A Study and Practice on the Wireless Networking Curriculum

The ongoing development of wireless networking produces a lot of new technologies and applications, such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). For traditional wired networking curriculums, the teaching is relatively easy due to the mature and stable measures. However, different from the traditional wired networking teaching, the Wireless Networking Teaching (WNT) is facing new challenges due to the complicated techniques and comprehensive contents, etc. In this paper, we outline the characteristics of wireless networking technologies and analyze the issues in current WNT. Then, we propose a new teaching mode applied in the wireless networking curriculums. Using NS2 to build the experimental environment, we can implement the proposed teaching mode in a vivid way. The theoretical and practical characteristics can be reflected effectively.