CS 5966/6966, ECE 5960/6960: Wireless Networking Systems - Fall 2025
Instructors: Prof. Neal Patwari and Prof. Kobus Van der Merwe
Mon/Wed 3:00-4:20 PM, WEB L114
Overview
This is a combined CS/ECE and combined undergraduate/graduate level course on Wireless Networking Systems. The course will provide a cross-disciplinary perspective on the design of state-of-the-art wireless networking systems. Topics range from the physical analog multipath radio propagation channel, to the antenna, to digital modulation and data rate, to multi-user multiplexing, to the higher networking layers. 5G cellular networking protocols will be studied in depth. Spectrum sharing systems such as CBRS and RDZ will be introduced. Topics will be covered both via lecture and via experimentation on the Platform for Open Wireless Data-driven Experimental Research (POWDER), a large-scale software-defined radio testbed on the University of Utah campus. Students will work in interdisciplinary teams to set up, configure, execute, and modify wireless networking experiments.
Prerequisites:
Full Major status in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science OR Computer Engineering OR Software Development.
More Details:
Here is a more detailed syllabus.
Course Canvas website:
The course Canvas website is here.