Prof. Bijan Jabbari
Thursday: 16:30- 19:10
S&T-2 Rm128
Spring 1997

Tentative course outline

1. Background and review of fundamentals, basic traffic and mobility models for wireless networks;
2. Evaluation of dwell times- approximate models;
3. Analysis of various Handoff strategies;
4. Analysis of probability of forced termination and blocking with handoff priority;
5. Analytical models for queueing of handover;
6. Mobility and teletraffic performance modeling; stochastic modeling of mobility, use of doubly stochastic processes in modeling overflow traffic;
7. Analysis of traffic performance of multi-tiered cell systems, impact of channel rearrangement and call repacking, network performance analysis with non-uniform traffic;
8. Analytical models for channel assignment and modeling of routing strategies;
9. Application of traffic and mobility models in planning and design of wireless personal networks;
10. Use of MAP/TCAP and comparison to the OSI RM, network and mobility control in cellular and microcellular networks and evaluation of control traffic loading;
11. A framework for mobility control in wireless networks, concept of wireless intelligent network, terminal and personal mobility, roaming, optimized routing within network infrastructure, impact of mobility and call handling;
12. Call admission policies in systems with soft capacity, wireless ATM, mobile IP, and advanced topics.

1. Class notes will be distributed;
2. Selected readings from the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE/ACM transactions on Networking, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine and IEEE Per sonal Communication Magazine and other technical journals.