Textbooks
There is one textbook required for this class:
- Wireless Communication Networks and Systems, by Cory Beard and William Stallings (ISBN: 0133594173, available online).
As background, we also suggest several optional texts:
- Fundamentals of Wireless Communication [T & V], by David Tse and Pramod Viswanath (available online).
- Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, third edition, by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie. Covers background networking material that we assume students will already be familiar with.
- Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd edition, by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Covers similar material to Peterson and Davie.
Schedule
Also available as an ical file that you can subscribe to. This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
This work is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License.
| Date | Topics | Readings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 02/06 | Class Introduction [pdf] | Spring term classes begin | |
| Part 1: Wireless from the Transport Layer Downwards | |||
| Thu 02/08 | Systems & Networking Concepts: Layering, End-to-End Arguments. End-to-End Transport Over Wireless I: TCP, Split Connection [pdf, pptx] |
Saltzer81, Jacobson88 | |
| Fri 02/09 | Precept 1: Python Introduction and Signal Processing Primer [pdf] | A good introduction to the DFT can be found in chapter 4 of Digital Signal Processing | |
| Tue 02/13 | End-to-End Transport Over Wireless II: Snoop and Explicit Loss Notification [pdf, pptx] | BalakrishnanGlobecom98 | |
| Thu 02/15 | Link Layer I: ALOHA, Time-, and Frequency Division [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Fri 02/16 | Lab 1: Building a Simple Spectrum Analyzer using the HackRF Software-Defined Radio (preview) | Undergraduate deadline to add or drop courses without a fee | |
| Tue 02/20 | Link Layer II: MACA, MACAW, Reliable Link Protocols [pdf, pptx] | Maca, Macaw | |
| Thu 02/22 | Routing I: Mesh Networking [pdf, pptx] | Roofnet05 | |
| Fri 02/23 | Lab 2: MAC protocol: TDMA, FDMA, CSMA [pdf] | ||
| Tue 02/27 | Routing II: Geographic and Diversity Routing in Mesh Networks [pdf, pptx] | Optional Reading: GPSR, CLDP | |
| Part 2: Overcoming Bit Errors | |||
| Thu 03/01 | Detecting and Correcting Errors [pdf, pptx] | Lab 1 due | |
| Fri 03/02 | Precept: Work on Lab 2 | ||
| Tue 03/06 | Convolutional Codes [pdf, pptx] | 6.02Notes-Chp8 | |
| Thu 03/08 | Rateless Codes [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Fri 03/09 | Precept: Midterm review | ||
| Part 3: Wireless from the Physical Layer Upwards | |||
| Tue 03/13 | Preliminaries: Radios, Modulation, and Filtering [pdf, pptx] | Office hours for midterm after lecture | |
| Thu 03/15 | In-Class Midterm Exam (coverage only through March 9, inclusive) | ||
| Fri 03/16 | Lab 3: Forward Error Correction | Lab 2 due | |
| Tue 03/20 | Spring recess week | ||
| Thu 03/22 | Spring recess week | ||
| Fri 03/23 | Spring recess week | ||
| Tue 03/27 | Digital Comms I: From AM Radio to Digital I/Q Modulation [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Thu 03/29 | Digital Comms II: Constellation Design, Bit Error Rate, Shannon Capacity [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Fri 03/30 | Precept: WiFi and LTE Overview [pdf] | ||
| Tue 04/03 | The Radio Channel [pdf, pptx] | ||
| Thu 04/05 | Wideband Equalization, OFDM [pdf, pptx] | Lab 3 due | |
| Fri 04/06 | Lab 4: BPSK encoding and decoding | ||
| Tue 04/10 | MIMO I: Spatial Diversity [pdf, pptx] | MultiAntenna | |
| Thu 04/12 | MIMO II: Spatial Multiplexing [pdf, pptx] | T & V, Chp. 7, §7.2 [pdf] | |
| Fri 04/13 | Precept: OFDM Power Allocation and Channel Models [pdf] | Registrar’s deadline to drop spring term courses or select P/D/F option | |
| Tue 04/17 | MIMO III: Capacity, Interference Alignment [pdf, pptx] | T & V, Chp. 7, §7.1 [pdf] | |
| Thu 04/19 | Multiuser Channel Capacity [pdf, pptx] | T & V, Chp. 6, §§6.1, 6.2 [pdf] | |
| Fri 04/20 | Precept: Lab 4 Hackathon | ||
| Part 4: Boutique Topics | |||
| Tue 04/24 | Communication via Physical Vibrations [pdf, html, md] | Ripple2 | |
| Thu 04/26 | Backscatter and RFID [pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: Caraoke | Lab 4 due |
| Fri 04/27 | Lab 5: Array signal processing | ||
| Tue 05/01 | Millimeter-Wave Communication [pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: MoVR | |
| Thu 05/03 | Visible Light Communication [L23-vlc: pdf, pptx] [darklight: pdf, html, md] | Pre-Reading: DarkLight | |
| Fri 05/04 | Precept: Final Exam Review | Spring term classes end | |
| Tue 05/08 | |||
| Thu 05/10 | |||
| Tue 05/15 | Lab 5 due. Dean’s Date: deadline for student submission of written work. | ||
| Fri 05/25 | Final Exam | Location: Friend Center 109 | |