20-260-797-01 INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS AND MOBILE SYSTEMS

Monday, Wednesday 5:00-6:15 pm Baldwin 661
Instructor: Dharma P. Agrawal, 816 ERC, dpa@cs.uc.edu
Office hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 3-5 pm
TA: Anindya Majumder, majumda@cs.uc.edu
                                   Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2-3pm                                 
                

WINTER QUARTER 2004

2002-03 Catalog Data:

20 ECES 797 Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems. Credits 3. This course introduces basic concepts for wireless communication of both voice and data information. Many underlying system issues related to mobility support and channel allocation will be covered. Wireless communication using satellites will also be covered. Discussions on Ad Hoc networks will also help understand why they are useful. In addition, the course requires a survey of recent information on one specific topic. A group simulation project would require implementation of a concept in wireless technology.

Text:

Text Book: Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems by D.P. Agrawal and Q-A. Zeng, Brooks/Cole, 2003, ISBN No. 0-534-40851-6

Coordinator:

Dharma P. Agrawal, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science.

Goals:

The student will acquire an understanding of wireless and mobile systems and will be able to correlate with new advances in this area.

Prerequisites by Topic:

Some basic understanding of data communication concepts.

Topics:

·   Introduction

·   Probability theory

·   Mobile Radio Propagation

·   Channel Coding

·   Cellular Concept

·   Multiple Radio Access

·   Multiple Division Techniques

·   Channel Allocation

·   Mobile Communication Systems

·   Existing Wireless Systems

·   Satellite Systems

·   Network Protocols

·   Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

·   Wireless LANs and PANs

·   Recent Advances

Computer Usage:

Students use a UNIX and/or Windows platform for the simulation projects and use C++, Java, or any other language. 

Laboratory Projects:

All homework will be posted on the web page. The survey work would require access to library, besides the web.

Estimated ABET

Category Content:

Engineering Science: 1.5 credits or 50%

Engineering Design: 1.5 credits or 50%

Prepared by:

Dharma P. Agrawal, D. Sc.

Date:

January 5, 2004

 

Grading Distribution for ECES 797:

Midterm, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004 in class                      30%

Final, Friday, March 19, 2004, 10:30 am-12:30 pm            35%

Weekly Homework (due in one week)                         10%

Group Simulation Project                                                    15%

Survey Write up                                                                   10%

Audit: Need to make "B" average in Midterm and Simulation Project.

Simulation Projects: 

This is a programming project in which you are required to write simulation software to simulate any one of the following phases of a call. You can use C, C++ or Java language for coding. Any other software can also be used with instructor's permission. A group of 2 to 3 people should choose any one of the tasks given below. You have to submit a 2 -page outline describing what you plan to do and also the structure the program. Each group should also a brief flowchart of their simulation. The report should consist of description of the program in about 10 pages and a softcopy of the simulation with comments. You need to show demonstration of the simulation project to your instructor. This is due on the last day of the class. For most of the tasks, the different operations that have to be performed as part of them are given in the textbook. In the cases where detailed description is not given, you have to come up with the operations that have to be performed. Details of the topics are as follows:

  1. Routing using Home and Foreign Agents.
  2. Authentication using challenge and response.
  3. Simulation of different ARQ Schemes.
  4. Cluster formation in ad hoc networks.
  5. Route selection in ad hoc network based on shortest path and path stability.
  6. Generation of XML message from any HTML website.
  7. Simulation of Bluetooth environment.
  8. Multicasting in wireless ad hoc networks.
  9. Near-Far Power control in a CDMA system.
  10. Ordering grocery items using WAP enabled PDA.
  11. Denial of Service in Wireless System.
  12. Location determination of MS based on signals received at 3-BSs

 

Topics for Survey: 

This is a survey work in which you are required to study the existing literature on any one of the following topics and submit a report. You have to turn-in at least 12-15 pages report in MS word based on current work in the literature. It should include a detailed discussion of concepts involved and the references from which you obtained the material.  You will have to search different journals and Conference proceedings to teach more about the topic you have chosen. Please remember that the report is due on Monday, March 8, 2004 and all survey topics are a part of the final examination. Consultation among students doing the same topic is OK, but direct copying is not acceptable. You need to add references from where you have taken the material, including web-sites. Direct copying from the literature or web-site is not allowed. Details of the topics are as follows:

  1. Multi-protocol compatibility.
  2. Mark-up languages for wireless systems.
  3. New applications of sensor networks.
  4. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM).
  5. Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS).
  6. Is WAP adequate for Multimedia traffic?
  7. Wideband CDMA, cdma2000 and other variants.
  8. Mobility Characterization.
  9. Proxy servers for wireless systems.
  10. QoS parameters in Wireless Networks.
  11. Multi-tier hierarchical cellular architecture.
  12. Unconventional applications of Wireless and Mobile Networks.
  13. Hospital Communication Infrastructure for health care delivery.
  14. TCP over wireless: Mechanisms for improving performance.
  15. Location awareness in Cellular and Ad hoc Networks (static or adaptive).
  16. Distributed Denial of service.
  17. Cryptographic Hash Functions.
  18. Rijndael encryption.
  19. Effectiveness of Tiny encryption algorithm.
  20. Hopping Sequence Determination.
  21. Power Control in CDMA systems.
  22. GPS, GIS and Virtual Navigation.
  23. Ultra Wide Band Communication.
  24. Effective use of Cache for routing in ad hoc networks.
  25. Distributed cluster formation in ad hoc networks.
  26. Energy consumption in sensors with sleep, deep sleep and active modes.
  27. Directional antennas, Limitations and Advantages.
  28. Spatial diversity: pros and cons.
  29. Web-enabled PDA.
  30. Biological and chemical sensors.
  31. Control of satellite signals using earth stations.

 

Possible References besides the web:

  1. IEEE Transactions on Networking
  2. IEEE Conferences on Vehicular Technology
  3. IEEE Conferences on INFOCOM
  4. Mobicom Conference Proceedings plus MobiHoc and other workshops
  5. International Conference on Computer Communications & Networks
  6. Computer Communications Review
  7. IEEE Spectrum
  8. Proceedings of the IEEE (1996)
  9. IEEE Transactions on selected areas in Communications
  10. IEEE Transactions on Communications
  11. IEEE Communications Magazine