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Feb 06 | Registration Day | First recitation (use registrar's assignment or choose one) |
L01: Introduction and objectives (bits, signals, packets). Information & entropy. Huffman codes intro. | R01: Entropy. Huffman coding. | |
Feb 13 | L02: Source coding: Huffman coding & LZW algorithm. | R02: Compression. | L03: Errors & binary symmetric channels. Error correction intro. | R03: Hamming distance. Parity calculations. | |
Feb 20 | Presidents' Day (no class) |
L04: Virtual Monday. Error correction (channel coding). Hamming distance. Parity bits. |
L05: Rectangular parity codes. Hamming codes. Linear block codes. Interleaving.
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Feb 27 | L06: Convolutional codes. | R05: |
L07: Viterbi decoding of convolutional codes.
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Mar 5 | L08: Gaussian noise. SNR and BER, dB scale. | R07: PDF & CDF. Digitizing thresholds and BER calculations. |
L09: Transmitting on a physical channel: the bits-signal boundary,
digital signaling, modulation and demodulation intro, eye diagrams.
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R08:
Mar 9: Add date |
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Mar 12 | L10: Linear, time-invariant (LTI) channel models in continuous time (CT) and discrete time (DT). Step response, unit sample (impulse) response, convolution, causality. |
No recitation
Quiz 1 (evening)
7:30-9:30pm.
Location: TBD. Topics: through L07/R06/PS3 |
L11: Intersymbol interference (ISI). Pyaudio channel demo (full oneping library). Understanding LTI systems through their frequency response. |
R09:
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Mar 19 | L12: Filters and composition. Deconvolution as (noise-sensitive) inverse filtering. | R10: |
L13: Fourier transformation to display the spectrum
of a periodic signal (discrete-time Fourier series).
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Mar 26 | Spring break | ||||
Apr 2 | L14: More on discrete-time Fourier series. Spectrum of non-periodic signals (discrete-time Fourier transforms). Spectral character of noise. | R12: Properties of Fourier series and transforms (effect of time delay). |
L15: Modulation on a sinusoidal carrier, and demodulation
(time-domain and frequency-domain interpretations). Sharing
spectrum using multiple carriers.
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R13: Shifts and scaling of signal spectrum in modulation and demodulation. Effects of channel delay on demodulation. | |
Apr 9 | L16: Signals in time and frequency, LTI channels, filtering, and modulation/demodulation: how these come together in modem design. | R14: |
L17: Sharing a channel: MAC protocols (TDMA, Aloha).
| R15: MAC protocols | |
Apr 16 |
Patriots' Day / Marathon Day (no class)
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L18: MAC protocols (cont.): stabilizing Aloha, contention windows, CSMA. |
No recitation
Quiz 2 on Friday April 20
(evening) 3-5 PM.
Location: 54-100.
Topics: L08-16/R07-14/PS4-6 |
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Apr 23 | L19: Multi-hop networks. Packet switching. Queues. Sources of delay. | R16: |
L20: Network layer: Routing protocols (without failures).
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Apr 30 | L21: Network layer: Routing protocols (handling failures). Comparing distance-vector & link-state protocols. | R18: |
L22: Transport protocols: reliable data delivery.
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May 7 | L23: Transport protocols: improving throughput with sliding windows. | R20: |
L24: A brief history of communication networks.
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May 14 | L25: Course wrap-up. | R22: | L26: No lecture! | R23: Quiz 3 review. | |
May 21 |
Quiz 3 this week: May 22(Tu) 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Johnson Track Topics: L17-end, R15-end, PS7-9. No 6.02 classes this week |
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