All topics scheduled for the future are subject to change
All lectures will be offered synchronously over Zoom for approved students. Although attendence is required for this class, all classes will be recorded and accessible on MediaSpace for reference purposes.
| Week | Wed | Topic and Slides | Fri | Topic and Slides | Deliverables |
| Week 1 | Aug 28 | Course Intro, Intro to Wireless | Aug 30 | Wireless Challenges | Watch an episode of the Jetsons and post on slack (for 8/30) |
| Week 2 | Sep 4 |
Discussion of arcticles |
Sep 6 | PHY Layer - Introduction PHY Layer - Antennas and Transmission |
Find, read and summarize an interesting wireless article (for 9/4) |
| Week 3 | Sep 11 | Sep 13 | PHY Layer - Diversity and Errors | Initial Team & Project Topic Areas (due 9/13) Initial Project Meetings - All Week |
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| Week 4 | Sep 18 | MAC Layer | Sep 20 | Guest Lecture: Satellite Communication Deepak Vashist |
Inital Project Meetings - All Week |
| Week 5 | Sep 25 | Sep 27 | Initial Project Meetings - All Week Project Proposal (due 9/27) |
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| Week 6 | Oct 2 | MAC Layer - Bluetooth, BLE | Oct 4 | MAC Layer - Management | |
| Week 7 | Oct 9 | How to Give a Talk | Oct 11 | Transport Layer - Refresher | |
| Week 8 | Oct 16 | TCP over Wireless | Oct 18 | Transport Layer - TCP over Wireless |
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| Week 9 | Oct 23 | Multi-hop Wireless Networks | Oct 25 | IoT | Extended Project Proposal (due 10/18) |
| Week 10 | Oct 30 | IoT Privacy | Nov 1 | ||
| Week 11 | Nov 6 |
Student Presentations |
Nov 8 | Student Presentations | |
| Week 12 | Nov 13 | Student Presentations | Nov 15 | Student Presentations |
Status Report (due 11/15) |
| Week 13 | Nov 20 | TBA | Nov 22 | TBA | |
| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving Break | Nov 29 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Week 14 | Dec 4 | Student Presentations | Dec 6 | Student Presentations |
Final Project (due 12/15) |
| Week 15 | Dec 11 | Student Presentations | |||
| TBA | Project Presentations or Poster Session |