| Week of |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
| Feb 02 |
Registration Day |
No class |
L01: Metrics for communication systems. The digital abstraction. Basic
recipes for transmitting information.
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R01:
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| Feb 09 |
L02: Real-world wires: inter-symbol interference, eye diagrams, LTI models,
superposition.
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R02:
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L03: Unit-sample response, convolution sum, deconvolution.
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Lab #1 due (clock and data recovery)
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R03:
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| Feb 16 |
Mon: President's Day, Tue: Monday schedule
L04: Noise: Gaussian models, normal PDF, bit errors
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L05: Normal random variables, CDF and estimating error rates, ISI effects
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Lab #2 due (impulse response)
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R04:
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| Feb 23 |
L06: Decision feedback equalization
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R05:
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L07: Error detection: hamming distance and parity, checksums, CRCs
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Lab #3 due (data transmission)
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R06:
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| Mar 02 |
L08: Error correction: (n,k) block codes, parity-based correction schemes, interleaving
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R07:
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L09: Convolutional coding
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Evening
Quiz
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| Mar 09 |
L10: Viterbi's algorithm
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R08:
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L11: Channel sharing on LTI wires using sinusoids.
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Lab #4 due (error detection, BER)
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R09:
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| Mar 16 |
L12: Frequency Response and Filters
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R10:
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L13: Poles and Zeros and Frequency Response
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Lab #5 due (error correction)
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R11:
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| Mar 23 |
Spring Break
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| Mar 30 |
L14: Signal Spectrum, Fourier Series and the Discrete Fourier Transform
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R12:
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L15: Modulation and Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
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Lab #6 due (filtering, FFTs)
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R13:
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| Apr 06 |
L16: Modulation Schemes and FDM
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R14:
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L17: Intro to networking, resource sharing and switching principles
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Lab #7 delayed (Spectrum and FDM experiments)
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R15:
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| Apr 13 |
L18: Time division multiplexing, slotted vs. contention-based protocols
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R16:
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Lab #7 due (Spectrum and FDM experiments)
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L19: CSMA MAC protocol
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Evening
Quiz
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| Apr 20 |
Patriots Day
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L20: Network layer: addressing, forwarding, routing
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Lab #8 due (packet wireless)
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R17:
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| Apr 27 |
L21: Routing (cont.)
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R18:
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L22: Transport layer: reliable data delivery (loss recovery and windowing)
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Lab #9 due (link-state routing)
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R19:
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| May 04 |
L23: Transport layer (cont.), designing large networks
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R20:
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L24: Lossless source coding, variable-length codes, compression
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Lab #10 due (reliable transport protocol)
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R21:
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| May 11 |
L25: Lossy source coding, perceptual coding
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R22:
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L26: Course wrapup
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R23:
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| May 18 |
Quiz 3: Monday, May 18, 1:30p - 3:30p, Johnson Upstairs
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