The students are required to make two individual presentations based on research papers in the area of threat models, authentication, and detection mechanisms for security attacks, and network architecture requirements of security.  The students also write a report conforming to IEEE and ACM style for their group project.  The students make a final presentation where they are expected to engage in questions and answers from fellow students and the instructor about their project.  The wireless simulation projects give the students hands-on experience with the ns-2 simulator and how to map the problem to the simulator to analyze the performance of the protocol implemented.