A First Course in Wireless Networks and Telecommunication Systems

The telecommunications industry is rapidly implementing new technologies in order to provide high-bandwidth, high speed data transmission capabilities to the consumer. Wireless networks and telecommunication systems have recently shown rapid growth and these topics are now being introduced into the syllabus of Data Communications and Networking. This paper proposes a first course in Wireless Networks and Telecommunication systems. The paper examines the objectives and outcomes, methods for instruction and assessment strategies of such a course. An evaluation of such a course and future improvements to the course are then discussed. 1