6.02
Fall 2012

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Lectures The course notes ("text") are in three parts, reflecting the three themes in 6.02: bits, signals, and packets. Each part has multiple chapter. The table below specifies the relevant chapters and/or sections for each lecture. Please send any questions/comments/suggestions on the notes to hari.

  • Part 1: Bits: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • Part 2: Signals: Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
  • Part 3: Packets: Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

    Lecture (Videos)SlidesNotesQuiz
    L01: Overview. Information & entropy PDF Ch 1, 2, §3.1-3.2 Quiz 1
    L02: Compression: Huffman & LZW PDF Ch 3
    L03: Errors. Channel codes PDF Ch 4 (skim thru §4.3.1),
    §5.1-5.3
    L04: Linear block codes. Parity relations PDF Ch 5
    L05: Error correction. Syndrome decoding PDF Ch 6 (Not §6.6)
    L06: Convolutional codes PDF Ch 7
    L07: Viterbi decoding PDF Ch 8
    L08: Noise PDF Ch 9 Quiz 2
    L09: Transmitting on a physical channel PDF §10.1
    L10: Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) systems PDF Ch 10, §11.3
    L11: LTI channel and intersymbol interference PDF Ch 11
    L12: Filters and composition PDF Ch 11 (§11.2)
    L13: Frequency response of LTI systems PDF Ch 12
    L14: Spectral representation of signals PDF Ch 13 (§13.1)
    L15: Modulation/demodulation PDF Ch 14
    L16: More on modulation/demodulation PDF Ch 14
    L17: Packet switching PDF Ch 16 Quiz 3
    L18: MAC protocols PDF Ch 15
    L19: Network routing (without failures) PDF Ch 17
    L20: Network routing (with failures) PDF Ch 18
    L21: Reliable transport PDF Ch 19
    L22: Sliding window analysis; Little's law PDF Ch 19 & §16.4
    L23: A brief history of the Internet PDF --
    L24: Finish history and wrap-up course see L23 --

    • PSets PS1, due September 20, 2012 @ 0600 ("midnight" on Wed September 19, 2012, auto-extended to 6 am the next day!).
    PS2, due September 27, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS3, due October 4, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS4, due October 18, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS5, due October 25, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS6, due November 8, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS7, due November 22, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS8, due November 29, 2012 @ 0600.
    PS9, due December 6, 2012 @ 0600.
    Course notes by chapter, with solutions
    1. Introduction
    2. Information, Entropy, and the Motivation for Source Codes | Solutions
    3. Compression Algorithms: Huffman and LZW | Solutions
    4. Digital Signaling and Communication Abstractions
    5. Coping with Bit Errors using Error Correction Codes | Solutions
    6. Linear Block Codes: Encoding and Syndrome Decoding
    7. Convolutional Codes: Construction and Encoding
    8. Viterbi Decoding of Convolutional Codes | Solutions
    9. Noise | Solutions
    10. Models for Physical Communication Channels
    11. LTI Models and Convolution | Solutions
    12. Frequency Response of LTI Systems | Solutions
    13. Fourier Analysis and Spectral Representation of Signals | Solutions
    14. Modulation and Demodulation | Solutions
    15. Sharing a Channel: Media Access (MAC) Protocols | Solutions
    16. Communication Networks: Sharing and Switches | Solutions
    17. Network Routing - I: Without Any Failures | Solutions
    18. Network Routing - II: Routing Around Failures | Solutions
    19. Reliable Data Transport Protocols | Solutions
    Background and other readings The following material may be useful as background or augmentation. They are not required for the course per se.