CENG513 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS
| Course Code: | 5710513 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Computer Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer SEYYİT ALPER SERT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, you will be able to
- describe the fundamental concepts of wireless transmission,
- apply cellular planning concepts to real-life mobile network design problems,
- compare and contrast centralized and distributed approaches to wireless network design,
- evaluate and devise various medium access control and routing protocols and justify applicability of those protocols in various network design challenges,
- infer and solve specific challenges of wireless communication in the realm of internetworking, specifically related to network and transport layers.
Course Content
Introduction to transmission and networks. Antennas, multipath propagation, frequency hopping. Satellite communication. Overview of current systems for cellular for networks, wireless LANs, mobile IP, Ad Hoc networks, the Bluetooth technology and the IEEE802.11 standard.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, you will be able to
- describe the fundamental concepts of wireless transmission,
- apply cellular planning concepts to real-life mobile network design problems,
- compare and contrast centralized and distributed approaches to wireless network design,
- evaluate and devise various medium access control and routing protocols and justify applicability of those protocols in various network design challenges,
- infer and solve specific challenges of wireless communication in the realm of internetworking, specifically related to network and transport layers.