CS/ECE 439: Wireless Networks Fall 2025

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Class - Schedule


All topics scheduled for the future are subject to change

 
Week Wed Topic and Slides Fri Topic and Slides Deliverables
Week 1 Aug 27 Course Intro, Intro to Wireless Aug 29 Wireless Challenges Watch an episode of the Jetsons
and post on slack (for 8/29 - due prior to class)
Week 2 Sep 3

Discussion of arcticles

Sep 5 PHY Layer - Introduction
PHY Layer - Antennas and Transmission
Find, read and summarize an
interesting wireless article (for 9/3 - due prior to class)
Week 3 Sep 10

PHY Layer - Coding and Modulation

Sep 12 PHY Layer - Diversity and Errors Initial Team & Project Topic Areas (due 9/12)
Initial Project Meetings - All Week
Week 4 Sep 17 MAC Layer Sep 19 MAC Layer Inital Project Meetings  - All Week
Week 5 Sep 24

MAC Layer  - Wi-Fi 6
MAC Layer  - Wi-Fi 7

Sep 26

MAC Layer - Management
MAC Layer  - Rate Control

Initial Project Meetings - All Week
Project Proposal (due 9/26)
Week 6 Oct 1 MAC Layer - Power Oct 4 MAC Layer - Bluetooth, BLE  
Week 7 Oct 8 Lecture: 2405 SC @10:00am Oct 10 Transport Layer - Refresher  
Week 8 Oct 15 Transport Layer - TCP over Wireless Oct 17 Transport Layer - TCP over Wireless

 

Week 9 Oct 22 Multi-hop Wireless Networks Oct 24 Multi-hop Wireless Networks Extended Project Proposal (due 10/17)
Week 10 Oct 29 How to Give a Talk Oct 31

IoT

 
Week 11 Nov 5

IoT Privacy

Nov 7 IoT Applications  
Week 12 Nov 12 Student Presentations Nov 14 Student Presentations

Status Report (due 11/14)

Week 13 Nov 19 Student Presentations Nov 21 Student Presentations  
  Nov 26 Thanksgiving Break Nov 27 Thanksgiving Break  
Week 14 Dec 3 Student Presentations Dec 5 Student Presentations

Final Project (due 12/14)

Week 15 Dec 10 Student Presentations      
  TBA Project Presentations or Poster Session