Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC)

GWEC is focused on expanding wireless technology curriculum in academic institutions worldwide. Many companies and colleges and universities develop the curriculum together, and only ONCE. That material is then shared among all GWEC members. The intent is to work more efficiently by eliminating duplication of effort and dollars spent.

"GWEC helps to equip educators and trainers who, in turn, provide students with the core knowledge, language and practical skills necessary for them to excel in generic wireless work environments," says GWEC former executive director Susan Sauer Sloan. "GWEC is a tried and true model for successful relations between industry and education."

The ubiquity of wireless devices and new wireless applications is the result of unprecedented growth in the wireless industry. To meet current and future product and service demands, it is imperative that we grow the wireless workforce so that companies have a pool of highly qualified individuals to employ and students graduate with a skill set and knowledge base that is current and fully recognized by the wireless industry. Herein lies the mission of GWEC.

Propagation Basics

 

A new GWEC module on Propagation Basics has been added. This module applies to Area 1 of the IEEE Communication Societies’ Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) areas of expertise: RF Engineering, Propagation, and Antennas. It is intended as an introduction to propagation for individuals with a technical background who wish to extend their expertise in radio wave propagation, or as a review for engineers practicing in wireless areas. This module is intended to be the first in a series of modules on propagation. The module discusses three topics: propagation in free space, propagation over a flat Earth, and knife-edge diffraction. These are simplified “textbook” propagation models that will be extended in subsequent modules to more practical models. The module runs about 40 minutes. It contains an example along with each of the three topics, and references at the end.