New: Final grades are available on ePost.

Course Objectives

• Learn about theoretical and practical aspects of Mobile Communications
• Study similarities and differences with wired networks
• Study solutions to problems specific to Mobile Networks

Administrivia
Textbook: Mobile Communications, by Jochen Schiller
Second Edition 2003, Addison-Wesley (available at the campus bookstore)

Lectures : Tu-Th 5:30 - 7 pm, in CC 318
Office hours: Mon-Wed 3:30 - 5:00 pm, or by appointment

References: Principles of Wireless Networks, K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy.

Evaluation (4215 only): Grades will be on ePost.

• Midterm: 20%: Mar 1, in class. Syllabus: Ch 1, 2, 3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.4, and material on RMAC and SMAC covered in class. A sample midterm is in /cs/course/4215 on departmental machines.
• Final: 45% - Thu, April 7, 2-5 pm, VH 1018 (scheduled by the registrar's office)
  A sample final is in /cs/course/4215 on departmental machines.
  Syllabus: Chapters 4.1,5,6, 8,9, 10.1 (skip 10.1.4,10.1.5,10.1.6),10.2.
• Lab/assignments: 25%
• Term paper: 10%

1. Jan 4: Introduction. Administrivia. Objectives. Course overview. My slides are here.
2. Jan 6: The Physical Layer, part 1.
   My slides are here.
3. Jan 11: No class.
4. Jan 16: Physical layer continued. Antennas, modulation. Same slides as before.
5. Jan 18: Signal Propagation. My slides are here.
6. Jan 20: Signal Propagation continued. Same slides as before.
7. Jan 25: Introduction to CDMA. My slides are here.
8. Jan 27: Cellular communication basics. Introduction to the MAC layer. My slides are here.
9. Feb 1: MAC layer continued.
10. Feb 3: More on the MAC layer. My slides are here.
11. Feb 8: SMAC. The paper on SMAC (conf version) is here.
12. Feb 10: Start Ch 7. My slides are here.
13. Feb 15: Ch 7 continued. Additional slides are here.
14. Feb 17: Ch 7 continued. Additional slides are here.
15. Mar 1: Midterm.
16. Mar 3: Ch 5: my slides are here.
17. Mar 8: Ch 6: same set of slides as the previous class.
18. Mar 10: Ch 4: my slides are here.
19. Mar 15: no class.
20. Mar 17: Ch 4 continued.
21. Mar 18: (Makeup class) Ch 4 continued.
22. Mar 22: Ch 8: the network layer. My slides are here.
23. Mar 24: Ch 8 continued. Additional slides are here.
24. Mar 29: Finish Ch 8. Ch 9: the transport layer. My slides are here.
25. Mar 31: Ch 10. My slides are here.

• Lab 1. Please note that the field size previously given had a typo, that has been fixed now.
• Lab 2. The submit directory has been created. Please submit this assignment as a1, using "submit -l 4215 a1" from a departmental Linux workstation. Grad students should use this command as well.
• Lab 3.
• Lab 4. Please submit this assignment as a1, using "submit -l 4215 a2" from a departmental Linux workstation. If you have not done the assignment, please read these notes, and use the parameter values listed.
• Lab 5.