Lectures

Fundamentals

"Tuesday 08/30 Lecture 1"

Topic -- Course introduction
Reading -- no reading

Assignment – None

Thursday 09/01 Lecture 2

Topic -- Internet architecture
Reading -- Clark88

Assignment – None

Tuesday 09/06 Lecture 3

Topic -- Layering, E2E argument
Reading -- Saltzer+84

Assignment – None

Thursday 09/08 Lecture 4

Topic -- TCP Architecture. Congestion Control
Reading -- Cerf+74, Jacobson88, Chiu+89

Assignment – None

Tuesday 09/13 Lecture 5

Topic -- Routing. Routing performance on the Internet. Projects.
Reading -- Paxon96, Lab+98

Assignment – None

Thursday 09/15 Lecture 6

Topic -- Wireless links and network characteristics
Reading -- Ch 6.2

Assignment – None

Tuesday 09/20 Lecture 7

Topic -- Wireless link characteristics contd. Wi-Fi 802.11
Reading -- Ch 6.3

Assignment – HW1 assigned.

Thursday 09/22 Lecture 8

Topic -- Wi-Fi 802.11 contd. Homework 1 (ns-3).
Reading -- Ch 6.4

Assignment – None

Tuesday 09/27 Lecture 9

Topic -- Cellular Internet Access. Mobility management
Reading -- Ch 6.5, 6.7

Assignment – Project proposal v1 due.

Thursday 09/29 Lecture 10

Topic -- Impact of wireless and mobility on higher layer protocols
Reading -- Ch 6.8

Assignment – Final project proposal due.

Tuesday 10/04 -- No class. Mariya is traveling

Assignment – HW1 due.

Interference

Thursday 10/06 Lecture 11 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- Interference measurement and management.
Reading -- [Akella+05], [Broustis+07]

Assignment – None

Tuesday 10/11 -- No class. Yom Kippur

Assignment – None

Understanding the MAC Layer

Thursday 10/13 Lecture 12 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- 802.11 MAC studies
Reading -- [Shrivastava+08], [Jardosh+05]

Assignment – None

Tuesday 10/18 Lecture 13 -- Student presentation

Topic -- 802.11 MAC studies
Reading -- [Rahul+09], [Acharya+08]

Assignment –

Thursday 10/20 Lecture 14 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- Resource allocation in cellular networks
Reading -- [Qian+IMC10], [Rosen+14], [Shafiq+13] (2 out of 3)

Assignment – None

Tuesday 10/25 Lecture 15 -- Student presentation

Topic -- Mitigating the effects of resource allocation in cellular networks
Reading -- [Qian+ICNP10], [Athivarapu+12]

Assignment – None

Thursday 10/27 Midterm presentations. Lecture 16

Topic -- Emotion Recognition Using Wireless Signals
Reading -- [Zhao+16]

Assignment – Project in-class midterm presentation.

Next generation networking

Tuesday 11/01 Lecture 17 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- Dynamic Spectrum Access
Reading -- [Akyildiz+06], [Zheleva+15]

Assignment – HW2 assigned.

Thursday 11/03 Lecture 18 -- Student presentation by Arun

Topic -- Dynamic Spectrum Access
Reading -- [Bahl+09],[Zhang+14]

Assignment – None

Tuesday 11/08 Lecture 19 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- Wireless multuhoming
Reading -- [Schmitt+16],[Kandula+08]

Assignment – None

Thursday 11/10 Lecture 20 -- Student presentation by Wei

Topic -- Wireless multihoming
Reading -- [Li+16], [Nika+15]

Assignment – None

Tuesday 11/15 Lecture 21 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- 5G. mm-Wave networks
Reading -- [Andrews+14], [Singh+07]

Assignment – HW2 due. HW3 assigned.

Thursday 11/17 Lecture 22 -- Student presentation by Stuti

Topic -- 5G. HetNets. Wi-Fi<->LTE-U coexistence.
Reading -- [Chai+16],[Bharadia+13]

Assignment – None

SmartXX

Tuesday 11/22 Lecture 23 -- Topic introduction

Topic -- Smartphone measurements and performance
Reading -- [Huang+10], [Nikravesh+15]

Assignment – Project testing and evaluation specification due.

Thursday 11/24 -- No class. Happy Thanksgiving!

Topic --
Reading --

Assignment – HW3 due on Sunday 11/27 at 11:59PM. HW4 assigned.

Tuesday 11/29 Lecture 24 -- Student presentation

Topic -- Energy. Privacy.
Reading -- [Schuman+10], [Wang+15]

Assignment –

Information and communication technology for development

Thursday 12/01 Lecture 25 -- Topic Introduction

Topic -- The case for technology in developing regions
Reading -- [Brewer+05],[Surana+08], [Zheleva+13] (2 of 3)

Assignment – HW4 due on Sunday 12/04 at 11:59PM.

Tuesday 12/06 Lecture 26 -- Student presentation by Hanjoo

Topic -- Repurposing the stack
Reading -- [Johnson+13],[Patra+07]

Assignment – None

Thursday 12/08 Final presentations.

Topic --
Reading --

Assignment – Project in-class final presentation.