ECS 206 Wireless Personal Area Networks

Personal, short distance area wireless networks for interconnecting devices centered around a workspace or home is explored. WPANs address wireless networking and mobile computing devices such as PC’s, PDA’s, peripherals, cell phones, pagers and consumer electronics. Short range wireless data communications technologies including, infrared, Bluetooth, and ZigBee, RFid, WiMedia and Ultra wide band are introduced

Credits

1

Distribution

Career Training

Offered

5

Outcomes

1. Describe a wireless personal area network
2. Describe security issues of WPAN technology
3. Explain how IrDA, Bluetooth, UWB and ZigBee work
4. Understand wireless standards and applications

Field Based Experience

0