Education of wireless and ATM networking concepts using hands-on laboratory experience

  • Authors:
  • Krishna M. Sivalingam;V. Rajaravivarma

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Elect. Engg. & Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA;Dept. of Electronics & Computer Technology, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC

  • Venue:
  • SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Traditional computer networking courses primarily tend to provide students with hands-on software development and network performance experience with TCP/IP and Ethernet networks. Our objectives are to enhance the curriculum of networking courses and the expertise of students by introducing next-generation networks such as wireless and ATM networks. To facilitate this, we have established a wireless ATM network instructional facility (NIF) at Washington State University (WSU). Projects based on ATM networks and wireless networks have been introduced in a course on undergraduate computer networks taught at WSU during Spring 1998. This paper describes the laboratory setup, the projects and assignments, and the feedback obtained from the students.