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Understanding Wireless: Technology, Economics, and Policy
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- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on May 17, 2015
- Ends on June 28, 2015
Course details
Syllabus
- Identify the major historical and structural developments in the field of wireless communications
- Explore the challenges of wireless technologies present in spectrum allocation, privacy, and net neutrality
- Examine wireless technology through the lenses of economics, law, and engineering
- Explain how devices and applications relay information wirelessly
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Patricia L. Bellia
- Barry Patrick Keating
- J. Nicholas Laneman
- Aaron Striegel
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