The objective of this course is to provide a overview of mobile communication systems.. This course qualitatively introduces the principles of wireless communications and how they differ from wired communications. The course covers fundamental concepts, such as, transmission and mitigation techniques for wireless systems, multiplexing techniques, wireless system architectures, mobility management, handoff, security and protocols. Systems studied in detail include: cellular phone networks GSM and UMTS, WLANs, and WPANs (Bluetooth).
Instructor: Dr. David Tipper,
Associate Professor of Telecommunications
Office: SIS 749
Phone: (412) 624-9421
Email: tipper@tele.pitt.edu
Web page: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~dtipper/tipper.html
Textbook:
Mobile Communications, Second Edition,
by J. Schiller, Addison Wesley,
2002
References:
1. Wireless Communications and Networks, second ed., W. Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2004