Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

EECS 4390 - Wireless and Mobile Networks Course Syllabus

Credits/Contact Hours
3 credit hours and 3 contact hours (Engineering Topics).

Textbook
Introduction to Wireless& Mobile Systems, D. P. Agrawal and Qing-An Zeng, Cengage Learning, 4th Edition, 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-305-08713-2).

Course Information

1. Brief description of the content of the course (catalog description): Mobile radio propagation, the cellular concept, multiple radio access, multiple division techniques, channel allocation, mobile communication systems, existing wireless systems, network protocols, AD HOC and sensor networks, wireless LANS and PANS, recent advances. 
2. Prerequisites or co-requisites: EECS  3210 and EECS 3300 (or MIME 4000).  

Indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program: elective

Specific Goals - Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to): 

1. Describe the characteristics of modern wireless and cellular systems and networks. 
2. Utilize the knowledge of probability and random variables to analyze and estimate the user traffic behaviors. 
3. Characterize and analyze the radio propagation mechanisms of mobile and wireless environments. 
4. Design the basic forward error correcting (FEC) codes for error detection and correction. 
5. Design the efficient cellular communication systems by using the fundamental knowledge of cell design concept under the constraints of co-channel interferences. 
6. Evaluate the performance of digital modulation schemes towards effective transmission of user data in different multiple access scenarios. 
7. Solve an engineering problem in a professional and ethical manner while considering its global, economic, environmental and social effect. 

b. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course: None. 

Topics
Traffic theory, mobile radio propagation, essentials of information theory and coding for mobile/wireless applications, multiple radio access, cellular concept, performance of digital modulation schemes.