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MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ECE 525E - WIRELESS & MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
FERUARY 2026 - MAY 2026
CLASS PRESENTATIONS (SLIDES)

WEEK  1
Lectures
(a)
Introduction to Wireless & Mobile Communications
(b) Multiple Access-Aloha, CSMA, Controlled Access & Channelization
(c) Personal Communication Services

Labs
(a) Virtual Lab on Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)

  WEEK  2
(a) GSM: Architecture, Authentication & Encryption
(b) GSM : ARFCNs and Logical Channels
  WEEK  3
(a) Cordless Telephony
(b) GSM Identifiers
(b) GSM Data Services
  WEEK  4
Lectures
(a)
Handoff in Cellular Networks
(b) Frame Structure & Timing Advance in GSM
  WEEK 5
Lectures
(a) 2G - CDMA Principles
(b) 3G - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
(c) 3G - WCDMA Air Interface
  WEEK 6
Lectures
(a) Frequency planning and Channel Assignment Strategies
(b) Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
(c) Wireless Personal Area Networks (IEEE 802.15 Standards)
  WEEK 7
(a) Zigbee (IEEE 802 15.4)
(b) UMTS QoS Classes
(c) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)


  WEEK 8
(a) Bluetooth (Principles & Architecture)
(b) Voice in LTE Networks
  WEEK 9
(a) VOLGA, CSFB, Single Radio Voice Call Continuity(SRVCC)  & VOLTE
(b) Ultrawide Band Communication (UWB)
  ©  Prof. James Kulubi, Masinde Muliro University,  2026