COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: WIRELESS NETWORKS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
CEN 564	B	2	3	2	0	4	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. M. Maaruf Ali mali@epoka.edu.al , A/035. Thursdays: 15:00-18:00
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Computer Lab 1, Thursdays: 18:00-20:45
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	60% but superseded by any latest Epoka University regulation changes.
Course Description:	The course will provide in-depth coverage of advances in wireless and mobile networks. Fundamentals and future of wireless communications, satellites, wireless Internet, local and wide area networks, and quality of service, mobile devices, and middleware will be included.
Course Objectives:	This course will provide students with the knowledge of concepts and methods used in Computer Network communication including wireless mobile networking. How communications protocols work, multimedia networking, security measures and future challenges.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	The concept of computer networking and how it all began.
2	The infrastructure of networking and its protocols.
3	The layered structure of networking.
4	The protocols used in the Transport Layer.
5	The protocols used in the Network Layer.
6	The protocols used in the Data Link Layer.
7	Mobile IP and how packets are routed.
8	The Voice Over IP (VoIP) network.
9	Mobile Networks, 2G, 4G and 5G.
10	Security processes in Networks such as Authentication, Encryption and Integrity.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to Computer Networks and Internet.
2	8 Internet design principles.
3	Application and transport layer.
4	Transport layer protocol.
5	SCTP & DCCP.
6	Routing Dijkstra and Bellman Ford-RIP & BGP
7	IPv4 & IPv6
8	Link Layer Multiple Access & Error Control
9	Multimedia networking applications and streaming stored video
10	Voice over IP and Protocols for real time applications.
11	Network support for multimedia.
12	Security basic
13	Security protocol.
14	Smart grid communications and future Internet.

Prerequisite(s):	Computer Network, Probability and Java or Python programming.
Textbook(s):	James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. Pearson; 8th edition, 10 June, 2021. ISBN-13 978-1292405469.
Additional Literature:	Authors' slides: http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/ppt.php
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	For Project work, as necessary.
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Ability to identify, formulate, and solve advance network related problems.
2	Gain knowledge of contemporary issues in computer networks.
3	Acquire the ability to use techniques, skills and modern networking tools.
4	Understand the processes taking place in the Transport Layer and its protocols.
5	Understand the primary routing protocols and where they are used.
6	Understand the protocols and processes taking place in the Data Link Layer.
7	Understand the specific requirements to stream video and voice over a network.
8	Learn how Voice over IP works and the network requirements to support it.
9	Learn the main security concerns and the network security protocols employed.
10	Appreciate the importance of the emerging smart grid network.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	1
Case Study	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	10	2	20
Mid-terms			0
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	45	45
Other	1	74.5	74.5
Total Work Load:			187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

Upon completion of this intensive and comprehensive wireless networks module, the student will have a broad understanding of computer networks, mobile wirless networks and the smartgrid. The student will understand how they are deployed, the major protocols used and the future of the internet.