CS 898T Mobile and Wireless Networks

CS 898T
Mobile and Wireless Networks
Summer 2005

Class Information

Class Time: M,Tu,W,Th 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Lab Time: M,Tu,W,Th 12:25 - 12:50 PM
Class Room: Jabara Hall 128

Contact Information

Instructor: Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: Tu,W,Th 10:00 - 11:00 AM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.wichita.edu

Teaching Assistant:Swapna Sunkara
Office:218 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-5266
Office Hours:Tu, Th 4:00 - 5:00 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: sxsunka1@cs.wichita.edu

Course Description

This course aims at providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer in the mobile and wireless networking fields are covered. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.

Prerequisites:: CS 540 - Operating Systems; CS 742 - Computer Communication Networks is recommended.

Textbook

Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols
C. Siva Ram Murthy and B.S. Manoj
Prentice Hall PTR, 2004, ISBN: 0-13-147023-X

Table of Content

Syllabus

A copy of the syllabus may be found here (HTML format) (PDF)

Spring 2004

Lecture Notes

Introduction (06/06, 06/07, 06/08)
Wireless LANS and PANS (06/09, 06/10, 06/13, 06/14)
Wireless WANS AND MANS (06/15, 06/16, 06/17)
Wireless Internet (06/20, 06/21, 06/22, 06/23, 07/06)
Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (07/07, 07/08)
MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (07/11, 07/12, 07/13)
Transport Layer and Security Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (7/14, 07/18, 7/19, 7/20)
Hybrid Wireless Networks (07/21)
Recent Advances in Wireless Networks (07/22)

Labs Contents

A Brief Introduction to Java, The Java Tutorial (06/06, 06/07, 06/08)
Socket Programming (06/09, 06/10, 06/13, 06/14)
Wireless Java, J2ME Programming (06/09, 06/10)
J2ME Examples (06/13, 06/14, 06/15, 06/16, 06/17, 06/20, 06/21)
J2ME Gaming (07/05, 07/06, 07/07, 07/08)
Java Web Services (07/08, 07/11, 07/12, 07/13)
J2ME Web Services Specification (07/14)
J2ME Web Services (07/18, 07/19, 07/20, 07/21, 07/22, 07/25)

Blackboard

Tutorials

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Sample Programs) (Updated 06/23) (Submission ID 1) (Due 06/27/05)
Programming Assignment 2 (Submission ID 2) (Due 07/18/05)
Programming Assignment 3 (J2ME Web Service Examples) (Updated 07/23) (Submission ID 3) (Due 07/28/05)

Exams

Mid-Term (Friday, 07/01/05 in class, 11 AM - 1 PM, Chap 1 - 4.3) (Study Guide) (Quiz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (Midterm of 2004) (Solution) (Statistics)
Make-Up Exam (Monday, 07/11/05 in class, 25 Multiple Choice Questions, Quiz 3, 4, and 5 of 2004 and Mid-term of 2004 and 2005) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Wednesday, 07/27/05 in class, 11 AM - 1 PM, Chap 1 - 6, 9, 14) (Study Guide) (Final of 2004)

Term Project

Guideline (Proposal due 06/17/05, Submission ID plan) (Command ~cs898t/bin/handin plan yourproposal)
Research topics: 1, 2, 3, 4
Oral Presentation Schedule (07/22/05 - 07/26/05, JB 128) (Submission ID draft) (Online Presentation Available)
Due Date (Wednesday, 07/27/05 soft and hard copy) (Submission ID project)
Softcopy for the programs and both softcopy and hardcopy for the paper and report
Accepted Proposals (2004)
Sample Papers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Students' Sample Papers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 06/21/05) (Solution)
Homework 2 (Due 07/06/05) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 07/14/05) (Solution)
Homework 4 (Due 07/21/05) (Solution)

Electronic Handin

Students should submit their programs in the electronic form with the handin program.

Download

putty (To connect to the machines in the Computer Science Department, you need to use the SSH (Secure Shell) in this program.)
SSHSecureShellClient from ssh.com, WinSCP

Chin-Chih Chang (chang@cs.wichita.edu)