Tentative Calendar
Acknowledgments: The lecture slides for the first 8 lectures are largely based on those prepared by William Stallings and material provided by Prof. Guevara Noubir. The slides on ad hoc network routing are largely based on a tutorial by Prof. Nitin Vaidya.
| Date | Topic | Handouts/Lecture notes |
Reading |
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| Jan 5 | Administrivia;Transmission Fundamentals: Analog & digital transmission channel capacity | Introduction |
1, 2.1-2.4 |
| Jan 12 | Transmission Fundamentals: Antennas and propagation modes, fading and signal encoding techniques | TransmissionFundamentals Problem Set 1 |
5, 6 |
| Jan 19 |
Spread spectrum: Frequency hopping, Direct sequence, and CDMA | ||
| Jan 26 | Snow day | Spread
Spectrum |
7 |
| Feb 2 | Coding and error control: Error detection, error correction codes, convolution codes, and ARQ | Coding
and Error Control Problem Set 2 Programming Assigment 1 |
8 |
| Feb 4 |
Coding
and error control, contd |
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| Feb 9 | Cellular wireless networks | Cellular
networks Sample Solution to PS1 Sample Solution to PS2 |
10 |
| Feb 16 | Medium access control and Wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11 protocol | Problem
Set 3 WirelessLANs |
14 |
| Feb 23 | Wireless LANs: Bluetooth; Mobile IP | Bluetooth
& Mobile IP |
15, 12 |
| Mar 2 |
Spring Break | Midterm
Practice Sample Solution to PS3 |
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| Mar 9 | Midterm | ||
| Mar 16 | Multihop ad hoc networks: Routing protocols | TCP
for Wireless Networks Ad Hoc Network Routing |
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| Mar 23 | Multihop ad hoc networks: Topology and power control | Sample
solution to Midterm |
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| Mar 30 | Sensor networks: MAC and routing protocols | Sensor
Networks |
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| Apr 6 | Sensor
networks: synchronization protocols; algorithms for query processing Multihop ad hoc networks: Fundamental limits on capacity |
Capacity
of Ad Hoc Networks |
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| Apr 13 | Student presentations |