This course introduces students to the fundamentals of the wireless communications systems, the wireless network architectures, protocols, and applications. Topics covered include the history and overview of wireless communication, reasons for studying wireless transmissions, areas of applications, the relevance of wireless systems in computer engineering. Wireless transmission issues and challenges. System Design: Basic cellular networks and selection of parameters for system design. Multi-path channels and modulation techniques. Wireless networking, base stations, mobile stations, Airlink access, jamming, spoofing, signal intercept, wireless LANs, wireless modems, cellular radiotelephones, optical links, signal modeling, propagation modeling. Access.