EE E6951, Spring 2002
Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

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EE E6951, Spring 2002 Wireless and Mobile Networking - Untangling the Wireless Web -

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The Spin

If the advent of the commercial Internet is the engine behind the new post-industrial revolution, then "wireless Internet" will surely accelerate innovation in this new economy.

These days many people use the term wireless Internet to indicate wireless access to web services and content. However, the architecture, protocols, services and wireless technologies that constitute wireless Internet are still under consideration and a subject of great debate. There are a number of companies, standards bodies, and industrial fora vying to define future wireless Internet technology.

This wireless revolution will be driven by an explosion of pervasive computing and communications devices resulting from advances in integrated circuits, displays, software radios, embedded operating systems, wireless protocols, services and software technologies. This course is designed to help untangle the wireless web. We will cover fundamentals of radio, IEEE 802.11, Mobile IP, micromobility protocols, IP paging, wireless TCP issues, wireless IP QOS, mobile ad hoc networks, and the 3G architecture. The course will cover the limitations of 3G - towards 4G and beyond.