1. Introduction to wireless ad hoc networks.
2. Review of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Review of TCP.
3. Ethernet and CSMA/CD medium access control. CSMA/CA medium access control.
4. Multi-channel multi-radio (MCMR) networks. Routing on the Internet.
5. Routing in MANETs: DSR, AODV.
6. Routing in WMNs: metrics, LQSR, OLSR.
7. Routing in WMNs: HWMP, RA-OLSR (802.11s).
8. IP multicast. Multicast routing.
9. Multicat routing in MANETs (MAODV, ODMRP). Exisiting work on multicast routing in WMNs.
Reading Week
10. TCP in MANETs.
11. Multirate transmission.
12. (Buffer)
13. Test 1
14. Qualnet tutorial (Yi).
15. P1
Nov. 6: Drop Date
16. Security issues. Authentication.
17. Presentations of project designs.
18. Key management.
19. P2
20. Medium access control in MCMR networks.
21. P3
22. Channel assignment in WMNs.
23. Test 2
24. Presentations of final projects.