Florida Institute of Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 5113 Wireless LANs

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Course Outline

 

Introduction to Wireless LAN Applications

Mobility for Office and Home Networking

Budges for security

Easy Access at the Airports

Evolution of the WLAN Industry

WLAN Standards

 

IEEE 802.11 WLAN

            The Physical Layer

                        Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)

                        Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)

                        Comparison of DSSS and FHSS

            MAC Sublayer

            MAC Management Sublayer

 

Ad Hoc Networking and WPAN

            IEEE 802.15 WPAN

            HomeRF

            Bluetooth

            Interference Between Bluetooth and 802.11

 

Principles of Air-Interface Design

            Radio Propagation Mechanisms

            Path-Loss Modeling and Signal Coverage

            Effect of Multipath and Doppler

 

Wireless Geolocation Systems

            Wireless Geolocation System Architecture

            Technologies for Wireless Geolocation

            Geolocation Standards for E-911 Services

            Performance Measures for Geolocation Systems

 

Infrastructures for WLAN

            Access points

            Wireless Bridges

            Wireless Gateways

 

Wireless LAN Security

 

WLAN Planning and site survey

 

 

Textbook:

K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-093003-2).

 

Class Notes.

 

Reference:

Gilbert Held, “Data Over Wireless Networks Bluetooth, WAP, and Wireless LANs,” McGraw-Hill 2001 (ISBN 0-07-212621-3).

 

Vijay K. Garg, “Wireless Network Evolution 2G to 3G,” Prentice Hall 2002 (ISBN 0-13-028077-1).

 

Planet3 Wireless, “Certified Wireless Network Administrator,” Plant 3 wireless, Inc 2002 (ISBN 0-9716057-2-6).  http://www.cwne.com/

 

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", Fouth Edition, Prentice Hall 2003 (ISBN 0-13-066102-3).

 

Mark Ciampa, “Designing and Implementing Wireless LANs,” Course Technology-Thomson Learning, 2001 (ISBN 0-619-03494-7).

 

William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networking,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-040864-6).

 

C.K. Toh, “Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-007817-4).

 

R. Scoot Lewis, “Wireless PC-Based Services,” Prentice Hall 2001 (ISBN 0-13-0411664-9).

 

Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications Principles and Practice,” Second Edition, Prentice Hall 2002 (ISBN 0-13-042232-0).

 

R. K. Nichols and P.C. Lekkas, “Wireless Security Models, Threats, and Solutions,” McGraw-Hill 2002 (ISBN 0-07-138038-8).

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