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Republic of Yemen

Minster of Higher

Education and

Scientific Research

Sana’a University

Faculty of Computer &

IT

Quality Assurance Unit

Dean of Academic Development center and

Quality

Dean of the Faculty Vise Dean for Quality

Assurance

Head of Department

Assoc. Prof. Dr.Huda Al.Emad Dr. Nagi Al-Shibani Dr. Anwar Al-Shamiri Dr. Ibrahim A. Al-Balatah

Rector of Sana'a University

Prof. Dr. Qassim Mohammed Abbas

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Faculty of Computer & Information Technology

Department of Information Technology

Program of Information Technology

Course Specification of Wireless Networks & Mobile Computing

Course No ( ………………. )



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I. Course Identification and General Information: 1 Course Title: Wireless Networks & Mobile Computing

2 Course Code & Number: IT321

3 Credit hours:

C.H

TOTAL Th. Seminar

Pr

.

Tr.

2 2 3

4 Study level/ semester at which this

course is offered: 3rd Year/2nd Semester

5 Pre –requisite (if any): Computer Networks

6 Co –requisite (if any): None

7 Program (s) in which the course is

offered: IT

8 Language of teaching the course: English/Arabic

9 Study System Term based system

10 Mode of delivery: Full Time



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11 Location of teaching the course: Faculty of Computer and Information

Technology

12 Prepared By: Dr. Ammar Zahary

13 Date of Approval

II. Course Description: This course is essential for student to join the modern labor market. It equips student with

the main basics of wireless techniques and enables him/her to analyze, design, and build

an enterprise network that include different aspects of wireless techniques. The course is

designed to cover the main concepts of wireless networks including types architecture,

applications, requirements, protocols and standards. It emphasizes on main characteristics

and structure of wireless network techniques. The course also covers the design issues of

wireless network design and planning such as frequency, transmission rate, distance,

power, and security. The course also provides an introductory for the infrastructure-less

networks such as MANET, VANET, WSN, and Mesh network and ubiquitous computing.

According to the program course plan, Computer Networks (2) is a prerequisite to this

course. The course involves lectures, Lab, and group-based project that enables student to

use and apply the skills acquired in the implementation of a wireless networks using the

most common network simulators such as NS2 and OPNET.



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III. Course Intended learning outcomes (CILOs) of the course (maximum 8CILOs)

Referenced PILOs (Only

write code number of referenced Program Intended learning outcomes)

a.1 Explain the main concepts of wireless networks

including types architecture, applications,

requirements, protocols and standards.

A1, A2

a.2 Discuss the main issues of wireless network

techniques design and planning such as

frequency, transmission rate, distance, power,

and security.

A3

b.1 Compare between WPAN, WLAN, WMAN and

WWAN structure, applications, and techniques. B1

b.2 Analyze requirements and propose the most

appropriate wireless technique to solve a

particular networking problem in enterprise

network.

B2, B3, B4

c.1

Implement and configure a particular wireless

network using network simulation with the best

practice and state-of-the-art techniques.

C1, C5



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c.2 Apply analysis tools of simulators to examine a

specific issue related to wireless networks in

terms of the most common performance metrics.

C1, C5

d.1

Present technical ideas and wireless networks

solutions based on the acquired knowledge either

individually or within a team.

D1, D3

d.2 Cope and be updated with the modern modeling

tools of wireless networks taking into account

governmental and environmental regulations to

develop Information technology policies within an

organization.

D2, D5, D6

(A) Alignment Course Intended Learning Outcomes of Knowledge and Understanding to

Teaching Strategies and Assessment Strategies:

Course Intended Learning

Outcomes

Teaching strategies Assessment Strategies

a1- Explain the main concepts of

wireless networks including

types architecture, applications,

requirements, protocols and

standards.

- Lectures

- Exercises

- Homework reports

- Written exams (Quiz,

Midterm and Final Exams).



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a2- Discuss the main issues of

wireless network techniques

design and planning such as

frequency, transmission rate,

distance, power, and security.

- Classroom

assignments

- Classroom discussion

of real problems,

- Group-based project.

- Research

- Interaction with discussions

- Project report and

presentation

- Research report

(B) Alignment Course Intended Learning Outcomes of Intellectual Skills to Teaching

Strategies and Assessment Strategies:


Outcomes


b1- Compare between WPAN,

WLAN, WMAN and WWAN

structure, applications, and

techniques.

- Lectures and Lab

- Exercises

- Classroom and Lab

assignments (problem

solving)


of real problems (brain

storming)

- Homework and Lab reports


Midterm and Final Exams).

- Interaction with discussions


presentation

- Research report

b2- Analyze requirements and

propose the most appropriate

wireless technique to solve a

particular networking problem

in enterprise network.



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- Group-based project

- Research

(C) Alignment Course Intended Learning Outcomes of Professional and Practical

Skills to Teaching Strategies and Assessment Strategies:


Outcomes


c1- Implement and configure a

particular wireless network

using network simulation with

the best practice and state-of-

the-art techniques.

- Lab experiments

- Lab assignments

- Lab discussion for real

problems.


- Lab reports

- Lab written exams

(Quiz, Midterm and Final

Exams).

- Interaction with

discussions


presentation

c2- Apply analysis tools of

simulators to examine a specific

issue related to wireless

networks in terms of the most

common performance metrics.



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(D) Alignment Course Intended Learning Outcomes of Transferable Skills to

Teaching Strategies and Assessment Strategies:

Course Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching strategies Assessment Strategies

d1- Present technical ideas and

wireless networks solutions based on

the acquired knowledge either

individually or within a team.

- Lectures and Lab

- Exercises

- Classroom and Lab

assignments (problem

solving)


of real problems (brain

storming)


-

Research

- Homework and Lab

reports


Midterm and Final

Exams).

- Interaction with

discussions


presentation

- Research report

d2- Cope and be updated with the

modern modeling tools of wireless

networks taking into account

governmental and environmental

regulations to develop Information

technology policies within an

organization.

IV. Course Content:

A – Theoretical Aspects:



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Order Units/Topics

List Learning Outcomes

Sub Topics List

Number

of

Weeks

Contact hours

1 Introduction a1, a2,

b1, b2

Introduction to wireless

networking including history;

classification: WPAN, WLAN,

WMAN, WWAN, wireless

network architecture: logical

and physical architectures,

end-user applications,

wireless voice (cellular) and

data (ad hoc and sensor)

networks; trends: 3G,

heterogeneous wireless

networks, ubiquitous

computing.

1 2

2 Radio

Interface

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

The communication channel;

frequency spectrum including

radio wave and microwave,

visible light, and more,

licensed frequency band,

antennas: mechanism, design

and operating issues, types of

antenna, MIMO; radio signal

interface: inward and outward

interfaces, techniques for

reducing interface; noise and

noise reduction, spread

spectrum, power

2 4



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management; wireless

multiplexing: TDMA, FDMA,

CDMA, OFDMA.

3

Wireless

Network

Protocols and

Standards

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

Wireless MAC: ALOHA,

Slotted ALOHA, CSMA/CA;

Mobile IP4 and Mobile IP6;

Overview of IEEE standards

for wireless.

1 2

4

Wireless

Personal Area

Networks

(WPAN)

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

WPAN including its own

characteristics in general and

individual characteristics,

architecture, protocols,

standards limitations,

applications, and trends of

each technique of the

following: Infrared (IR),

Bluetooth, Zigbee, Ultra-Wide

Band (UWB), Laser

Beams/Free Space Optics

(FSO).

2 4

5

Wireless Local

Area Network

(WLAN)

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

WLAN concepts,

characteristics, architecture,

protocols, limitations,

applications, and trends;

WLAN standards: IEEE 802.11,

IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a,

IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n;

1 2



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WLAN design and planning:

infrastructure-based WLAN:

Basic Service Set (BSS) and

Extended Service Set (ESS).

6

Wireless

Metropolitan

Area Network

(WMAN)

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

WMAN concepts,


protocols, standards

limitations, applications, and

trends; Broadband Systems:

LMDS and MMDS (structure,

standards, design issues such

as frequency, transmission

rate, distance, power,

security); WiMAX (structure,

standards, design issues such

as frequency, transmission

rate, distance, power,

security).

1 2

7 Cellular

Networks

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

d1, d2

Basics of cellular networks for

the purpose of both voice and

data communication; network

architecture and topology,

radio interface, switching,

multiplexing; Mobile IP; call

admission control; Services:

voice communication, data

communication, Value-Added

Services (VAS) such as SMS

2 4



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and IVRS; 3G and beyond

networks.

8

Wireless Wide

Area Network

(WWAN)

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

d1, d2

WWAN concepts,


protocols, standards

limitations, applications, and

trends; Terrestrial Microwave,

Satellite, GPS, VSAT, WWAN

using data transmission

techniques in both cellular

network systems: GSM-based

and CDMA-based including

2.5G, 3G and beyond such as

GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA –

for GSM, and 1xRT, 1xEV-DO,

1xEV-DV.

1 2

9

Infrastructure-

less Wireless

Networks

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, d1,

d2

Wireless Mobile Ad hoc

Network (MANET), Wireless

Sensor Network (WSN),

Wireless Vehicle Ad hoc

Network (VANET) and

Wireless Mesh Network. All of

these networks should be

covered including the basic

concepts; mechanism: WLAN

vs these networks;

architecture: layers,

protocols, standards, mobility,

2 4



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topology, design issues for

these wireless networks.

11 Assignment

Presentations

a1, a2,

b1, b2,

c1, c2,

d1, d2

Assignments presentations. 1 2

Number of Weeks /and Units Per Semester 14 28

B - Practical Aspects: (if any)

Order Tasks/ Experiments

Number

of

Weeks

Contact hours

Learning Outcomes

1

Implement, configure, and operate

infrastructure-based WLAN using main

requirements such as Access Points

(APs) and wireless NICs, switch, router,

and DSL modem.

1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

2 Install latest versions of VMWare, Linux

OS, and Network Simulator 2 (NS2). 1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

3

Learn the basic commands of Linux that

are related to installation and

configuration of NS2.

1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2



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4

Learn the structure, tools, linking

programming languages (C/C++, TCL,

Perl), and procedures of NS2.

1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

5 Configure, debug, and re-compile NS2. 1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

6

Configure and apply the first wireless

example using NS2 (WLAN example).

Simulate and analyze result files using

common performance metrics of

wireless networks and MS-Excel.

Visualize the simulation using NAM and

Perl tools.

1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

7

Configure and apply the second

wireless example using NS2 (MANET

example). Simulate and analyze result

files using common performance

metrics of wireless networks and MS-

Excel. Visualize the simulation using

NAM and Perl tools.

1 2 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

8

Configure and apply 3 traditional ad hoc

routing protocols using NS2, namely

DSDV (proactive), DSR and AODV (both

reactive). Simulate and analyze result

files using common performance

metrics of wireless networks and MS-

Excel. Visualize the simulation using

NAM and Perl tools.

3 6 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2



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9

Install the latest version of OPNET

Network Simulator, open project for

MANET, configure and simulate the

models of 3 traditional ad hoc routing

protocols using NS2, namely OLSR

(proactive), DSR and AODV (both

reactive). Simulate and analyze results

using common performance metrics of


2 4 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2

10

Implement WiMAX network model

using OPNET Simulator, configure the

model, simulate and analyze results

using common performance metrics of

wireless networks and MS-Excel. Show

the distribution of WiMAX Hotspots on

a map of typical city.

2 4 b1, b2, c1, c2, d2


V. Teaching strategies of the course:

• Lectures, PPT and lecture notes

• Exercises

• Classroom and Laboratory assignments

• Classroom discussion of a real problems (Brainstorming)

• Group-based projects.



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• Laboratory practice

• Research and self-learning

• Problems Solving

• Team project work

VI. Assignments:

No Assignments Aligned

CILOs(symbols)

Week

Due Mark

1

One project: Wireless Network Simulation

Starts at the 3rd week and then submitted and

presented on the 14th week. This group-based

project is about implementing a typical wireless

network such as MANET, WSN, VANET, WiMAX

using NS2 or OPNET Simulators and then examine

some protocols of the corresponding network such

as routing protocols, security-aware protocols,

energy-based protocols, QoS-based protocols,

and/or multicasting-based protocols. The group

then compare between the protocols under study

and evaluate their performance in terms of the most

common wireless network performance metrics

such as Packet Delivery Fraction, End-to-End Delay,

Throughput, Network Load, Overhead, Jitter, and so

on. Milestones of the project that should be

submitted are: (PPT presentation, Word document

as a final report, CD-ROM includes the above files in

a1, a2, b1,

b2, c1, c2, d1,

d2

3rd

, 14th 15



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addition to Scenarios/Models/Output Files /MS-

Excel of the simulation parameters and results).

VII. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester:

No. Assessment Method Week

Due Mark

Proportion of

Final

Assessment

Aligned

Course

Learning

Outcomes

1 Homework, Quizzes, and

Discussions Weekly 5 5%

a1, a2, b1,

b2, d1, d2

2 Project (assignment and

presentations) (group) 3rd , 14th 15 15%

a1, a2, b1,

b2, c1, c2,

d1, d2

3 Mid-term Exam (theoretical) 9th 10 10% a1, a2, b1,

b2, d2

4 Mid-term Exam (practical) 8th 5 5% b1, b2, c1,

c2, d2

5 Final Exam (theoretical) 16th 60 60% a1, a2, b1,

b2, d1, d2

6 Final Exam (practical) 16th 5 5% b1, b2, c1,

c2, d2



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Total 100 100%

VIII. Learning Resources:

• Written in the following order: (Author - Year of publication – Title – Edition – Place of publication – Publisher).

1- Required Textbook(s) (maximum two ).

1. Koushik Sinha, Sasthi Ghosh, Bhabani Sinha ,2015, Wireless

Communication and Mobile Computing, 1st Edition, USA, Chapman

and Hall/CRC.

2. Curt White ,2015, Data Communications and Computer Networks,

8th Edition, USA, Cengage Learning (Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 5),

2- Essential References.

1. Cory Beard and William Stallings ,2016, Wireless Communication

Networks and Systems, 1st edition, USA, Pearson.

2. Behrouz Forouzan ,2012, “Data Communications and Networking”,

5th Edition, USA, McGraw-Hill Education.

3. Jim Geier ,1996, Wireless Networking Handbook, 1st edition, USA,

Macmillan Computer Publishing.

4. M. R. Karim and Mohsen Sarraf ,2002, W-CDMA and cdma2000 for

3G Mobile Networks, 1st edition, USA, McGraw-Hill.

5. Mooichoo Chuah and Qinqing Zhang ,2006, Design and

Performance of 3G Wireless Networks and Wireless LANs, 1st

edition, Europe, Springer Publisher.

3- Electronic Materials and Web Sites etc.



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1. www.opnet.com

2. www.sourceforge.net

3. www.codeproject.com

4. NS2 official Website: http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/

5. Fedora Linux official Website: http://fedoraproject.org/

IX. Course Policies: Unless otherwise stated, the normal course administration policies and rules of the

Faculty of Computer and Information Technology apply. For the policy, see: -----------

-------------------------

The University Regulations on academic misconduct will be strictly enforced. Please refer

to -----------

1

Class Attendance:

A student should attend not less than 75 % of total hours of the subject;

otherwise he will not be able to take the exam and will be considered as exam

failure. If the student is absent due to illness, he/she should bring a proof

statement from university Clinic

2 Tardy:

For late in attending the class, the student will be initially notified. If he

repeated lateness in attending class, he will be considered as absent.

3

Exam Attendance/Punctuality:

A student should attend the exam on time. He is Permitted to attend an exam

half one hour from exam beginning, after that he/she will not be permitted to

take the exam and he/she will be considered as absent in exam.

4 Assignments & Project

The assignment is given to the students after each chapter; the student has to

submit all the assignments for checking on time.

5 Cheating:

http://www.opnet.com/

http://www.sourceforge.net/

http://www.codeproject.com/



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For cheating in exam, a student will be considered as fail. In case the cheating

is repeated three times during his/her study the student will be disengaged from

the Faculty.

6

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is the attending of a student the exam of a course instead of another

student. If the examination committee proofed a plagiarism of a student, he

will be disengaged from the Faculty. The final disengagement of the student

from the Faculty should be confirmed from the Student Council Affair of the

university.

7

Other policies:

- Mobile phones are not allowed to use during a class lecture. It must be

closed, otherwise the student will be asked to leave the lecture room

- Mobile phones are not allowed in class during the examination.

- Lecture notes and assignments my given directly to students using soft or

hard copy



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Faculty of Computer & Information Technology

Department of Information Technology

Program of Information Technology

Course syllabus of Wireless Networks & Mobile Computing

Course No ( ………………. )



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Course Plan (Syllabus) of Wireless Networks & Mobile

Computing

I. - Information about Faculty Member Responsible for the Course:

Office Hours Name of Faculty

Member

THU WED TUE MON SUN SAT Location& Telephone

No.

E-mail

II. Course Identification and General Information:

1- Course Title: Wireless Networks & Mobile Computing

2- Course Number & Code:

3- Credit hours:

C.H Total

Th. Seminar Pr. F. Tr.

2 - 1 - 3



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4- Study level/year at which this course is

offered:

3rd Year/2nd Semester

5- Pre –requisite (if any): Computer Networks

6- Co –requisite (if any): None

7- Program (s) in which the course is

offered

Bachelor of Information Technology

8- Language of teaching the course: English/Arabic

9- System of Study: Term based system

10- Mode of delivery: Full Time

11- Location of teaching the course: Faculty of Computer and Information

Technology

III. Course Description: This course is essential for student to join the modern labor market. It equips student with

the main basics of wireless techniques and enables him/her to analyze, design, and build

an enterprise network that include different aspects of wireless techniques. The course is

designed to cover the main concepts of wireless networks including types architecture,

applications, requirements, protocols and standards. It emphasizes on main characteristics

and structure of wireless network techniques. The course also covers the design issues of

wireless network design and planning such as frequency, transmission rate, distance,

power, and security. The course also provides an introductory for the infrastructure-less



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networks such as MANET, VANET, WSN, and Mesh network and ubiquitous computing.

According to the program course plan, Computer Networks (2) is a prerequisite to this

course. The course involves lectures, Lab, and group-based project that enables student to

use and apply the skills acquired in the implementation of a wireless networks using the

most common network simulators such as NS2 and OPNET.

IV. Intended learning outcomes (ILOs) of the course:

• Brief summary of the knowledge or skill the course is intended to develop:

1. Explain the main concepts of wireless networks including types

architecture, applications, requirements, protocols and standards.

2. Discuss the main issues of wireless network techniques design and

planning such as frequency, transmission rate, distance, power, and

security.

3. Compare between WPAN, WLAN, WMAN and WWAN structure,

applications, and techniques.

4. Analyze requirements and propose the most appropriate wireless

technique to solve a particular networking problem in enterprise

network.

5. Implement and configure a particular wireless network using network

simulation with the best practice and state-of-the-art techniques.



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6. Apply analysis tools of simulators to examine a specific issue related to

wireless networks in terms of the most common performance metrics.

7. Present technical ideas and wireless networks solutions based on the

acquired knowledge either individually or within a team.

8. Cope and be updated with the modern modeling tools of wireless

networks taking into account governmental and environmental

regulations to develop Information technology policies within an

organization.

V. Course Content:

• Distribution of Semester Weekly Plan of Course Topics/Items and Activities.

A – Theoretical Aspects:

Order Topics List Week

Due

Contact

Hours

1 Introduction 1st 2

2 Radio Interface 2nd, 3rd

4

3 Wireless Network Protocols and Standards 4th

2



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4 Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN)

5th, 6th

4

5 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

7th

2

6 Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN)

8th

2

7 Mid Term Exam 9th 2

8 Cellular Networks 10th , 11th 4

9 Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 12th 2

10 Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks 13th , 14th 4

11 Assignment Presentations 15th

2

12 Final Exam 16th 2


B – Practical Aspects: (if any)

Order Topics List Week

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Hours

1

Implement, configure, and operate infrastructure-

based WLAN using main requirements such as Access

Points (APs) and wireless NICs, switch, router, and

DSL modem.

1st

2

2 Install latest versions of VMWare, Linux OS, and

Network Simulator 2 (NS2).

2nd

2

3 Learn the basic commands of Linux that are related

to installation and configuration of NS2.

3rd

2

4 Learn the structure, tools, linking programming

languages (C/C++, TCL, Perl), and procedures of NS2. 4th 2

5 Configure, debug, and re-compile NS2. 5th

2

6

Configure and apply the first wireless example using

NS2 (WLAN example). Simulate and analyze result

files using common performance metrics of wireless

networks and MS-Excel. Visualize the simulation

using NAM and Perl tools.

6th

2

7 Configure and apply the second wireless example

using NS2 (MANET example). Simulate and analyze

result files using common performance metrics of

7th

2



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wireless networks and MS-Excel. Visualize the

simulation using NAM and Perl tools.

8 Mid Term Exam (Practical) 8th

2

9

Configure and apply 3 traditional ad hoc routing

protocols using NS2, namely DSDV (proactive), DSR

and AODV (both reactive). Simulate and analyze

result files using common performance metrics of

wireless networks and MS-Excel. Visualize the

simulation using NAM and Perl tools.

9th , 10th ,

11th 6

10

Install the latest version of OPNET Network

Simulator, open project for MANET, configure and

simulate the models of 3 traditional ad hoc routing

protocols using NS2, namely OLSR (proactive), DSR

and AODV (both reactive). Simulate and analyze

results using common performance metrics of


12th , 13th 4

11

Implement WiMAX network model using OPNET

Simulator, configure the model, simulate and analyze

results using common performance metrics of

wireless networks and MS-Excel. Show the

distribution of WiMAX Hotspots on a map of typical

city.

14th , 15th 4

12 Final Exam (Practical) 16th 2




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VI. Teaching strategies of the course:

• Lectures, PPT and lecture notes

• Exercises

• Classroom and Laboratory assignments

• Classroom discussion of a real problems (Brainstorming)

• Group-based projects.

• Laboratory practice

• Research and self-learning

• Problems Solving

• Team project work



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No Assignments Week Due Mark



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1

One project: Wireless Network Simulation

Starts at the 3rd week and then submitted and presented on

the 14th week. This group-based project is about

implementing a typical wireless network such as MANET,

WSN, VANET, WiMAX using NS2 or OPNET Simulators and

then examine some protocols of the corresponding network

such as routing protocols, security-aware protocols, energy-

based protocols, QoS-based protocols, and/or multicasting-

based protocols. The group then compare between the

protocols under study and evaluate their performance in

terms of the most common wireless network performance

metrics such as Packet Delivery Fraction, End-to-End Delay,

Throughput, Network Load, Overhead, Jitter, and so on.

Milestones of the project that should be submitted are: (PPT

presentation, Word document as a final report, CD-ROM

includes the above files in addition to

Scenarios/Models/Output Files /MS-Excel of the simulation

parameters and results).

3rd , 14th 15

VII. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester:

Assessment Type of

Assessment Tasks Week Due Mark

Proportion of

Final

Assessment

1 Homework, Quizzes, and

Discussions Weekly 5 5%



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2 Project (assignment and

presentations) (group) 3rd, 14th 15 15%

3 Mid-term Exam

(theoretical) 9th 10 10%

4 Mid-term Exam (practical) 8th 5 5%

5 Final Exam (theoretical) 16th 60 60%

6 Final Exam (practical) 16th 5 5%

Total 100 100%

VIII. Learning Resources: • Written in the following order: ( Author – Year of publication – Title – Edition – Place of publication – Publisher).

1- Required Textbook(s) (maximum two ).

1. Koushik Sinha, Sasthi Ghosh, Bhabani Sinha (2015), Wireless

Communication and Mobile Computing, 1st Edition, USA, Chapman and

Hall/CRC.

2. Curt White (2015), Data Communications and Computer Networks, 8th

Edition, USA, Cengage Learning (Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 5),

2- Essential References.

1. Cory Beard and William Stallings (2016), Wireless Communication

Networks and Systems, 1st edition, USA, Pearson.

2. Behrouz Forouzan (2012), “Data Communications and Networking”, 5th

Edition, USA, McGraw-Hill Education.



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3. Jim Geier (1996), Wireless Networking Handbook, 1st edition, USA,

Macmillan Computer Publishing.

4. M. R. Karim and Mohsen Sarraf (2002), W-CDMA and cdma2000 for 3G

Mobile Networks, 1st edition, USA, McGraw-Hill.

5. Mooichoo Chuah and Qinqing Zhang (2006), Design and Performance of

3G Wireless Networks and Wireless LANs, 1st edition, Europe, Springer

Publisher.

3- Electronic Materials and Web Sites etc.

1. www.opnet.com

2. www.sourceforge.net

3. www.codeproject.com

4. NS2 official Website: http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/

5. Fedora Linux official Website: http://fedoraproject.org/

X. Course Policies:

Unless otherwise stated, the normal course administration policies and rules of the

Faculty of Computer and Information Technology apply. For the policy, see: -----------

-------------------------

The University Regulations on academic misconduct will be strictly enforced. Please refer

to -----------

1

Class Attendance:

A student should attend not less than 75 % of total hours of the subject;

otherwise he will not be able to take the exam and will be considered as exam

failure. If the student is absent due to illness, he/she should bring a proof

statement from university Clinic

2 Tardy:

For late in attending the class, the student will be initially notified. If he

repeated lateness in attending class, he will be considered as absent.

3 Exam Attendance/Punctuality:

http://www.opnet.com/

http://www.sourceforge.net/

http://www.codeproject.com/

http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/



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A student should attend the exam on time. He is Permitted to attend an exam

half one hour from exam beginning, after that he/she will not be permitted to

take the exam and he/she will be considered as absent in exam.

4 Assignments & Project

The assignment is given to the students after each chapter; the student has to

submit all the assignments for checking on time.

5

Cheating:

For cheating in exam, a student will be considered as fail. In case the cheating

is repeated three times during his/her study the student will be disengaged from

the Faculty.

6

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is the attending of a student the exam of a course instead of another

student. If the examination committee proofed a plagiarism of a student, he

will be disengaged from the Faculty. The final disengagement of the student

from the Faculty should be confirmed from the Student Council Affair of the

university.

7

Other policies:

- Mobile phones are not allowed to use during a class lecture. It must be

closed, otherwise the student will be asked to leave the lecture room

- Mobile phones are not allowed in class during the examination.

- Lecture notes and assignments my given directly to students using soft or

hard copy



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