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525.761 - Wireless and Wireline Network Integration Course Homepage

Instructor Information

Richard Lee

Email: r.b.lee@cox.net
Work Phone: (703) 961-5357

Course Information

Course Description

This course investigates the integration of wireless and wireline networks into seamless networks. The current telecommunications environment in the U.S. is first discussed, including the state of technology and regulations as they apply to the wireless and wireline hybrid environment. Then each type of these hybrid networks is discussed, including its components, network services, architecture, and possible evolution, as well as important concepts that support the evolution of networks. The integration of wired network advance intelligence, wireless network mobility, and long distance capabilities are shown to provide many new combinations of wired and wireless services to users.

Prerequisites

525.408 Digital Telephony, or 525.416 Communication Systems Engineering, or permission of instructor.

Course Goal

Objective of this course is to provide the students with knowledge about the communication protocols involving wireline network and wireless network in the light of the OSI protocol stack.  This course ultimately discusses integration of wireless and wireline networks in hybrid communication environment to provide seamless quality of service (QOS) to end users.

Course Objectives

    • Discuss Open System Interconnect (OSI) protocol stack and corresponding communication functions/services
    • Discuss current wireline and wireless networks to include terrestrial and satellite networks in the light of the protocol stack and comapre them to the OSI model
    • Discuss various communication protocols realted to each layer of protocol stack such as TCP/IP and automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol.
    • Discuss integration of wireline network and wireless network to provide seamless quality of service (QOS) to end users

When This Course is Typically Offered

The course is typically provided every summer semester at Montgomery County Center (MCC).

Syllabus

Topics Covered

  • OSI model
  • TCP/IP
  • ARQ
  • Flow control mechanism
  • Error control mechanism: FEC and BEC
  • Circuit switching
  • Packet switching
  • Optimum packet size to max. QOS
  • IEEE 802.3 and 802.11 networks
  • X.25, frame relay, ATM
  • Cellular network standards and evolution
  • Satellite networks: LEO and GEO
  • various data link control protocols (DLCs)
  • SONET

Student Assessment Criteria

Homework 10%
Midterm exam 30%
Final exam 60%

Understand the lecture material and weekly homework well.

Computer and Technical Requirements

There are no requirements for computer related knowledge.

EE 416 (Communication Systems Engineering) is required to understand the course material.

Participation Expectations

  • Homeworks are assigned weekly and their solutions are provided to the students the next week as a feedback.
  • Midterm and final exams are all take-home exams.
  • There will be no course project.

Textbooks

Textbook information for this course is available online through the MBS Direct Virtual Bookstore.

Course Notes

There are no notes for this course.

Final Words from the Instructor

This course provides the student with understanding of various protocols that are driving force of the communiaction systems.  The course also provides an ability of integrating wireline and wireless networks in hybrid environment and explores various current communication networks.

(Last Modified: 07-22-2008 at 11:07:57 AM)