Course overview, logistics, goals
	Evolution of telecommunications, computing, and mobile/wireless systems.
	Alternate visions of mobile systems: ubiquitous computing vs. ubiquitous info access.

	Novel attributes of mobile and wireless systems
	Challenges & problem areas: low power, variable bandwidth, mobility, security.

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentation: none
Mandatory Reading: [Weiser91]
Recommended Reading: None
Other Reading: [Imielinski96], [Weiser93], [Cox95], [Forman94]

	Radio spectrum allocation and characteristics at different frequencies
	Simple  models of radio channels: propagation, path loss, multipath fading, interference sources, intersymbol interference, error models
	Models of packet radio links
	Techniques to combat radio channel impairments: channel coding, equalization, diversity, smart antennas

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: none
Mandatory Reading: [Rappaport], [Xia97]
Recommended Reading: [Wang95], [Winters98]
Other Reading: [Andersen95], [Duchamp92], [Eckhardt96], [Ertel98], [Noble97], [Rappaport96], [Seidel94], [Swarts94], [Valenzuela93], [Zorzi95]

	Models of packet radio links
	Techniques to combat radio channel impairments: channel coding, equalization, diversity, smart antennas

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: none
Mandatory Reading: [Rappaport], [Xia97]
Recommended Reading: [Wang95], [Winters98]
Other Reading: [Andersen95], [Duchamp92], [Eckhardt96], [Ertel98], [Noble97], [Rappaport96], [Seidel94], [Swarts94], [Valenzuela93], [Zorzi95]

	Modulation choices
	Short range / low power radios
	High speed radios: OFDM

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Shih01], [Schurgers02a]
Recommended Reading:  [Evans96], [Richley95], [Zimmerman96]
Other Reading:

	Channel resource sharing sharing in time, frequency, and code dimensions
	Static multiple access techniques: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA
	Spread spectrum - direct sequence, frequency hopping, interference resistance
	TDMA enhancements: PRMA
	Spread spectrum - direct sequence, frequency hopping, interference resistance

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Goodman89], [van99]
Recommended Reading: [Chen94], [Falconer95], [Kohno95]
Other Reading: none

	Spread spectrum - direct sequence, frequency hopping, interference resistance
	Packet-oriented MAC, hidden terminal, exposed terminal
	Random-access MAC: MACA, MACAW, CSMA/CA 802.11 DCFS mode
	Student Presentation #1  by Jacob Kuo and Robert Tseng Ultra Wide Band Radio

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: Powerpoint
Required Reading: [Bharghavan94], [Brenner97]
Recommended Reading: IEEE 802.11 Tutorial
Other Reading: none

	Random-access MAC: MACA, MACAW, CSMA/CA 802.11 DCFS mode
	Controlled-access MAC: 802.11 PCFS mode, Bluetooth
	Various TDMA variants
	Student Presentation #2  by Raghu Rao and Kevin Chen 802.11a Physical Layer

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: Powerpoint
Required Reading: [Bharghavan94], [Brenner97]
Recommended Reading: IEEE 802.11 Tutorial
Other Reading: none

	Controlled-access MAC: 802.11 PCFS mode, Bluetooth
	Various TDMA variants
	Channel-state dependent packet scheduling
	Packet scheduling for QoS, GPS, WFQ
	Packet fair queuing in wireless links
	Distributed wireless fair queuing

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Bharghavan99a], [Vaidya00]
Recommended Reading: [Bhagwat96a]
Other Reading: none

	Channel-state dependent packet scheduling
	Packet scheduling for QoS, GPS, WFQ
	Wireless packet fair queuing
	Distributed wireless fair queuing
	Student Presentation #3 by Dayou Qian and Xiaolong Huang MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks
	Student Presentation #4 by Yen-Cheng Kuan and Simon Han MAC enhancements to 802.11a

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentations: Powerpoint #3, Powerpoint #4
Required Reading: [Bharghavan99a], [Vaidya00]
Recommended Reading: [Bhagwat96a]
Other Reading: none

	Guest Presentation #1 by Vlasios Tsiatsis Tutorial on Parsec and Glomosim
	Guest Presentation #2 by Sung Park Tutorial on Ns-2
	Student Presentation #5 by John Barjaktarevic and Bocheng Lai Real-time traffic over 802.11

Lecture Notes: none
Student Presentations: Powerpoint
Guest Presentations: Powerpoint #1, Powerpoint #2
Required Reading: none
Suggested Reading: none
Other Reading: none

	Packet fair queuing in wireless links
	Distributed wireless fair queuing
	Adaptation in wireless links
	Modulation scaling and energy-aware packet scheduling
	Adaptation framework for latency, reliability, range, energy

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentations: none
Required Reading: [Min02], [Schurgers02b]
Suggested Reading: [Schurgers02c], [Modiano99], [Raghunathan02], [Lettieri99]
Other Reading: none

Guest Presentation #3 by Sachin Adlakha Communication and sensing capacity of ad hoc networks

Lecture Notes: none
Student Presentations: none
Guest Presentations: Powerpoint #3
Required Reading: TBD
Suggested Reading: TBD
Other Reading: none

	Modulation scaling and energy-aware packet scheduling
	Adaptation framework for latency, reliability, range, energy
	Mobility in wireless LANs
	Problems in making Internet mobile
	Canonical architecture for mobile-IP schemes
	Mobile IP examples: Columbia's, Sony's, IBM's, IPv4, IPv6
	Route optimization in Mobile-IP
	Security , performance, and other issues
	End-to-end approach to mobility

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Bhagwat96b], [Snoeren00]
Suggested Reading: [Acharya97], [Snoeren01]
Other Reading: none

	Mobility in wireless LANs
	Problems in making Internet mobile
	Canonical architecture for mobile-IP schemes
	Mobile IP examples: Columbia's, Sony's, IBM's, IPv4, IPv6
	Route optimization in Mobile-IP
	Security , performance, and other issues
	End-to-end approach to mobility

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Bhagwat96b], [Snoeren00]
Suggested Reading: [Acharya97], [Snoeren01]
Other Reading: none

Student Presentation #6 by Rima Khalaf and Benham Rezaei Directional Antennas: MAC & Routing

	Route optimization in Mobile-IP
	Security , performance, and other issues
	End-to-end approach to mobility

Lecture Notes: pdf 1pp, pdf 2pp, Framemaker
Student Presentations: Powerpoint #6
Guest Presentations:
Required Reading: [Bhagwat96b], [Snoeren00]
Suggested Reading: [Acharya97], [Snoeren01]
Other Reading: none

	Wireless ad hoc networks
	Various MANET routing schemes: flooding, DSR, LAR etc.
	Note: see slides for lecture on Ad Hoc sensor networks which could not be presented

Lecture Notes: Powerpoint
Student Presentation: none
Required Reading: [Li00], [Johansson99]
Suggested Reading:
Other Reading: none

	Student Presentation #7 by Saurabh Ganeriwal and Ramkumar Rengaswamy Exposure Problems in Sensor Networks
	Student Presentation #8 by Rupesh Goel and Chaitanya Sharma Toplogy Management in Ad Hoc Networks
	Student Presentation #9 by Chris Kurpinski and Kim Sungha Security in Ad Hoc Networks

Lecture Notes: none
Student Presentations: Powerpoint #7 Powerpoint #8, Powerpoint #9
Guest Presentations:
Required Reading: none
Suggested Reading: none
Other Reading: none

	Student Presentation #10 by Jonathan Hui and Louane Kuang Tracking & Collaborative Signal Processing in Sensor Networks
	Student Presentation #11 by Huei-Jiun Ju (Laura) & Yichen Localization

Lecture Notes: none
Student Presentations: Powerpoint #10, Powerpoint #11
Guest Presentations:
Required Reading: none
Suggested Reading: none
Other Reading: none

Student Presentation #12 by Athanasios Stathopoulos & Huiyu Luo Timing Synchronization in Sensor Networks

Lecture Notes: none
Student Presentations: Powerpoint #12
Guest Presentations:
Required Reading: none
Suggested Reading: none
Other Reading: none