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 23 | Course Intro, Intro to Wireless | Aug 25 | Wireless Challenges | Watch an episode of the Jetsons and post on slack (for 8/25) |
| Week 2 | Aug 30 |
Discussion of arcticles |
Sep 1 | PHY Layer - Introduction PHY Layer - Antennas and Transmission |
Find, read and summarize an interesting wireless article (for 8/30) |
| Week 3 | Sep 6 | Sep 8 | PHY Layer - Coding and Modulation | Initial Team and Project Topic Areas (due 9/6) Initial Project Meetings - All Week |
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| Week 4 | Sep 13 | MAC Layer | Sep 15 | MAC Layer | Inital Project Meetings - All Week |
| Week 5 | Sep 20 | Sep 22 | Project Proposal - Due Spetember 29th | ||
| Week 6 | Sep 27 | MAC Layer - Bluetooth, BLE | Sep 39 | MAC Layer - Bluetooth, BLE MAC Layer - Management |
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| Week 7 | Oct 4 | No class | Oct 6 | Guest Lecture: RFID | |
| Week 8 | Oct 11 | How to Give a Talk | Oct 13 | Transport Layer - Refresher |
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| Week 9 | Oct 18 | Transport Layer - TCP over Wireless | Oct 20 | IoT | Extended Project Proposal - Due October 20th |
| Week 10 | Oct 25 | Oct 27 | |||
| Week 11 | Nov 1 |
Guest Lecture: Sattelite Commnication |
Nov 3 | Student Presentations | |
| Week 12 | Nov 8 | Student Presentations | Nov 10 | Student Presentations |
Status Report - Due November 10th |
| Week 13 | Nov 15 | Student Presentations | Nov 17 | Student Presentations | |
| Nov 22 | Thanksgiving Break | Nov 24 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Week 14 | Nov 29 | Student Presentations | Dec 1 | Student Presentations |
Final Project - Due December 10th |
| Week 15 | Dec 6 | Student Presentations | |||
| TBA | Project Presentations or Poster Session |