1. TCOM 510: Wireless Networking Magda El Zarki Dept. of Electrical Engineering, The Moore School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA www. seas. upenn. edu/~ magda magda@ ee. upenn. edu

2. Outline + Ch 1: Introduction What is a wireless Network? History and background - Wireless Voice and Data History and background - Satellite Systems + Ch: 2 Digital Cellular Systems, Traffic Engineering and Capacity The cellular concept (based on first generation systems) Digital Access Technologies IS- 136 - North American TDMA GSM - European TDMA IS- 95 North American CDMA Traffic engineering Spectral efficiency and capacity studies

3. + Ch 3: Personal Communication Systems (PCS) Definition of PCS: what is it? Requirements of PCS Evolution of current digital systems to PCS + Ch 4: Wireless LANs Topologies and Media Access Schemes IEEE 802.11 + Ch 5: Wireless Broadband ISDN Introduction to ATM Wireless ATM + Ch 6: The Internet and Mobility Mobile IP Routing

4. Reference Texts: Wireless Personal Comm. Systems, D. J. Goodman, Addison Wesley Wireless Comm.: Principles and Practice, T. S. Rappaport, Prentice Hall Wireless and Personal Comm. Systems, V. K. Garg and J. E. Wilkes, Prentice Hall Mobile and Wireless Networks, Uyless Black, Prentice Hall Wireless Information Networks, K. Pahlavan and A. H. Levesque, John Wiley Interscience Mobile IP, Charles Perkins, Addison Wesley