RPI, ECSE 6962: Fall 2002

A class is composed of two 75 minutes lectures seperated by a 10 minutes break. The topics covered are divided into “modules”. Modules are not necessarily equal in length. Some of the lectures will be conducted by the students, especially later in the course. The brackets below contain two numbers (# of lectures conducted by the instructor, # of lectures conducted by the students). A “students lecture” will include a number of 15-minutes presentations by different groups.

Module 1: Introduction and course administravia (4,0 lectures)

· Introduction (Course outline, Impact of Mobility and Wireless-ness)

· Short Background on the different types of wireless networks

· Jumpstart to simlations using ns-2

1. Part I: (a)Wired Networks (b) Wireless Networks

2. Part II: Modifying ns-2

Module 2: Overview of fundamentals (2,0 lectures)

· Fundamentals of Pyhysical Layer Design

· Fundamentals of Networking Layer Design

Module 3: Introduction to Wireless Networks WANs and LANs (approx 2,0 lectures)

· Ad-hoc networks

· Cellular networks

· Other networks (P2P, biological networks, grid computing, etc.)

Module 4: Mobility in the Internet (MobileIP) (2,0 lectures)

Module 5: Transport Layer Design (TCP over wireless) (2,1 lectures)

Module 6: MAC Layer Design for Mobile Adhoc Networks (2,1 lectures)

Module 7: Routing Layer Design for Mobile Adhoc Networks (2,3 lectures)

Module 8: Location-Aware Routing (2,1 lectures)

Module 9: Case Studies: (IEEE 802.11 LANs and Bluetooth PANs) (2,2 lectures)

Module 10: Demo Day – (0,2 lectures)