ESE 506 Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing

Spring 2009

 

 

Course Objective

Mobile computing and wireless networks is a young and dynamic field. Ubiquitous access to information, anywhere, anyplace, and anytime, will characterize whole new kinds of information systems in the 21st century. These are being enabled by rapidly emerging wireless communications systems such as Cellular transmissions, Personal Communications Systems, Mobile IP, Wireless Local Area networks (LANs), Ad Hoc networks, and Sensor networks. Moreover, the next generation communication systems are expected to provide a range of services to mobile users to support voice, video, multimedia, conventional data, and Internet access in an integrated fashion. However this comes at a price, in terms of capacity, quality, security and network complexity. The wireless Internet cannot really offer the same as the wired Internet. In order to understand the opportunities and limitations of wireless and mobile networking and computing, their potential for growth, how they relate to Internet technology, and how they can cooperate, this course brings the insight and knowledge of the underlying networking technologies, architectures and protocols, as well as principles of mobile computing and its enabling technologies together.

Course Description

This course will examine the area of wireless networking and mobile computing, looking at the unique network protocol challenges and opportunities presented by wireless communications and host or router mobility. The course will give a brief overview of fundamental concepts in mobile wireless systems and mobile computing, it will then cover system and standards issues including wireless LANs, wireless PAN, mobile IP, ad-hoc networks, sensor networks, as well as issues associated with small handheld portable devices and new applications that can exploit mobility and location information. This is followed by several topical studies around recent research publications in mobile computing and wireless networking field. This course will make the system architecture and applications accessible to the electrical engineer and computer scientist.

Prerequisites

ESE 505 is recommended, or permission of instructor

Course Benefits

  • Learn state-of-the-art wireless technologies;
  • Obtain background for original research in wireless and mobile networks;
  • Learn the skill of independently identifying a problem and solving the problem. 

Lecturer

Professor Xin Wang

 

Class location:

Library E4310

Class time:

Tue: 6:50-9:50 pm

Office hours:

Tu 5:20 – 6:50 pm

Office phone:

+1 (631) 632 8402

Email address:

xwang@ece.sunysb.edu

 

 

 

 

Credits for course:

3

Reference text(s):

 

(for the class)

 

• Charles Perkins, Mobile IP, Design Principles and Practice, Addison-Wesley.

 

• C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, Ad Hoc Wireless Networks - Architectures and protocols

, Prentice Hall, 2004

 

• Charles Perkins, Ad Hoc Networks, Addison-Wesley, 2000

 

• Mischa Schwartz, Mobile Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

This book and the books below are available from most Internet book merchants. Links on the ISBN number lead to Amazon. You can find the best price from sites such as mysimon.com or bookpool.com.

Reference text(s)

(for general computer networks)

James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-201-477114.

Class notes, copies of slides and reference documents will be available at blackboard. There is also a general list of Internet resources.

Assignments:

Several homework assignments.

Project(s):

See ESE506 (TBD).

Midterm exam:

Time TBD

Grading:

Assignments 10%, midterm 30%, In class presentation 15%, Class participation 5%, Project 40%.