Secure Wireless Connectivity

Aim

The students that will take that course will be equipped with knowledge that will allow them to critically identify, reason, and also design future communication networks. After the course the student will be able to:

• Explain fundamental properties of wireless connectivity, including shared-medium access, interference, and resource constraints.
• Analyze and compare medium access control protocols with respect to performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Apply analytical and simulation-based methods to evaluate wireless network performance.
• Identify common security threats specific to wireless connectivity.
• Explain basic mechanisms for improving robustness and security in wireless systems.
• Analyze trade-offs between performance, reliability, and security in wireless networks.
• Design and evaluate wireless connectivity solutions that account for both efficiency and security considerations.
• Understand some new directions in 5G and beyond communication systems such as communication design for distributed Machine Learning.

Content

• Background knowledge on wireless channels and networks
• Interference, connectivity
• Medium access control for wireless networks
• Reliability and robustness in wireless systems
• Security threats in wireless connectivity
• Physical- and MAC-layer vulnerabilities and countermeasures
• Performance and security trade-offs in wireless system design
• Selected topics in modern and emerging wireless systems: communications for distributed Machine Learning, wireless network control systems or CPS, non-terrestrial networks, etc.