Wireless Technologies
Course Objectives
This text addresses the following broad course objectives. Part IV introduces a few of the wireless technologies that are used in telecommunications and networking today.
PART I
Introduction | Chapters 1-2
1. Summarize historical and current trends in telecommunications and networking.
PART II
Network Models and Protocols | Chapters 3-9
2. Explain the layers of basic network communications using the OSI and Internet Models.
3. Identify typical network architectures, media access control methods, and distributed routing algorithms used in data transmissions.
4. Discuss network management issues such as reliability, efficiency, and security.
Network Traffic Flow | Chapters 5-6
5. Demonstrate principles of network addressing, subnetting, and routing given sample network scenarios.
Network Traffic Analysis | Chapters 7-9
6. Practice simple network traffic analysis using Wireshark and other tools using protocols such as TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, etc.
PART III
Network Infrastructures | Chapters 10-12
7. Describe local and global network topologies and important considerations in their efficiency and reliability.
PART IV
Wireless Technologies | Chapter 13-15
8. Describe emerging trends and technologies in short-range and long-range wireless technologies.