| Week of |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
| Sep 1 |
Labor Day |
Registration Day |
L01: Introduction and objectives for communication
systems. Probabilistic source model. Information &
entropy. |
R01: |
| Sep 8 |
L02: Source coding: Huffman codes; Lempel-Ziv-Welch compression. |
R02: |
L03: Errors & binary symmetric channels. Hamming
distance. |
R03:
PS #0 due (simple audio communication)
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| Sep 15 |
L04: Channel codes. Linear block codes: rectangular codes |
R04: |
L05: Hamming codes. Error correction. Syndrome decoding. Interleaving. |
R05:
PS #1 due (Huffman and LZW)
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| Sep 22 |
L06: Convolutional codes. |
R06: |
L07: Viterbi decoding of convolutional codes. |
R07:
PS #2 due (linear block codes)
|
| Sep 29 |
L08: Noise, PDFs, means, variances, Gaussian noise.
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R08: |
L09: Bit detection in noise.
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R09:
PS #3 due (Viterbi decoder + comparing codes)
Oct 3: Add date
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| Oct 6 |
L10: Physical channel. Modulation, demodulation, LTI models of baseband channel. |
R10: Office hours for Quiz 1
Quiz 1 (evening)
7:30-9:30pm.
Location: 50-340
Topics:
L01-L07/R01-07/PS0-3
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L11: LTI channel characterization: step response, unit sample
response, superposition, convolution, causality. |
R11: |
| Oct 13 |
Columbus Day |
R12: |
L12: Intersymbol interference (ISI). Channel frequency response. |
R13:
PS #4 due (digital signaling, noise analysis)
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| Oct 20 |
L13: Filtering. |
R14: |
L14: Spectral content of signals via the DTFT. |
R15:
PS #5 due (unit-sample response)
|
| Oct 28 |
L15: FFT. Modulation & demodulation: theory. |
R16: |
L16: Demodulation & frequency division multiplexing (FDM) |
R17: |
| Nov 3 |
L17: Review: noise, LTI systems, convolution, frequency response,
signal spectrum, modulation/demodulation. |
R18: |
L18: Sharing a channel: MAC protocols (TDMA, Aloha). |
R19:
PS #6 due (modulation & demodulation)
|
| Nov 10 |
Veterans Day |
Veterans Day |
L19: Multi-hop networks. Packet switching. Queues. Sources of
delay. |
R20: Office hours for Quiz 2
Quiz 2
(evening) 7:30-9:30pm.
Location: 50-340
Topics: L08-17/R08-18/PS4-6
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| Nov 17 |
L20: Network layer: Routing protocols (without
failures).
Nov 19: Drop date |
R21: |
L21: Network layer: Routing protocols (handling
failures). Comparing distance-vector & link-state protocols. |
R22:
PS #7 due (MAC protocols)
|
| Nov 24 |
L22: Transport protocols: reliable data delivery. |
R23:
|
Lecture cancelled. (Prep for thanksgiving!)
PS #8 due (distance-vector & link-state routing protocols)
|
Thanksgiving |
| Dec 1 |
L23: Transport protocols: improving throughput with sliding
windows. |
R24: |
L24: Congestion control |
R25:
PS #9 due Friday, 12/5 (transport protocols)
|
| Dec 8 |
L25: A brief history of the Internet |
R26: |
L26: Digital communications, end-to-end |
| Dec 15 |
Quiz 3: Dec 17, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Dupont Topics:
L18-23/R19-26/PS7-9
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