University of Bridgeport
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

CpE 481x: Mobile Communications

Instructor

Prof. Khaled M. Elleithy
Office: Tech building, Room 229
Telephone: (203) 576-4703
Email: elleithy@bridgeport.edu

Prerequisite: 471 or CpE 473 PLUS consent of Instructor

Course page: http://www.bridgeport.edu/~elleithy/481sp2002

Text Book: Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, Addison-Wesley, 2000. 

Topics

(1) Medium Access control: SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, comparison

 

(2) Telecommunications systems: GSM, DECT, LETRA, UMTS, IMT-2000

(3) Satellite systems: Basics, routing, localization, handover

 

(4) Broadcast systems: Cyclic repetition of data, digital video broadcasting

 

(5) Wireless LAN:  IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth

 

(6) Wireless ATM: WATM services, reference model, functions, handover, location management, addressing, mobile quality of service

 

(7) Mobile network layer: Mobile IP, Dynamic host configuration protocol, Ad hoc networks

 

(8) Mobile transport layer: Traditional TCP, Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile TCP, and Transaction Oriented TCP

 

(9) Support for mobility: File systems, WWW, Wireless application protocol

 

Grading Policy

Quizzes                           15%  

Exam1                              25%    

Exam2                              25 %   

Project                            35%