Course Calendar

 

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MondayTuesday WednesdayThursday Friday
jan 9
LEC 1: Course Intro
First Day of Class

jan 10
jan 11
LEC 2: Protocols and Layers Intro

jan 12
jan 19
LEC 3: Challenges in Wireless Networks


jan 16
LEC 4: No class
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
jan 17


DUE: Welcome Survey/CS 356R Syllabus Reading
jan 18
LEC 5: PHY 1 - RF Intro

jan 19
jan 20
LEC 6: PHY 1 - Continued


jan 23
LEC 7: PHY 2 - Fourier Series Primer (See Online Lecture)

jan 24
jan 25
LEC 8: PHY 3 - Fourier Series and Transform/TwoSineWaves.m

jan 26
jan 27
LEC 9: PHY 4 - Fourier Series and Transform 2/hat.m

Assigned: Lab 1: Time-Freq Analysis
jan 30
LEC 10: PHY 5 - Fourier Transform Part 1(pdf)
Delta Function Part 2(pdf)
Fundamental Frequency Part 3(pdf)
jan 31
Ice Day UT Closure
feb 1
Ice Day UT Closure
LEC 11: Class Cancelled

feb 2
Ice Day UT Closure
feb 3
LEC 12: PHY 6 - DFT Part 1/ DFT Part 2(pdf)
feb 6
LEC 13: PHY 7 - DFT and FFT

DUE: Pre Lab 1
feb 7
feb 8
LEC 14: PHY 7 continued - FFT Matlab Examples (tremor/FFT with Phase)
feb 9
feb 10
LEC 15: PHY 8 - IDFT and IFFT (denoise.m)

DUE: Lab 1
feb 13
LEC 16: PHY 9 - Modulation

feb 14
feb 15
LEC 17: PHY 9 - Modulation (continued)

feb 16
feb 17
LEC 18: PHY 9 - Modulation (continued)

DUE: EX 1
feb 20
LEC 19: PHY 10 - QAM
feb 21
feb 22
LEC 20: PHY 11 - OFDM
feb 23
feb 24
LEC 21: PHY 12 - OFDM 2 (pdf)
feb 27
LEC 22: PHY Layer Exercises

DUE: EX 2
feb 28
mar 1
LEC 23: PHY 13 - OFDM 3 (bpsk.m)
mar 2
mar 3
LEC 24: PHY 14 - Channel Basics

DUE: EX 3
mar 6
LEC 25: Exam 1 Review

mar 7
mar 8
LEC 26: Midterm Review 2

mar 9
Exam 1@6-8:30 PM
mar 10
LEC 27: No class
mar 13
Spring break


mar 14
Spring break


mar 15
Spring break


mar 16
Spring break


mar 17
Spring break


mar 20
LEC 28: Link 1 - Intro

Assigned: Project 1 Checklist
mar 21
mar 22
LEC 29: Link 2 - MAC

mar 23
mar 24
LEC 30: Link 2 - MAC continued

DUE: Project 1 Checklist
mar 27
LEC 31: Exam 1 Review

mar 28
mar 29
LEC 32: Exam 1 - Review continued

mar 30


DUE: Project 1
mar 31
LEC 33: Special Topic - Wireless Health Monitoring

apr 3
LEC 34: Link 3: IEEE 802.11

apr 4
apr 5
LEC 35: Link 4: ARP and Switch
apr 6
apr 7
LEC 36: Project 2 Primer - Distance Estimation with FMCW
apr 10
LEC 37: Network 1 - Forwarding and Routing

DUE: Project 2 Primer
apr 11
apr 12
LEC 38: Network 1 - continued
apr 13
apr 14
Lec 39: Network 2 - Mobile IP
DUE: Project 2
apr 17
Lec 40: Exam 2 Review
apr 18
apr 19
Lec 41: Network 3 - Routing in Mesh Network
apr 20


Exam 2 Makeup@ 6-8:30 PM
apr 21
Lec 42: No class

Exam 2 @ 6-8:30 PM
apr 24
Lec 43: Async Online Lecture
Last Day of Class

DUE: Wireless Survey Paper
apr 25
apr 26
apr 27
apr 28