GWEC Wireless Curriculum
The GWEC Wireless Curriculum is developed from the GWEC Points of Knowledge and Learning Requirements, and is designed to supplement gaps in current college/university educational programs. The material has been and continues to be developed through tremendous collaboration by GWEC industry and academic members alike, and is vender-neutral in content. The implementation of this curriculum enables educators and trainers to provide students with the core knowledge, language, and practical skills necessary to excel in generic wireless work environments.

The curriculum may be applied in the following learning environments:

AUDIENCE	ENVIRONMENT
Students in college/university	Academic programs undergraduate and graduate programs
New employees	Orientation programs
Experienced employees	Career development opportunities
Displaced workers	Re-training opportunities

The thrust behind the development of a common, flexible wireless curriculum is twofold: (1) it allows GWEC members to work more efficiently by eliminating duplication of effort and dollars spent; and (2) its application in the various environments highlighted above is generating a larger pool of qualified workers for today’s increasingly wireless job market.

INTENDED USAGE
The material contained in the GWEC Wireless Curriculum is intended to reinforce, supplement, augment, and enhance the course offerings already available at your academic institution. It may be integrated fully or partially into current course teachings as deemed appropriate and/or desirable by the instructor(s). A modular format was selected to afford the user (school or company) maximum flexibility in designing its own particular wireless program. The GWEC Wireless Curriculum links to the recommended Points of Knowledge as defined by Industry and lends guidance to educators and employers both in their respective wireless curriculum development and education/training efforts.

MODULE DESCRIPTION
The GWEC Wireless Curriculum is composed of over 50 separate modules. Numerous modules are presented in Spanish as well as English. Most modules are composed of two parts – a STUDENT NOTES document made up of PowerPoint slides with corresponding notes page, and an INSTRUCTOR GUIDE, detailing the learning objectives for the module, time estimate for delivery, resources and references, review questions, and, for certain modules, practical application case studies and laboratory exercises.

NOTE: When accessing the Student Notes, in the PowerPoint format, be sure to view with the "Notes Pages".

LICENSE AGREEMENT
All GWEC members companies and their employees and all GWEC education partner institutions, their faculty and students, may gain access to the GWEC Wireless Curriculum provided GWEC has on file a signed License Agreement for the member entity.

The GWEC Wireless Curriculum is protected by U.S. copyright law. This means that while you may make photocopies of the material for your students and may incorporate bits and pieces of the curriculum into your own course teachings, you must afford GWEC proper attribution as source. Moreover, the information contained in the modules may not be incorporated in any commercial training materials or for-profit education programs, books, databases, or any kind of software without the written permission of GWEC. Any and all copies of the modules must be made for only educational purposes.

CURRICULUM UPDATES
Clearly wireless technology is a technology on the move. What is new today could become routine by tomorrow. Recognizing the fast-paced nature of this exploding technology, GWEC is committed to regularly revise, update, and add to its Wireless Curriculum so that it remains current and relevant.

NEW MODULE DEVELOPMENT
Is there a topic not yet covered in the GWEC Wireless Curriculum that needs to be developed? Are you expert in the topic? If so, consider developing a new curriculum module(s) for GWEC members for reduced GWEC membership fees. Contact Susan Sloan at sloan@gwec.org for details. Any/all authors of content shall receive full and proper attribution by GWEC.

LIST OF MODULES

	Air Interface - CDMA
	Air Interface - AMPS/NAMPS
	Air Interface - AMPS/NAMPS - SPANISH
	Air Interface - Baseband Radio Transmission
	Air Interface - CDMA - SPANISH
	Air Interface - GSM
	Air Interface - Modulation
	Air Interface - Modulation - SPANISH
	Air Interface - TDMA
	Air Interface - TDMA - SPANISH
	Air Interface - Third Generation & Emerging Standards
	Air Interface - Third Generation & Emerging Standards - SPANISH
	Digital Vocoding & Techniques
	Encryption Decryption Scrambling
	Frequency Reuse & Planning - Cellular Coverage Concepts
	Frequency Reuse & Planning - Amplifier Chain
	Frequency Reuse & Planning - Radio Architecture
	Hash - Course Overview
	Hash - Course Overview - Labs
	Hash - Course Overview - Labs Overview
	Hash - Course Overview - Syllabus
	Hash - Fundamentals - Week 1
	Hash - Fundamentals - Week 2
	Hash - Fundamentals - Week 3
	Hash - Fundamentals - Week 4
	Hash - Fundamentals - Week 5 Test
	Hash - Wireless Data - Week 1
	Hash - Wireless Data - Week 2
	Hash - Wireless Data - Week 3
	Hash - Wireless Data - Week 4
	Hash - Wireless Data - Week 5 Test
	Hash - WS Telephony - Week 1
	Hash - WS Telephony - Week 2
	Hash - WS Telephony - Week 3
	Hash - WS Telephony - Week 4
	Hash -WS Telephony - Week 5 Final Test
	Health & Safety - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
	Health & Safety - Personal Health & Safety
	IEEE 802.11 Ver2
	IEEE 802.15 Ver2
	IEEE 802.16 Ver2
	Lab - Cell Site Familiarization - LAB
	Lab - Cell Site Familiarization - PRELAB
	Lab - Cell Site Software & Phone - LAB
	Lab - Cell Site Software & Phone - PRELAB
	Lab - Electronic Communications Fundamentals Lab
	Lab - Ericsson 880 Radio Labs - Part 1 & 2
	Lab - Experiments in Microwaves & Wireless Techniques & Communications
	Lab - Filter Response
	Lab - Measurement of Refractive Index of Glass
	Lab - Radio Engineering III - Labs
	Lab - Wireline & Wireless Telecom Engineering
	Mobile Internet Protocol - Internet Mobility Issues
	Power Plant & Batteries 1
	Power Plant & Batteries 2
	Professional Affiliations
	PSTN - By Paul Bedell
	Radio Transmission - RF Troubleshooting Techniques - Exercises
	Radio Transmission - RF Antenna
	Radio Transmission - RF Propagation
	Radio Transmission - RF Propagation - SPANISH
	Radio Transmission - RF System Planning
	Radio Transmission - RF System Planning 2
	Radio Transmission - RF System Planning SPANISH
	Radio Transmission - RF Theory
	Radio Transmission - RF Theory - SPANISH
	Radio Transmission - RF Troubleshooting Techniques
	Radio Transmission - RF Troubleshooting Techniques - SPANISH
	Radio Transmission - RF Troubleshooting Techniques (Problems) - SPANISH
	Regulatory, Standards & Conventions - Wireless Telephony Standards
	Regulatory, Standards & Conventions - Wireless Telephony Standards - SPANISH
	Regulatory, Standards & Conventions-Standards Setting Organizations
	Regulatory, Standards, and Conventions - Rules & Regulations
	Software Radio Technology Ver2
	Spectrum Management - Advances In
	Spectrum Management - Introduction
	Switch - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
	Switch - Asynchronous Transfer Mode - SPANISH
	Switch - Basic Data Communications
	Switch - Basic Data Communications - SPANISH
	Switch - Basic Data Networks
	Switch - Basic Switching Systems 1
	Switch - Basic Switching Systems 1 - SPANISH
	Switch - Basic Switching Systems 2
	Switch - Basic Switching Systems 2 - SPANISH
	Switch - Digital Cross Connect System
	Switch - Open Systems Interconnect Model
	Switch - Open Systems Interconnect Model - SPANISH
	Switch - Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
	Switch - Stored Program Control
	Test & Measurement Tools & Equipment
	Transmission & Trunking - Basic Digital Telephony
	Transmission & Trunking - BDT - Exercises
	Transmission & Trunking - Circuit Provisioning
	Transmission & Trunking - Concepts of Traffic Engineering
	Transmission & Trunking - Concepts of Traffic Engineering SPANISH
	Transmission & Trunking - Concepts of Traffic Engineering 2
	Transmission & Trunking - CTE Exercises
	Transmission & Trunking - Fiber Optic Transmission
	Transmission & Trunking - Line Coding Protocols
	Transmission & Trunking - Multiplexing 1
	Transmission & Trunking - Multiplexing 2
	Transmission & Trunking - Network Synchronization 1
	Transmission & Trunking - Network Synchronization 2
	Transmission & Trunking - Satellite Transmission
	Transmission & Trunking - Signaling System 7
	Transmission & Trunking - Signaling System 7 - SPANISH
	Transmission & Trunking - System Integration
	Transmission & Trunking - TCPIP
	Transmission & Trunking - Transmission 1
	Transmission & Trunking - Transmission 1 & 2 - SPANISH
	Transmission & Trunking - Transmission 2
	Transmission & Trunking - Transmission 3
	Transmission & Trunking - X.25
	Wireless Networking Protocol - IEEE 802.11 MAC Layer
	Wireless Networking Protocol - IEEE 802.11 Modulation & Framing
	Wireless Networking Protocol - IEEE 802.11 WLANS & Spread Spectrum
	Wireless Security - Feb. 2007 Webinar
	Wireless Security - Higgins
	Wireless Security Issues - Introduction to Cryptology
	Wireless Security Issues - Security Concerns for Current Wireless Technologies