EE5406 Wireless Network Protocols –

Course Outline

Dr. David Wong Tung Chong andDr. Manjeet Singh

Academic Year 2010/2011

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong• Network Architectures

– GSM (2G Cellular)– GPRS (2G+ Cellular)– UMTS (3G Cellular)– LTE (3.9G Cellular)– LTE Advanced (4G Cellular)– IEEE 802.16 WiMAX (Cellular)– IEEE 802.11 WLAN– IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth WPAN– IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee WPAN– ECMA 368 (WiMedia) WPAN– IEEE 802.15.3c WPAN– ECMA 387 WPAN

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong• Basic MAC Protocols

– Conflict-free• Static Allocation

– TDMA– FDMA– CDMA

• Dynamic Allocation– Polling (Centralized Control)

– Contention-Based• Static Resolution

– ALOHA– CSMA

• Dynamic Resolution– CSMA/CA

• Wireless Scheduling

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong

• Standardized MAC Protocols– Cellular

• AMPS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CT2, DECT, PHS, CDMA, CDMA2000, WCDMA, LTE, WiMAX

– WLAN• IEEE 802.11a/b/e/g/n, HIPERLAN

– WPAN• Bluetooth, ZigBee, ECMA 368 (WiMedia), IEEE

802.15.3c, ECMA 387

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong• Emerging standardized and research MAC

protocols– LTE Advanced Cellular Network– IEEE 802.22 Cognitive Radio Wireless Regional

Area Network (WRAN)– IEEE 802.11ad Very High Throughput WLAN– Cooperative MAC (CoopMAC)– Cognitive MAC– Multi-channel MAC– Reservation MAC– Directional MAC

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong• Mobility and Location Management

– Channel Assignment Schemes• Non-Prioritized, Prioritized, Limited Fractional Guard

Channels, Fractional Guard Channels and Guard Channels with Queue,

– Multi-Class Channel Assignment Schemes• Complete Partitioning, Complete Sharing and Virtual

Partitioning

– Location Management• Authentication, Location Update and Call Delivery

– Cellular IP

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Course Outline – Dr. David Wong• TCP over Wireless Networks

– Basic Functionality of TCP– Types of Fading– Challenges

• Channel Errors• Mobility• Asymmetry

– Split-Connection Solution – Indirect TCP– Proxy-Based Solution - SNOOP

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Course Outline – Dr. Manjeet Singh

Lecture 1 – Error Detection/ Correction & MIMOLecture 2 – Routing Issues & ProtocolsLecture 3 – Game Theory (I)Lecture 4 – Game Theory (II) Lecture 5 – GSM & Cooperative

Communications + QuizLecture 6 – Introduction to Information &

Wireless Security

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Course Lecture/Quiz Dates• Dr. David Wong

– 10/1/2011 (lecture)– 17/1/2011 (lecture)– 24/1/2011 (lecture)– 31/1/2011 (lecture)– 7/2/2011 (lecture + quiz)– 14/2/2011 (lecture)

• Dr. Manjeet Singh– 28/2/2011 (lecture)– 7/3/2011 (lecture)– 14/3/2011 (lecture)– 21/3/2011 (lecture)– 28/3/2011 (lecture + quiz)– 4/4/2011 (lecture)