Description
PREREQUISITES: IST 110
**Formerly CIS 185**
This course introduces students to Wireless Networks, which will comprise of Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). The course contents include physical layer standards, medium access control, building and securing WLAN. Topic discussions will be on Wide Area Networks, including cellular networks involving cellular data networks, and Implementation of Wireless Access Protocols to WAP enabled devices. Also, there will a brief introduction to Wireless Internet. Theory classes will be supplemented with labs to enhance practical knowledge in integrating, testing, commissioning, network management of wireless networks.