Lecture Schedule

Prerequisites

Instructor

• Tuesday and Friday, 13:00 - 14:00
• By appointment in special cases

Teaching Assistant

Textbook

References

Course Description

Wireless mobile networks have undergone rapid growth in the past several years. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the latest developments and trends in wireless mobile communications, and to address the impact of wireless transmission and user mobility on the design and management of wireless mobile systems.

Topics covered may include an overview of wireless transmission; wireless local area networks: IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth; 2.5G/3G wireless technologies; mobile communication: registration, handoff support, roaming support, mobile IP, multicasting, security and privacy; routing protocols in mobile ad-hoc networks: destination-sequence distance vector routing (DSDV), dynamic source routing (DSR), ad-hoc on-demand distance vector routing (AODV), and a few others; TCP over wireless: performance in and modifications for wireless environment; wireless sensor networks: applications; routing; satellite systems: routing, localization, handover, global positioning systems (GPS); broadcast systems: digital audio/video broadcasting; applications to file systems, world wide web; Wireless Application Protocol and WAP 2.0; i-mode; SyncML; other issues such as wireless access technologies, quality of service support, location management in mobile environments, and impact of mobility on performance.

After successful completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

• Explain the operation and purpose of key components in wireless communication systems.
• Calculate the link budget of a wireless communicator.
• Analyze the characteristics and impact of indoor and outdoor wireless channels.
• Analyze the coverage and throughput of wireless networks.
• Explain the channelization and control techniques employed by cellular and LAN networks.

Grading Scheme

EECS 4215

• 10% - Pre-class reading and homework (the two lowest scores will be dropped)
• 10% - Labs (3 - 4)
• 10% - Quizzes (the lowest score will be dropped)
• 25% - Midterm test
• 45% - Final exam

EECS 5431

• 25% - Project
• 10% - Labs (3 - 4)
• 10% - Quizzes (the lowest score will be dropped)
• 25% - Midterm test
• 30% - Final exam

Test and Exam Policy

• Students are required to have a computer for online lectures, labs and in-class quizzes. Students can borrow laptops from the university.
• To accomodate students encountering unexpected problems or illness, the two lowest scores of pre-class homework and the lowest score of all quizzes will be excluded from the final grade calculation.
• With valid reasons and proper documentation for missing the midterm test, the weight of the midterm test will be transferred to the final exam.
• Students who enrol in the course late are responsible for all material and all evaluations prior to their enrolment in the course.

Academic Honesty Guidelines

In this course, all assessments are individual work.

"Academic honesty is essentially giving credit where credit is due. And not misrepresenting what you have done and what work you have produced. When a piece of work is submitted by a student it is expected that all unquoted and uncited ideas and text are original to the student. Uncited and unquoted text, diagrams, etc., which are not original to the student, and which the student presents as their own work is considered academically dishonest." - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Academic Honesty Guidelines

For more information about Academic Honesty Guidelines, check the above link, as well as York University's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty.

Useful Suggestions

• When sending emails to the instructor or TAs, please indicate "EECS 4215" or "EECS 5431" in the subject line (e.g., "EECS 4215 - Lecture notes unreadable"), or they may be deleted by mistake as spam. Include your name and student ID in the email.
• For questions related to course materials, it is best to ask during lectures or office hours. Email is not a good way to explain course materials.
• Read the lecture notes and textbook before and again right after each lecture. Work on suggested homework problems to reinforce your understanding of the lectures.

Important Dates

• January 10: Winter classes start. No lab or office hour this week.
• January 13: First lecture of EECS 4215/5431
• January 23: Last date to announce components of final grades
• February 19-25: Reading week
• March 11: Midterm test
• March 18: Last date to drop winter courses without receiving a grade
• April 7: Last lecture of EECS 4215/5431.
• April 10: Winter classes end.
• April 11: Last date to submit winter term work
• April 12-29: Winter exams