CS 8803 Spring 2008
Mobile and Wireless Networks
Instructor
Mostafa
Ammar, Klaus 3344, ammar@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-12:00pm (after class) or by appointment
Phone: (404) 894.3292
ESSENTIAL Prerequisites
Course Meeting Time
T/R 9:35-10:55am in CCB 52
Course Info
In this course we consider the architectures, protocols and services
of emerging wireless and mobile data networks. The course is designed
for students who have already had a first course in
networking and in particular in the architecture and protocols used within
the Internet.
The course is will cover fundamentals
in the design of mobile and wireless networks and services. The topics
will include: 1) fundamentals of the wireless medium and
medium access control protocols, 2) recent developments
in the design (and in some cases standradization) of routing and transport
protocols for mobile and wireless networks, and 3) power management, 4) modeling
and evaluation techniques and 5) novel paradigms in emerging disruption and
delay tolerant networks.
Additional topics will be covered through calls projects that include in-class
presnetations.
Text Book and Readings
The following book is recommended but not required
- Basagni, Conti, Giordano and Stojmenovic (Eds),
Mobile Ad Hoc Networking IEEE Press and Wiley-Interscience, 2004.
(AHN)
Readings will be primarily from papers in a
READING LIST.
(This list will be updated continuously throughout the class).
Assignments, Tests and Projects
There will be
- One HW assignments,
- One Test (given at the 3/4 term point),
- One project to include an in-class presentation.
Important Notes About Grading
-
If you miss or do very poorly on any one of these items you can reasonably
expect a grade of B. Miss any two and you should expect a grade of C.
- I can only give out a grade of I for non-academic reasons.
- If you end up doing poorly in the class please don't ask for "extra work"
to raise your grade. This would not be fair to other students.
- For those registered as P/F. A Pass requires that you earn a"C" or better
and that you submit all work items and take the exam.
Grading
Class Participation: 10% (including attendance and discussion participation)
HW: 10%
Test: 25%
Projects: 55% (apportioned as discussed in the project description)
The HW is to be done individually . The project will be done in groups
of 3 or 4 (maybe revised depending on class enrollment).
You are strongly urged to familiarize yourselves with the
GT Student Honor Code rules.
Specifically, the following is not allowed:
- Copying, with or without modification, someone else's work when this work
is not meant to be publicly accessible (e.g., a classmate's program or solution).
- Submission of material that is wholly or substantially identical to that
created or published by another person or persons, without adequate credit
notations indicating authorship (plagiarism).
You are encouraged to discuss problems and papers with others as long as this
does not involve copying of code or solutions. Any public material that you
use (open-source software, help from a text, material you find on the web,
material from a paper, substantial help from a friend,
etc...) should be acknowledged explicitly in anything you submit to us.
If you have any doubt about whether something is legal or not please do check
with the class Instructor.
Class links
HW Assignment