All topics scheduled for the future are subject to change
| Week | Wed | Topic and Slides | Fri | Topic and Slides | Deliverables |
| Week 1 | Aug 26 | Course Intro, Intro to Wireless | Aug 28 | Wireless Challenges | Watch an episode of the Jetsons and post on slack (for 8/28 - due prior to class) |
| Week 2 | Sep 2 |
Discussion of arcticles |
Sep 4 | PHY Layer - Introduction | Find, read and summarize an interesting wireless article (for 9/2 - due prior to class) |
| Week 3 | Sep 9 |
PHY Layer - Antennas and Propagation |
Sep 11 | PHY Layer - Coding and Modulation | Initial Team & Project Topic Areas (due 9/11) Initial Project Meetings - All Week |
| Week 4 | Sep 16 | PHY Layer - Diversity and Errors | Sep 18 | PHY Layer - Diversity and Errors | Inital Project Meetings - All Week |
| Week 5 | Sep 23 |
MAC Layer |
Sep 25 |
MAC Layer (continued) |
Project Proposal (due 9/25) |
| Week | Nov 30 | MAC Management MAC Rate |
Oct 3 | MAC MIMO MAC Layer - Wi-Fi 6 |
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| Week 7 | Oct 7 | MAC Layer - Wi-Fi 7 MAC Layer - Power |
Oct 11 | MAC Layer - Bluetooth, BLE |
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| Week 8 | Oct 14 | ZigBee/802.15.4 | Oct 16 | Multi-hop Wireless Networks |
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| Week 9 | Oct 21 |
How to Give a Talk |
Oct 23 | Wireless and the Internet | Extended Project Proposal (due 10/16) |
| Week 10 | Oct 28 | Transport Layer - Refresher | Oct 30 |
Transport Layer - TCP over Wireless |
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| Week 11 | Nov 4 |
Student Presentations |
Nov 6 | Student Presentations | |
| Week 12 | Nov 11 | Student Presentations | Nov 13 | Student Presentations |
Status Report (due 11/13) |
| Week 13 | Nov 18 | Student Presentations | Nov 20 | Student Presentations | |
| Nov 25 | Thanksgiving Break | Nov 26 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Week 14 | Dec 2 | Student Presentations | Dec 4 | Student Presentations |
Final Project (due 12/13) |
| Week 15 | Dec 9 | Student Presentations | |||
| TBA | Project Presentations or Poster Session |