protocols. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the routing handout.

8. Mon Feb 2 2004: Hierarchical solutions for multipoint communications in the ad hoc architecture. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the clustering handout.
Homework:Download homework 2. Homework are due on Wed Feb 18 2004.

9. Wed Feb 4 2004: Clustering in ad hoc networks and applications to secure communications. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the clustering handout.
THE SEMINAR BY PAUL NIKOLISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. So, we are back in class (we will possibly be starting a bit late).

10. Mon Feb 9 2004: Some on ad hoc security. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the "pebblenets" paper.

11. Wed Feb 11 2004: Sensor networking. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the sensor networks survey.

12. Wed Feb 18 2004: Mr. Bernard M. Gordon's talk has been cancelled. The class will convene at 12:00 noon in 458 Richards Hall for the seminar by Paul Nikolich who will speak on: An overview of the IEEE-SA Project 802: LAN/MAN Standards Committee (this is the talk we were supposed to attend on Feb. 4 2004). This class will not be televised. Download the slides for this class, gently made available by the speaker.

13. Mon Feb 23 2004: Sensor networking, the protocols. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the sensor networks survey.

14. Wed Feb 25 2004: Dr. Horst Wittmann from the Northeastern Division of Research Development will talk about how and where to find funding for graduate and post doc research efforts. He will also stress the importance of good proposal writing.
Assignments: Write and bring a one page concept paper: What you want to research (topic and short description) and why you think you should get funding for your idea (in competition to many other requests).

15. Mon Mar 8 2004: Bluetooth 101 and scatternet formation. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the Bluetooth survey.
Homework:Download homework 3. The paper for the homework is the "BlueTrees" paper. Homework are due in class on Wed Mar 24 2004.

16. Mon Mar 10 2004: Bluetooth catternet formation. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the scatternet formation survey.

17. Mon Mar 17 2004: Personal Communication Services (PCS): Architecture and mobility management problems. This class is pretaped and a bit shorter than usual. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the first chapter of the textbook, and the second chapter till page 21.

18. Wed Mar 19 2004: IEEE 802.11 101. This lecture is kindly given by Professor Bruce McDonald.

19. Mon Mar 22 2004: Personal Communication Services: Mobility management, handoff and roaming. This class is pretaped and a bit shorter than usual. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the second chapter till page 29.

20. Wed Mar 24 2004: IEEE 802.11 MAC. This lecture is kindly given by Professor Bruce McDonald.
Download the slides for this class and the previous class taught by Prof. McDonald.

21. Mon Mar 29 2004: GSM 101, services and some phy and logical channels details. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read Chapter 9 of the textbook.

22. Wed Mar 31 2004: GSM, Mobility Management. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read Chapter 11 of the textbook (and some for Chapter 10).

23. Mon Apr 5 2004: GSM: Mobility database managements and SMS basics. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read the end of Chapter 11 of the textbook and the beginning of Chapter 12.

24. Wed Apr 7 2004: GSM SMS. Download the slides for this class.
Assignments: Read Chapter 12 of the textbook.

25. Mon Apr 12 2004: The class is going to the talk of Mr. Bernard Gordon on "How to be a successful engineer." Food will be provided (at 11:30am), and the talk will start at 12 noon, in 440 Egan. Read the talk announcement. Please, write an e-mail to Dr. Phillip Cunningham (p.cunningham@neu.edu) to confirm your presence at the talk.

26. Wed Apr 14 2004: Class review for the final exam.

*** PLEASE, NOTICE THE CHANGE OF CLASSROOM ***
Wed April 21 2004: FINAL EXAM. The final will be held in 109 Robinson (usual classroom) from 8:30am to 11:30am. The final will be on everything that has been covered in all the classes held in 109 RB (televised classes). The final is closed book/ closed notes EXCEPT for the fact that students are allowed to bring in a SINGLE PAGE (letter size) in which they can write down whatever they think it would be useful for the exam.

Please, report typos, errors and decent comments to basagni@ece.neu.edu