| Week |
Date |
Lecture topic |
Reading |
Homework |
Projects |
Exams |
Note |
| Fundamentals |
| W1 |
01/24 |
Course introduction |
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| W2 |
01/29 |
Wireless network links and characteristics |
Chapter 6.1 and 6.2 |
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| 01/31 |
WiFi |
Chapter 6.3 |
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| W3 |
02/05 |
Wi-Fi contd. |
Chapter 6.4 |
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| 02/07 |
Class cancelled due to winter storm. |
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| W4 |
02/12 |
Cellular Internet Access. Mobility management. NS-3 (HW1) |
Chapter 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6. The NS-3 simulator. |
HW1 assigned |
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| 02/14 |
Mobility in Cellular Networks. Impact of mobility on higher layers. |
Chapter 6.7 and 6.8. |
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| PHY/MAC |
| W5 |
02/19 |
Projects. Interference. |
The Projects webpage. |
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See Mariya in office hours to discuss your project idea |
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| 02/21 |
Interference measurement and management. |
[Akella+05], [Broustis+07] |
HW1 due. |
See Mariya in office hours to discuss your project idea |
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| W6 |
02/26 |
802.11 MAC studies |
[Jardosh+05] |
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See Mariya in office hours to discuss your project idea |
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| 02/28 |
802.11 MAC studies |
[Rahul+09], [Acharya+08] |
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See Mariya in office hours to discuss your project idea |
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| W7 |
03/05 |
Resource allocation in cellular networks |
[Qian+IMC10], [Rosen+14], [Shrivastava+08] |
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Project proposal v1 due. Final project proposal due on Friday 3/9. |
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| 03/07 |
Class cancelled due to winter storm. |
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HW2 assigned |
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| W8 |
03/12 |
No class. Spring break. |
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| 03/14 |
No class. Spring break. |
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| W9 |
03/19 |
EXAM1. In class, closed books, closed notes. Chapter 6 and all the papers so far. |
| 03/21 |
Mitigating the effects of resource allocation in cellular networks. |
[Qian+ICNP10], [Athivarapu+12] |
HW2 due. |
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| W10 |
03/26 |
Dynamic Spectrum Access |
[Akyildiz+06],[Bahl+09] |
HW3 assigned. |
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| 03/28 |
Spectrum measurement and management |
[Zheleva+17],[Zhang+14] |
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| Network Layer |
| W11 |
04/02 |
Routing in ad-hoc networks |
[Clausen+01],[Perkins+01],[Draves+04] |
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| 04/04 |
Routing in mesh networks |
[Biswas+05],[Das+07],[Afanasyev+09] |
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| Wireless multihoming |
| W12 |
04/09 |
MIDTERM PROJECT PRESENTATIONS. |
| 04/11 |
Multihomed MAC. |
[Schmitt+16],[Kandula+08],[Li+16] (2 out of 3) |
HW3 due. HW4 assigned |
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| W13 |
04/16 |
No class. Mariya is traveling for INFOCOM. |
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| 04/18 |
Guest lecture by Prof. Dola Saha, ECE |
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| W14 |
04/23 |
Multipath TCP. Effects of wireless multihoming on transport performance. |
[Nika+15],[Guo+17] |
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Project testing and evaluation specification due |
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| 04/25 |
EXAM2. In class, closed books, closed notes. All the papers from Exam1 until now. |
| Information and communication technology for development |
| W15 |
04/30 |
The case for technology in developing regions |
[Brewer+05],[Surana+08], [Zheleva+13] (2 of 3) |
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| 05/02 |
Repurposing the stack |
[Johnson+11],[Patra+07] |
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| W16 |
05/07 |
Delay-tolerant access |
[Pentland+04],[Seth+06] |
HW4 due |
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| 05/09 |
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS. Final reports due Friday 5/11. |
