We have leveraged our experimental capabilities with software defined radio and antennas to develop new laboratory coursework to teach concepts in wireless networking and security. This developed laboratory course introduces students to the foundations of analog and digital communications, as well as the security vulnerabilities present in wireless networks. Lectures are integrated with hands-on laboratory experiments, where students gain experience in implementing security principles discussed during the lectures on the Drexel SDR Grid Testbed.
We are using the Drexel SDR Grid Testbed to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of cybersecurity and information assurance. We developed a “Radio Wars” competition in which teams leverage the various interdisciplinary degrees of freedom of a SDR (e.g., antennas, modulation, signal processing, networking, application-level software) to securely transmit information while preventing others from doing so.
This hands-on coursework is available to students at the undergraduate and graduate level, and is also available for bundling in customized graduate certificate, MS, or informal education agreements.
Publications
K. R. Dandekar, S. Begashaw, M. Jacovic, A. Lackpour, I. Rasheed, X. R. Rey, C. Sahin, S. Shaher, G. Mainland, “Grid Software Defined Radio Network Testbed for Hybrid Measurement and Emulation”, In 2019 16th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), pp. 1-9, 2019. [bibtex] [doi]
D. H. Nguyen, L. Henderson, J. Chacko, C. Sahin, A. Paatelma, H. Saarnisaari, N. Kandasamy, K. R. Dandekar, “BeamViewer: Visualization of dynamic antenna radiation patterns using Augmented Reality”, In 2016 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), pp. 794-795, 2016. [bibtex] [doi]
A. Lackpour, C. Hamilton, M. Jacovic, I. Rasheed, X. R. Rey, K. R. Dandekar, “Enhanced 5G spectrum sharing using a new adaptive NC-OFDM waveform with reconfigurable antennas”, In 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), pp. 1-2, 2017. [bibtex] [doi]
D. H. Nguyen, A. Paatelma, H. Saarnisaari, N. Kandasamy, K. R. Dandekar, “Enhancing Indoor Spatial Reuse Through Adaptive Antenna Beamsteering: Demo”, In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation, and Characterization, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 81–82, 2016. [bibtex] [url] [doi]
K. R. Dandekar, C. Sahin, L. J. Henderson, D. H. Nguyen, J. J. Chacko, X. R. Rey, “Beam visualization and using augmented reality for control and interaction”, 2019. [bibtex] [url]
D. H. Nguyen, J. Chacko, L. Henderson, A. Paatelma, H. Saarnisaari, N. Kandasamy, K. R. Dandekar, “WiART – Visualize and Interact with Wireless Networks Using Augmented Reality: Demo”, In Proceedings of the 22Nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 511–512, 2016. [bibtex] [url] [doi]