Handout 3 Course Outline 9/10/08

CS G250 Wireless Networks

Reference to chapters in Stallings is given in [].

09/10/08 A. Course motivation and outline.

09/10/08 B. Transmission fundamentals [1,2]

09/15/08 A. Nyquist sampling theorem. [2] Project handout

09/15/08 B. Shannon’s theorem. Continuous case. [2]

09/17/08 A. Antennas and propagation. [5] PS1 out

09/17/08 B. Transmission limitations and fading. [5]

09/22/08 A. Signal encoding and digital modulation. [6]

09/22/08 B. Analog modulation. [6]

09/24/08 A. Spread-spectrum. FHS and DSS. [7] PS1 due

09/24/08 B. CDMA and pseudo-noise sequences. [7] Sim1 out

09/29/08 A. Error detection and correction. [8]

09/29/08 B. Convolution codes and ARQ. [8]

10/01/08 A. Hamming model. Codes.

10/01/08 B. Shannon’s theorem. Discrete case. PS2/Sensor out

10/06/08 A. SatComm. [9] Sim1 due

10/06/08 B. Cellular. [10]

10/08/08 A. Wireless LANs [13] PS2/Sensor due

10/08/08 B. 802.11 [14] Sensor/PS2 out

10/15/08 A. Bluetooth [15] Sensor/PS2 due

10/15/08 B. Mobile IP. [12]

10/20/08 A. WiMAX Project Proposal due

10/20/08 B. TCP over wireless. Sim2 out

10/22/08 A. Multihop ad hoc networks. Introduction and routing.

10/22/08 B. Multihop ad hoc networks. Topology and power control.

10/27/08 A. Multihop ad hoc networks. Capacity - I. Sim2 due

10/27/08 B. Multihop ad hoc networks. Capacity – II.

10/29/08 A. Multihop ad hoc networks. Capacity – III.

10/29/08 B. Multihop ad hoc networks. Capacity – IV.

11/03/08 Midterm.

11/05/08 A. Multihop ad hoc networks. Mobility - I. PS3 out

11/05/08 B. Multihop ad hoc networks. Mobility - II.

11/10/08 A. Delay-tolerant Networks – I.

11/10/08 B. Delay-tolerant networks - II.

11/12/08 A. Sensor networks. Query processing – I. PS3 due

11/12/08 B. Sensor networks. Query processing – II.

11/17/08 A. Localization - I.

11/17/08 B. Localization - II.

11/19/08 A. Distributed computing - I.

11/19/08 B. Distributed computing - II.

11/24/08 No class.

12/01/08-12/10/08 Final project presentations. Termpaper due