0 or 3 credits
Spring 2026 Laboratory Lecture Upper Division
This course is an advanced course concerning security and management issues as they apply to wireless networking. Students will gain knowledge on the problems and solutions the wireless industry face when implementing large scale networks. Issues addressed include encryption weaknesses, security methodology tradeoffs, large scale network management techniques and systems, and advanced wireless network architecture. The laboratory portion of the course enforces the learning outcomes with hands-on experiences in implementing secure, manageable complex wireless networks.
Learning Outcomes1Implement solutions for centralized wireless network management approaches.
2Design networks exploring tradeoffs between various security and management models and tools.
3Demonstrate knowledge of currently available penetration testing tools.
4Extend the security and management domains to large-scale wireless (WWAN) networks.
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