Class webpage for ECE 525E - Wireless Mobile Communications, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ECE 525E - WIRELESS & MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
FEBRUARY 2026 - MAY 2026

	ECE 525E - Wireless & Mobile Communication Syllabus
	Glossary of Wireless Communication Terms - Terms and Definitions students should know at the end of this course.
	Continuous Assessment Tests
	Slides/Class Presentations
	Laboratory Sessions
	REVISION & SELF-TEST EXERCISES
	Wireless & Mobile Communications Training Videos
	NOTES/HAND-OUTS WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION (a) Chapter 12-Multiple Access -Data Communications & Networking - Fourzan (b) AlohaNET - University of Hawaii (c) First Generation Systems (i) Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) (ii) Nordic Mobile Telephone (Overview & System Description) (d) Principles of Cellular Communication (e) DECT standard Explained
	WEEK 2 (a) Global System for Mobile Communication - International Engineering Consortium (b) GSM Air Interface - Nokia Training Document (C) CDMA Technology, I-95 and IMT 2000
	WEEK 3 CELL PLANNING & LOCATION MANAGEMENT IN CELLULAR NETWORKS (a) Principles of Cellular Communication (b) Cell Planning in GSM Mobile (c) GSM Location Registration - Original Standard (ETSI) (d) Location Management in Cellular Networks
	WEEK 4 GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION (a) GSM - Addresses and Identifiers-Tutorialpoint (b) Forensics and the GSM mobile telephone system (c) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) (e) USSD Lecture Notes HSCSD & GPRS (a) High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) (b) Understanding General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) (c) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)Whitepaper
	WEEK 5-6 3G (WCDMA/UMTS) (a) An Overview of CDMA Evolution toward Wideband CDMA (b) UMTS - Tutorial Point (c) Chapter 2: UMTS Services and Applications (d) Adaptive Multirate Rate (AMR) (e) Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) (f) Voice Activity Activation
	WEEK 8 - 4G (LTE) (a) LTE in a Nutshell: The Physical Layer (b) The LTE Network Architecture: A comprehensive tutorial (c) Voice in 4G Networks (d) e-Sim Whitepaper
	WEEK 9 - 5G / ZIGBEE / MOBILE IP / UWB (a) 5G Architecture (b) 5G New Radio ------------------------
	Recommended e-Books and Other References
	Continuous Assessments Tests
	Class Attendance
	ECE 525E Teaching Schedule