CS457/CS546: Computer Networks II
WAN Technologies and Techniques

Winter 2001 Assignment 1

Technology: Wireless Transmission

Project Abstract

Discuss the verious techniques used to to make wireless transmissions more reliable and and secure. These will include Spread Spectrum and Frequency Hopping. Some indication of which frequency ranges are used for wireless networks (and why) should be provided.

Project Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Transmission Media Overview
  3. Narrow-band vs Wide-band
  4. The Birth of the Spread Spectrum Technique
  5. How Spread Spectrum Works
  6. Focus on: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum
  7. Other Spread Spectrum Systems
  8. The Regulations
  9. Wireless Technology in the News
  10. Summary
  11. Glossary
  12. References
Comments by Instructor:

I remind you of the marking scheme

It was very hard to get the marks for being Clever.
As a result, a mark of 7/10 was comparatively good.

The comments below are those provided by the markers
and are supplementary to those provided during the first round..

MarksForWhat?
4ContentWhat you do
2ClarityHow well you present it
2DepthHow deeply you cover things
2ClevernessFor surprising us
10in Total
Content
 Clarity
 Depth
 Clever
 Total
 Comments
4 2 2 1 9 interesting news articles

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