| Week of |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
| Sep 06 |
Registration Day |
No class |
L01: Communication data and system hierarchy (voltage samples to bits to
packets, channels to links to networks) and a first problem:
synchronization.
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R01: Analog versus digital comm., and
synchronization
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| Sep 13 |
L02: Real-world wired & wireless channels.
Channel issues and models: inter-symbol interference and eye diagrams,
linear time-invariant model, and superposition.
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R02:Superposing edge and pulse responses.
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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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| Sep 20 |
L04: Noise: Gaussian models, normal PDF, bit errors
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R04:
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L05: Normal random variables, CDF and estimating error rates, ISI effects
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Lab #2 due (unit sample response)
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R05:
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| Sep 27 |
L06: Error detection and correction: Hamming distance and parity, Hamming codes
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R06:
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L07: Error detection and correction: linear block codes, Reed-Solomon codes, interleaving
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Lab #3 due (noisy channels)
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R07:
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| Oct 4 |
L08: Convolutional coding
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Last Minute Quiz Q and A during scheduled recitations
Quiz 1 (evening)
7:30pm-9:30pm
4-270, 4-370
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L09: Decoding convolutional codes: Viterbi algorithm
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R08:
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| Oct 11 |
Columbus Day
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R09:
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L10: Sharing a medium: MAC protocols (frequency v. time sharing), time-division multiplexing, contention protocols & Aloha
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Lab #4 due (error detection and correction)
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R10:
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| Oct 18 |
L11: MAC protocols (cont.): stabilizing Aloha, carrier sense multiple access (CSMA)
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R11:
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L12: Modulation for wireless & frequency division multiplexing, frequency response
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Lab #5 due (MAC protocols)
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R12:
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| Oct 25 |
L13: Filters and Composition
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R13:
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L14: Signal spectrum and Fourier series.
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Lab #6 due (Frequency Response and Filters)
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R14:
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| Nov 1 |
L15: Modulation and Fourier Series
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No class
Quiz 2 (evening)
7:30pm-9:30pm
4-270, 4-370
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L16: Phase modulation schemes
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R15:
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| Nov 8 |
L17: Networking intro: Multi-hop topologies, resource sharing and switching principles.
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R16:
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L18: Network layer: Addressing, forwarding, routing
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Veteran's Day
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| Nov 15 |
L19: Routing (cont.)
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R17:
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L20: Transport layer: reliable data delivery (loss recovery and windowing)
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Lab #8 due (distance-vector & link-state routing protocols)
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R18:
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| Nov 22 |
L21: Transport layer (cont.), understanding delay & throughput
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R19:
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Lecture Cancelled
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Lab #9 due (reliable transport protocols)
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Thanksgiving
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| Nov 29 |
L22: Lossless source coding, variable-length codes, compression
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R20:
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L23: Lossy source coding, perceptual coding
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Lab #10 due (Huffman coding)
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R21:
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| Dec 6 |
L24: 802.11
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R22: Quiz 3 review
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L25: Course wrapup
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R23: Quiz 3 review
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| Dec 13 |
Quiz 3: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm slot, Johnson track
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