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IFSM 350 Chapter Session Schedule

Term 1/2, 2006-2007

  (04 September 2006 - 03 December 2006)

See your Assignment Folder in WebTycho (WT) for further important due dates.


CalendarWeek  Dates  Chapter*  WT Week** Chapter titles / Topics to be covered (projects due)
36 04 Sep - 10 Sep, 2006 1
[Ciampa: It's a Wireless World]; (Dubendorf: A History of Wireless Technologies)
37 11 Sep - 17 Sep , 2006 2 2
Project 1 News source Selection; [Ciampa: Wireless LAN Devices and Standards]; (Dubendorf: Understanding Spread Spectrum Technologies)
38 18 Sep - 24 Sep , 2006 3 3
[Ciampa: How Wireless Works]; (Dubendorf: Multiple Access Wireless Communications)
39 25 Sep - 01 Oct , 2006 4 4
[Ciampa: IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer Standards]; (Dubendorf: GSM)
40 02 Oct - 08 Oct, 2006 5 5
[Ciampa: IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Network Layer Standards]; (Dubendorf: GPRS)
41 09 Oct - 15 Oct, 2006 6 6
[Ciampa: Planning and Building a Wireless LAN]; (Dubendorf: iMode); Project #1 due; Proctored Exam Week;
42 16 Oct - 22 Oct, 2006   7

--- Fall Break (16 - 22 October) ---

43 23 Oct - 29 Oct, 2006 7 8
[Ciampa: Conducting a Site Survey]; (Dubendorf: UMTS)
44 30 Oct - 05 Nov, 2006 8 9
Project #2 exercise; [Ciampa: Wireless LAN Security and Vulnerabilities]; (Dubendorf: Wireless Data Networks)
45 06 Nov- 12 Nov, 2006 9 10
[Ciampa: Implementing Wireless LAN Security]; (Dubendorf: RFID)
46 13 Nov - 19 Nov, 2006 10 11
Project #3 due; [Ciampa: Managing a Wireless LAN]; (Dubendorf: Conducting the Last Mile)
47 20 Nov - 26 Nov, 2006 11 12
[Ciampa: Network Settings and Wireless LAN Troubleshooting]; (Dubendorf: Wireless Information Security)
48 27 Nov - 03 Dec, 2006 12 13
[Ciampa: Personal, Metropolitan, and Wide Area Networks]; (Dubendorf: Convergence--3G Technologies); Final Exam
49 04 Dec- 10 Dec, 2006 -- 14
Course Grades Posted into WebTycho Gradebook

* Chapter titles italicized [Ciampa] and (Dubendorf)

** WebTycho Week (from Course Schedule)