Syllabus for ITS-340
WIRELESS AND MOBILE NETWORKING
Wireless and Mobile Networking provides an in-depth study of technologies used to implement wireless and mobile networks in a secure manner. Topics covered include wireless network components; types of wireless networks; network protocols; network performance and management; mobile systems and devices; nomenclature and implementation of mobile computing; mobile operating systems; cellular 3G, 4G, LTE (Long-Term-Evolution), and 5G networks; and mobile device management. The course also assesses security risks to mobile and wireless technologies and explores the application of appropriate security controls.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
CO1 Compare and contrast various mobile networks.
CO2 Examine the use of long-term evolution (LTE) architecture in system evolution, network discovery, and security.
CO3 Analyze advanced mobile architecture such as 5G and small cells.
CO4 Investigate wireless networks from close distance to wide area regional networks.
CO5 Analyze Internet of Things (IoT) networks, radio frequency identification (RFID), and near field communication (NFC).
CO6 Evaluate cloud, network virtualization, and wireless security.
You will need the following materials to do the work of the course. The required textbook is available from the University’s textbook supplier, MBS Direct.
ISBN: 978-1848217140
Wireless and Mobile Networking is a three-credit, online course consisting of six modules. Modules include an overview, topics, learning objectives, study materials, and activities. Module titles are listed below.
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in online discussion forums, complete written assignments, take online module quizzes, take a proctored midterm examination, and complete a final project. See below for details.
Consult the Course Calendar for due dates.
One or more of your course activities may utilize a tool designed to promote original work and evaluate your submissions for plagiarism. More information about this tool is available in this document.
You are required to participate in five graded discussion forums. There is also one ungraded but required Introductions Forum in Module 1.
Discussion forums are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules. The purpose of the discussion forums is to help make the connection between the course concepts and the goals of the course. In discussion posts, you express your opinions and thoughts, provide support and evidence for the position(s) you take on a subject, and have the opportunity to ask questions and expand on insights provided by your colleagues. Active participation is vital to your overall success in this course.
Located within the Evaluation Rubrics folder of the course website is the online discussion forum rubric used to aid in the grading of all online discussion assignments.
You are required to complete five written assignments. The written assignments are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules.
You are required to complete six formative quizzes. The quizzes are unproctored and untimed. They contain multiple-choice and true/false questions associated with each course module.
You are encouraged to take each quiz multiple times for additional practice; you will see some different questions each time. The result of your most recent attempt will appear in your gradebook.
You are required to take one proctored online examination: a midterm exam. For the midterm, you are required to use the University's Online Proctor Service (OPS). Please refer to the Examinations and Proctors section of the Online Student Handbook (see General Information area of the course website) for further information about scheduling and taking online exams and for all exam policies and procedures. You are strongly advised to schedule your exam within the first week of the semester.
The midterm exam is two hours long and covers materials from Modules 1, 2, and 3. It consists of multiple-choice questions and short essay/problem questions. For a list of key concepts that may appear on your exam, refer to the study guide available in the Examinations section of the course website.
The exam is open book; you are allowed to have your textbook and notes with you during your midterm exam administration.
You are on your honor not to cheat during the exam. Cheating means:
If there is evidence that you have cheated or plagiarized in your exam, the exam will be declared invalid, and you will fail the course.
You are required to complete a final project as a group project. This project is designed to apply the knowledge gained throughout the course to a real world scenario by designing an RFID student attendance system. This RFID student attendance system should consist of RFID tags, readers, wireless communication between tags and readers, and API that enable computers to read data from the readers. You are required to purchase an RFID starter kit and create a video demonstration for your final project in addition to writing a final project report.
For details and requirements of the final project, please refer to the Final Project section of the course website.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:
All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
A | = | 93–100 | C+ | = | 78–79 | |
A– | = | 90–92 | C | = | 73–77 | |
B+ | = | 88–89 | C– | = | 70–72 | |
B | = | 83–87 | D | = | 60–69 | |
B– | = | 80–82 | F | = | Below 60 |
To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or better (for an area of study course) or D or better (for a course not in your area of study), based on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings).
To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:
Consider the following study tips for success:
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Thomas Edison State University expects all of its students to approach their education with academic integrity—the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception. All mentors and administrative staff members at the University insist on strict standards of academic honesty in all courses. Academic dishonesty undermines this objective. Academic dishonesty can take the following forms:
Thomas Edison State University is committed to helping students understand the seriousness of plagiarism, which is defined as using the work and ideas of others without proper citation. The University takes a strong stance against plagiarism, and students found to be plagiarizing are subject to discipline under the academic code of conduct policy.
If you copy phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or whole documents word-for-word—or if you paraphrase by changing a word here and there—without identifying the author, or without identifying it as a direct quote, then you are plagiarizing. Please keep in mind that this type of identification applies to Internet sources as well as to print-based sources. Copying and pasting from the Internet, without using quotation marks and without acknowledging sources, constitutes plagiarism. (For information about how to cite Internet sources, see Online Student Handbook > Academic Standards > Citing Sources.)
Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else’s. It is more difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources.
Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the risk of being charged with plagiarism.
Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving yourself.
For examples of unintentional plagiarism, advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, and information about writing assistance, click the links provided below.
Examples of Unintentional Plagiarism
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Acts of both intentional and unintentional plagiarism violate the Academic Code of Conduct.
If an incident of plagiarism is an isolated minor oversight or an obvious result of ignorance of proper citation requirements, the mentor may handle the matter as a learning exercise. Appropriate consequences may include the completion of tutorials, assignment rewrites, or any other reasonable learning tool in addition to a lower grade for the assignment or course. The mentor will notify the student and appropriate dean of the consequence by e-mail.
If the plagiarism appears intentional and/or is more than an isolated incident, the mentor will refer the matter to the appropriate dean, who will gather information about the violation(s) from the mentor and student, as necessary. The dean will review the matter and notify the student in writing of the specifics of the charge and the sanction to be imposed.
Possible sanctions include:
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