ITCS6168/8168
Wireless Communications & Networks
Fall 2001, CS Department, UNCC

Instructor:
Dr. Yu Wang
Office: Woodward 430D
Telephone: 704-687-8443
Email: yu.wang@uncc.edu
Office hour: Tuesday 4-6pm (or by appointments)


Teaching Assistant:
Dingxiang Liu
Office: Woodward 402
Email: dliu@uncc.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 3-5pm (or by appointments)

Time and Location:
Tuesday 6:30pm-9:15pm, Woodward, Room 155

Prerequisites:
Graduate standing in CS, SIS, ECE or Optics and a prior course in networking.

Course Content:
The course provides an overview of mobile systems and wireless networking technologies. Emphasis will be on different wireless and mobile systems and basic resource management, routing and quality of service at the MAC and networking layers. Students will also survey the research literature and give a presentation on one selected research paper in wireless communication and networks.

Textbook:
J. Schiller, Mobile Communications, Second Edition, Addison Wesley, 2003, ISBN: 0321123816
In addition, a reading list, including electronic copies of the papers, from recent conference proceedings and journals will be provided.

Reference Books:
D. P. Agrawal and Q.-A. Zeng, Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems, Third Edition, Cengage Learning, 2010, ISBN: 1439062056.
W. Stallings, Wireless Communications & Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN: 0131918354.
T. S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0130422320

Course Webpage:
The course website is available through Moodle (http://moodle.uncc.edu/). All the course-related handouts, assignments, and announcements will be posted at the course website. Please check the course website regularly for new information.

Download the PDF file of this syllabus

Tentative Course Outline:

The following topics will be covered as time permits:

Grading:
There will several written homeworks, 1 in-class presentation, a midterm exam, and a final exam. They will count toward the grade as follows:

            Homework                     30%
            In-Class Presentation        15%
            Midterm                      35%
            Final Exam                   20%

However, the instructor reserves the right to make adjustments to these weights based on his a posteriori evaluation of the relative difficulty and fairness of the exams and homework.

Course Policies:
1) Class attendance is a responsibility of each individual. If a student chooses not to attend class, he/she is responsible for any handouts, announcement, and contents of missed lectures.
2) There will be no make-up exam. Students who cannot attend an exam with health emergency must show official proofs.
3) Assignments are due at the beginning of the class. Assignments will be graded and solutions will be provided. Late assignments are not accepted and will have a grade of zero.
4) All assignments are assumed to be an individual effort unless otherwise specified by the instructor.
5) If you end up doing poorly in the class, please DO NOT ask for "extra work" to raise your grade. This would not be fair to other students.