Teaching wireless communication and networking fundamentals using Wi-Fi projects

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-104

  Sarkar, Nurul I ^a   Craig, Trevor M ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Wollongong College   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Hands on experience; IEEE 802.11; Wi Fi modules; Wireless networking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; STUDENTS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HANDS-ON LEARNING; PROJECT EVALUATION; STUDENT LEARNING; WIRELESS NETWORKING;

TEACHING;

EID: 33144459585     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2005.858387     Document Type: Article

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