Textbooks
The following optional texts are for your reference:
- Wireless Communication Networks and Systems, by Cory Beard and William Stallings (ISBN: 0133594173, available online).
- Fundamentals of Wireless Communication [T & V], by David Tse and Pramod Viswanath (available online).
- Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, third edition, by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie.
Schedule
Also available as an ical file that you can subscribe to. This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
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| Date | Topics | Readings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 02/04 | Spring term classes begin (no precepts this week) | ||
| Tue 02/05 | Class Introduction [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Part 1: Wireless from the Transport Layer Downwards | |||
| Thu 02/07 | Systems & Networking Concepts: Layering, End-to-End Arguments. End-to-End Transport Over Wireless I: TCP, Split Connection [pdf, pptx] |
Saltzer81, Jacobson88 | |
| Mon 02/11 | Precept: Python Introduction and Signal Processing Primer | ||
| Tue 02/12 | End-to-End Transport Over Wireless II: Snoop and Explicit Loss Notification [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Thu 02/14 | Link Layer I: Link Establishment and Medium Access Control [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Mon 02/18 | Precept: Lab 1 (Simple Spectrum Analyzer) Intro (preview); TCP review [P02-TCP: pptx] | Undergraduate deadline to add or drop courses without a fee | |
| Tue 02/19 | Link Layer II: Sharing the Medium, Link-Layer Reliability [pdf, pptx] | Maca, Macaw | |
| Thu 02/21 | Routing I: Mesh Networking [pdf, pptx] | Roofnet05 | |
| Mon 02/25 | Precept: Introduction to the Discrete Fourier Transform [P03-DFT: pptx] | ||
| Tue 02/26 | Routing II: Geographic and Diversity Routing in Mesh Networks [pdf, pptx] | Optional Reading: GPSR, CLDP | |
| Part 2: Overcoming Bit Errors | |||
| Thu 02/28 | Detecting and Correcting Errors [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Mon 03/04 | Precept: Midterm review | ||
| Tue 03/05 | Convolutional Codes [pdf, pptx] | 6.02Notes-Chp8 | Lab 1 due |
| Thu 03/07 | Bit Rate Adaptation and Rateless Codes [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Mon 03/11 | Precept: Work on Lab 2 | ||
| Tue 03/12 | Class-time Midterm Exam (coverage of Parts 1 and 2, inclusive) | Location: Room 105, CS Building | |
| Part 3: Wireless from the Physical Layer Upwards | |||
| Thu 03/14 | Preliminaries: Radios, Modulation, and Filtering [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Tue 03/19 | Spring recess week | ||
| Thu 03/21 | Spring recess week | ||
| Mon 03/25 | Lab 3: Forward Error Correction | ||
| Tue 03/26 | Digital Comms I: From AM Radio to Digital I/Q Modulation [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Thu 03/28 | Digital Comms II: Constellation Design, Bit Error Rate, Shannon Capacity [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Fri 03/29 | Lab 2 due | ||
| Mon 04/01 | Precept: WiFi and LTE Overview | ||
| Tue 04/02 | The Radio Channel [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Thu 04/04 | Receiver Design for the Radio Channel: Wideband Equalization, OFDM [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Mon 04/08 | Lab 4: BPSK encoding and decoding | Lab 3 due | |
| Tue 04/09 | MIMO I: Spatial Diversity [pdf, pptx] | MultiAntenna | |
| Thu 04/11 | MIMO II: Spatial Multiplexing, Degrees of Freedom [pdf, pptx] | T & V, Chp. 7, §7.2 [pdf] | |
| Mon 04/15 | Precept: OFDM Power Allocation and Channel Models | Registrar’s deadline to drop spring term courses or select P/D/F option | |
| Tue 04/16 | MIMO III: Channel Capacity, Interference Alignment [pdf, pptx] | T & V, Chp. 7, §7.1 [pdf] | |
| Part 4: Boutique Topics | |||
| Thu 04/18 | Communication via Physical Vibrations [pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: Ripple2 | |
| Mon 04/22 | Lab 5: Array signal processing | ||
| Tue 04/23 | TBA | ||
| Thu 04/25 | Backscatter and RFID [pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: Caraoke | Lab 4 due |
| Mon 04/29 | Precept: TBA | ||
| Tue 04/30 | Visible Light Communication [pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: DarkLight | |
| Thu 05/02 | (No lecture.) Mandatory demo session for Lab 4. | Location: Friend, Room 003 | |
| Fri 05/03 | Spring term classes end | ||
| Tue 05/07 | |||
| Thu 05/09 | |||
| Tue 05/14 | Lab 5 due. Dean’s Date: deadline for student submission of written work. | ||
| Fri 05/17 | Final Exam (Time: 9:00 AM) | Location: Room 104, CS Building | |