Mobile networks

The course includes weekly lectures on the below topics, weekly exercise sessions used to help students with the homework problems, weekly lab sessions used to help students on the programming assignments, and two hands on tutorial done in class during lecture time.

A. There will be 3 homeworks which can be done in groups of 2.

B. There will be 4 lab assignments on OFDM, MIMO, Wireless Localization, and Wireless Imaging which can also be done in groups of 2.

C. The two hands on tutorials will allow students to program hardware and will cover:

1. How to build your own 5G base station and private 5G Network
2. How to use wirelss signals for sensing and imaging in non-line-of-sight.

D. There will be weekly quizzes on moodle which are meant to prevent students from falling behind. The quizzes are short (3-4 multiple choice or True/False questions). They will be released at the end of each lecture and students have 1 week to submit them.

E. There will be bonus surveys to get feedback on the course for extra points.

F. There will be a final exam similar to the homework questions. (Sample exams will be provided)

G. Covered Topics (Tentative):

• Introduction to wireless networks
• Wireless PHY Layer Techniques
• MAC (Medium Access Control) Layer Protocols
• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth
• Cellular networks (3G, 4G, 5G).
• Internet of Things (IoT) Networks and Technologies.
• Multi-Hop Networks, Mesh Networks, and Sensor Networks
• Routing in Wireless Networks
• Network Coding
• Cross Layer Networking
• Multipath TCP
• Satellite Networks
• Wireless Localization
• Wireless Sensing
• Wireless Imaging
• Wireless Security & Privacy