EE E6951, Spring 2002
Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

Course Information

Lecturer

Professor Andrew T. Campbell (http://www.comet.columbia.edu/~campbell/)

Office room :	810 Morris A. Schapiro Bldg
Office hours:	Monday, 3:30pm~5:30pm or by appointment
Office phone:	(212) 854-3109
E-mail address:	campbell@comet.columbia.edu

Teaching Assistant

Hung-yu Wei

Office room :	710 Morris A. Shapiro Bldg
Office hours:	Wednesday 11am~noon or by appointment
Office phone:	(212) 854-7477
E-mail address:	hw197@columbia.edu
	When you e-mail TA, please start the subject of the e-mail with '[E6951]'; e.g., 'Subject: [E6951] Homework due date..' Thank you.
Mail box:	Hung-yu Wei Mailbox B-8 Department of Electrical Engineering 1312 Seeley W. Mudd Bldg., Columbia University New York, NY 10027-6699
TA handout box:	13th floor, Mudd bldg. (Please note that this is different from TA's mail box. This box is used for all class handouts.)

Class Day, Time, and Location

Thursday, 10:30am~1:00pm in 535 Mudd

Credits for Course

4.5

Prerequisites

E6761: Computer Communication Network or equivalent or instructor's permission if student has the necessary background through work experience, etc.

Note that E6950 (Wireless and Mobile Networking, I) is NOT a prerequisite but a complementary course that covers radio characteristics and 2G digital systems.

Text Books

Wireless Multimedia Communications,
by Ellen Kayata Wesel, Ellen Khayata

Mobile IP Design Principles and Practices,
by Charles E. Perkins, Bobby Woolf (Contributor), Sherman R. Alpert

Syllabus

1 Introduction: Untangling the Wireless Web

2 Radio Channel Issues

3 IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN

4 Mobile IP

5 IP Micromobility Protocols

6 IP Paging

7 Wireless TCP Issues

8 Wireless QOS Issues

9 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

10 3G Architecture

Project(s)

* Hands on experience
* Team term projects will develop or investigate protocol issues
* C, C++ or Java programming experience needed for projects
* For more details, click here.

Note that there will be no NS assignments like last year but students can use NS or other software tools for group projects.

Grading

25%	25% Paer Reviews/ Assignments
10%	Presentation and Participation of Student
	(For Internal Students only)
30%	Midterm
35%	Project
	- 5% Design review
	- 5% Code review
	- 5% Presentation
	- 5% Demo
	- 15% Report (report and code)

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