Wireless for Federal Govt.: Technologies and Security. Customized onsite course taught by Best-in-Class Eogogics instructors in Washington, DC, Virginia, USA, worldwide.

Wireless for Federal Govt.: Technologies and Security

Courses: RF and Wireless Networks
  • Course:Wireless for Federal Govt.: Technologies and Security
  • Course ID:WNETSEC Duration:5 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

Day 1 – Software Defined and Cognitive Radio

  • Software Defined Radio
    • Radio Architectures
    • Reconfigurable Embedded Processing
    • Hardware/Software Architectures
    • Signal Processing
    • Protocol Processing
    • Research Challenges: Latency, Scalability, Management
  • Cognitive Radio
    • Planning Algorithms
    • Machine Learning
    • Policy Radios
    • Learning Radios
    • Radio Parameter Optimization
    • Spectrum Sensing
    • Dynamic Spectrum Access
  • Emerging Spectrum Policy
    • TV Whitespace
    • National Broadband Plan
    • Role of Spectrum Sharing

Day 2 – Emerging Communications Technologies

  • RF Channel Models
    • Fading
    • Mobility
    • Link Budgets
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
    • Time-Frequency Diversity
    • Frequency-Domain Modulations
    • OFDM Basics
    • Multiple Access Protocols
    • Performance Analysis
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
    • Spatial Diversity
    • Beamforming
    • Spatial Multiplexing
    • Space-Time Coding

Day 3 – Cellular/Broadband Standards and Protocols

  • Cellular Technology History
    • 1G AMPS
    • 2G GSM/EDGE/IS-95
    • 2G CDMA/1xRTT
  • 3G Cellular Technologies
    • 3GPP UMTS
    • 3GPP HSPA/HSPA+
    • 3GPP2 CDMA2000
    • 3GPP2 EV-DO
  • IEEE Broadband Standards
    • IEEE 802.11 (WiFi)
    • IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX)
    • IEEE 802.22 (WRAN)
  • 4G Cellular Technologies
    • 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
    • 3GPP LTE Advanced
    • IEEE 802.16m (WiMAX2)
  • 5G Technologies
    • Femtocells
    • Cognitive Radio
    • Dynamic Spectrum Access

Day 4 – Wireless Networking Security

  • IEEE 802.11 Security
    • Wired Equivalency Protocol (WEP)
    • Cryptographic and Protocol Attacks
    • IEEE 802.11i (WPA/WPA2)
    • Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
  • Cellular Network Security Architectures
    • Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs)
    • Authentication and Roaming
    • Authorization and Accounting
    • Core Network Security
  • Physical-Layer Security
    • RF Jamming Threats
    • Intelligent Jamming
    • Network-Layer Jamming
    • Next-Generation Electronic Warfare

Day 5 – Emerging Mobile Security

  • Changing Threat Model
    • Emergence of Smartphones
    • Military Applications of Smartphone Technologies
    • Threats against Smartphones
    • Mobile Applications
  • Handset Security Challenges
    • Hardware Security
    • Operating System and Kernel Security (Linux)
    • Mobile Distribution Security (Android, iOS)
    • Mobile Application Security
  • Network Security Challenges
    • Mobile Device Management (MDM)
    • Provisioning and Accounting
    • Hardened App Stores
  • Evolving DoD Policies
    • Management of MDM
    • Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
    • Hardened COTS/GOTS Handset Programs
    • DoD and Federal Mobility Strategies

Course Wrap-up

  • Course Recap and Q/A
  • Evaluations