Wireless and Mobile Networks

Computer Networking: a Top-Down Approach (8^th ed.)

J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross, Pearson, 2020
http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross

7.1
Introduction.

Elements and types of wireless networks
- Knowledge checks
7.2
Wireless Links and Network Characteristics.

Links characteristics, CDMA
- Knowledge checks
- Problems
7.3
WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs.

802.11 wireless LAN architecture, MAC protocol, frame format, and advanced features
- Knowledge checks
7.4
Cellular Networks: 4G and 5G.

4G LTE: architecture and elements, protocol stacks, radio access network; global celluar networks, 5G.
- Knowledge checks
- Problems
7.5
Mobility Management: Principles.

Mobility: a network layer perspective, home/visited networks, direct/indirect routing
7.6
Mobility Management in Practice.

Mobility management in 4G/5G, Mobile IP
- Problems
7.7
Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-layer Protocols.

Impact on transport-layer protocols, applications.