IFSM 398W Chapter Session Schedule
Term 2/3, 2003-2004
(From 03 November 2003 until 07 March 2004)
| Calendar Week | Due Dates | Chapters | WT Week* | Topic to be covered ** (due ) |
| 45 | 05 Nov 2003 | 1, 2 | 1 |
Introductions; The History of Radio Communications;
The Cellular Market Regulatory Structure
|
| 46 | 12 Nov 2003 | 3, 4 | 2 |
Fundamental Wireless System Design and Components;
The Cell Base Station
|
| 47 | 19 Nov 2003 | 5, 6 | 3 |
Radio-Frequency Channelization ; Radio-Frequency
Propagation; Project 1-CN selection
|
| 48 | 26 Nov 2003 | 7, 8 | 4 |
Wireless Communication System TowersI; Antennas
and Radio-Frequency Power
|
| 49 | 03 Dec 2003 | 9, 10 | 5 |
Base Station Equipment and Radio-Frequency Signal
Flow; Wireless System Capacity Engineering; Project 1-CY or
1-SE or 1-HE due; Project
3 proposal
due
|
| 50 | 10 Dec 2003 | 11, 12 | 6 |
Cellular Regulatory Processes; Enhancers and
Microcells
|
| 51 | 17 Dec 2003 | 13, 14 | 7 |
Design Tools and Testing Methods; The Mobile
Switching Center; Proctored Exam Week
|
| 52 | 22 - 31 Dec 2003 | - | - |
Winter Break (22 Dec 2003 - 18 January 2004)
|
| 01 - 03 | 01 - 18 Dec 2004 | - | - |
Winter Break (22 Dec 2003 - 18 January 2004)
|
| 04 | 21 Jan 2004 | 15, 16, 17 | 8 |
The N-AMPS Standard; The Fixed Network and
System Connectivity; Microwave Radio Systems
|
| 05 | 28 Jan 2004 | 18, 19 | 9 |
Wireless Interconnection the the Public Switched Telephone
Network; Cellular Call Processing ; Project 2 due
|
| 06 | 04 February 2004 | 20, 21 | 10 |
Roaming and Intercarrier Networking; Wireless
Fraud
|
| 07 | 11 February 2004 | 22, 23 | 11 |
Digital Wireless Technologies; Digital Wireless
Technologies; Project 3 due
|
| 08 | 18 February 2004 | 24, 25 | 12 |
Wireless Data Technologies; Wireless Data Technologies;
All students Read Student Web Pages
|
| 09 | 25 February 2004 | 26, 27 | 13 |
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio; Satellite PCS Systems; Web Page Evaluations by students |
| 10 | 04 March 2004 | 28, 29 | 14 |
Broadband
Wireless Technologies; The Future
of Wireless Telephony; Final Exam;
|
| 11 | 11 March 2004 | - | 15 |
Grade Computations
|
| 12 | 18 March 2004 | - | 16 |
Final Exam & Course Grades Recorded into WebTycho
|
* WebTycho Week (from Course Schedule)
** Due dates for assignments are always Wednesdays, unless otherwise specified.