TM 615 Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
A broad overview of cellular wireless and personal communication networks is provided. This course examines the fundamentals of mobile wireless networking, including the tradeoff between capacity and coverage in a cellular system and the role of frequency reuse, cell sectorization, and cell splitting. It explores radio architecture and the multiple access techniques of TDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA together with 3G standards (UMTS and cdma2000), the major 4G standard (LTE), and emerging 5G networks.
TM 616 The Global Wireless Industry
This course is focused on the global wireless industry and mobile wireless systems. The course will analyze the various complexities facing management when deploying or operating a wireless mobility system. The four main areas of the management of mobile wireless systems that will be covered in the course are the global wireless mobility market, regulatory requirements, management challenges, and decision methods. The course will utilize a combination of traditional instructor led material in addition to homework assignments that will be geared toward reinforcing the lecture material. A team-based class project will also be assigned. Specific topics covered include the providers, handset and infrastructure vendors, and standards and trade organizations), international regulation, wireless operators' organization and metrics, and the initial planning, deployment decisions, forecasting, and budget considerations in wireless system deployment.
TM 617 Next Generation Wireless Systems
This course provides a broad and comprehensive perspective 3.5G, 4G and emerging 5G mobile wireless networks. The architecture of HSPA and Ev-DO are examined and differentiated. Our study of 4G begins with an examination of OFDM and OFDMA. The principle 4G standard, LTE, is studied next. The LTE access and core networks are examined and the important functional network elements are identified and distinguished. Key enabling technologies for 5G wireless networks are also identified and discussed and the network architecture for 5G is examined. Of particular importance is the role of Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization in 5G (both RAN and core networks). The architecture, advantages, and challenges of the Cloud (or Centralized) RAN (C-RAN) is examined.
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TM 618 Wireless Network Performance Management
This course develops a fundamental understanding of the performance, management, and life-cycle analysis of emerging mobile wireless networks. The major components of a mobile wireless network, the Radio Access Network (RAN), and the core Back-Bone Network (BBN), are described in terms of their major functional elements. The impact of these functional elements upon the ability of the system to achieve established performance metrics is examined. This course will also examine the trade-offs in system performance and management that each of the elements has on system complexity, planning, and ability to meet the required performance objectives. Life-cycle analysis and, in particular, the migration of mobile wireless systems to third generation networks is discussed with emphasis on the impact of migration on system architecture and cost. The topics of system performance, management, and life-cycle analysis are crucial to wireless managers and professionals in the planning and migration of mobile wireless networks. The course includes a team project where the students will apply the knowledge covered by the course to a practical case study.or
TM 584 Wireless Systems Security
Wireless systems and their unique vulnerabilities to attack; system security issues in the context of wireless systems, including satellite, terrestrial microwave, military tactical communications, public safety, cellular and wireless LAN networks; security topics: confidentiality/privacy, integrity, availability, and control of fraudulent usage of networks. Issues addressed include jamming, interception and means to avoid them. Case studies and student projects are an important component of the course.or
EE 584 Wireless Systems Security
Wireless systems and their unique vulnerabilities to attack; system security issues in the context of wireless systems, including satellite, terrestrial microwave, military tactical communications, public safety, cellular and wireless LAN networks; security topics: confidentiality/privacy, integrity, availability, and control of fraudulent usage of networks. Issues addressed include jamming, interception and means to avoid them. Case studies and student projects are an important component of the course.or
TM 650 Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization
This course examines two important new network technologies and architectures; Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). These two closely related approaches are a direct response to the changing requirements to support new networking services in an integrated and flexible approach. The reason for each architecture is presented and their ability to meet the changing network requirements is examined. The architecture, standards, and applications for each is presented and studied. Each architecture is differentiated and compared and the potential interworking of each is considered. The course concludes with an introduction and study of the Internet of Things (IoT). The course is guided by both a required textbook and recently published scholarly papers on these topics.
