This course provides a comprehensive study of recent wireless data and telecommunication networks. Topics include fundamentals of wireless coding and modulation, wireless signal propagation, cellular networks: 1G/2G/3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and 5G, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless local area networks, 60 GHz millimeter wave gigabit wireless networks, vehicular wireless networks, and wireless protocols for Internet of Things including Bluetooth, BLE, 802.15.4, Zigbee, LoRA and SigFox. The thrust is mostly on PHY and MAC layers.

Prerequisites:
ICEN 416 Computer Communication Networks and ICEN 472 Advanced Digital Communications.

Lecture:
         Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 03:00-04:20PM
         Location: Zoom (link in Blackboard)

Office Hours:
         Time: Wednesday and Friday, 9:30-10:30AM and also by appointment
         Location: Zoom (link in Blackboard)

Instructor
Prof. Dola Saha Email: dsaha AT albany DOT edu

Blackboard: ICEN 574: Modern Wireless Networks

Highly Recommended:

1. Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall and Johan Skold, "5G NR: The Next Generation Wireless Access Technology", First Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-128-14323-0, 2018.
2. Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall and Johan Skold, "4G, LTE-Advanced Pro and The Road to 5G", Third Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-128-04575-6, 2016.
3. Eldad Perahia and Robert Stacey, "Next Generation Wireless LANs: 802.11n and 802.11ac", Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-1-107-01676-7, 2013.
4. Stefania Sesia, Issam Toufik and Matthew Baker, "LTE - The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice", Second Edition, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-66025-6

1. Four Short Projects, 25% each.

A: 100-95 points A-: 94-90 points
B+: 89-87 points B: 86-84 points B-: 83-80 points 
C+: 79-77 points C: 76-73 points C-: 72-70 points
D+: 69-67 points D: 66-63 points D-: 62-60 points
E: 59 points and below

Assignments: Assignments will be posted in Blackboard. No late assignments will be accepted. All assignments are due by 11:59PM on the due date in Blackboard (unless otherwise specified). Any re-grading requests will be considered up to 5 business days after posting the grades for the corresponding assignment. No re-grading requests will be entertained after the 5-day period has passed. You are not supposed to collaborate on assignments.

Academic Honesty and Overall Regulations: Every student has the responsibility to become familiar with the standards of academic integrity at the University. Plagiarism and any act of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be reported to the Graduate/Undergraduate Education in UAlbany. Read the Standards of Academic Integrity and Policies in the Undergraduate Bulletin or Graduate Bulletin.