Wireless Communications Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

This comprehensive wireless communications program covers traditional and digital systems, encompassing design, operation, performance, and control. Students select from a range of courses to gain specialized knowledge in areas such as wireless security, physical design, networking, spread spectrum, and cross-layer design. The program prepares graduates for careers in the rapidly evolving field of wireless communications.

Program Outline

It delves into signal/data processing, physical design, and high-level operation, performance, standards, and control of wireless communications systems.

Outline:

The program requires the selection of four courses from the following:

• EE 583 Wireless Communications: This course covers the fundamentals of wireless communications, including signal processing, modulation, channel coding, and multiple access techniques.
• EE 584 Wireless Systems Security: This course explores security threats and vulnerabilities in wireless systems, and examines various security mechanisms and protocols.
• EE 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems: This course focuses on the physical layer design of wireless systems, including antenna design, power amplifiers, and receiver architectures.
• EE 582 Wireless Networking: Architecture, Protocols and Standards: This course covers the architecture, protocols, and standards of wireless networks, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular networks.
• EE 651 Spread Spectrum and CDMA: This course delves into spread spectrum techniques and code-division multiple access (CDMA), which are widely used in wireless communications.
• EE 653 Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networks: This course explores the design and optimization of wireless networks by considering interactions between different layers of the network protocol stack.