Wireless Networking Tutorial

all lectures and exercises will take place in room SS-E

Instructors

• Rob Flickenger (USA)
• Carlo Fonda (Italy)

Tentative timetable

Day 1 (Sunday, June 1)

morning (9:00-13:00):

• Wi-Fi Overview
• Comparative Use of Unlicensed Spectrum
• dB Math
• Exercises on RF measurements
• Wi-Fi Hardware Selection
• Access Point Configuration

afternoon (14:30-18:30):

• Exercises on AP configuration
• Wireless Security
• Monitoring Tools
• Exercises

Day 2 (Monday, June 2)

morning (9:00-13:00):

• Introduction to Mesh Networks
• Antenna Fundamentals
• Exercise: Building a Cantenna
• Radiopropagation and Link Budget Calculation

afternoon (14:30-18:30):

• Site Survey
• Field activity: long distance wireless link (on the roof of two buildings in the EMI Campus)
• Review, Q&A

Books

• "Wireless Networking for the Developing World - 2nd edition" download it at ​http://wndw.net
• "How To Accelerate Your Internet" (Bandwidth Management and Optimization) download it at ​http://bwmo.net