Table of Contents
Syllabus
Week 1
- March 29
- LectureCourse Overview
- Slides, Video
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- March 31
- LectureWireless Basics
- Slides, Video
Readings
- MACA: Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of MACAW: a media access protocol for wireless LAN’s
- Cable access networks: Section 6.3.4 (Kurose and Ross)
Discussion Section No Discussion this week
Week 2
- April 5
Quiz 1 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, April 11, 2021.
- April 7
- LectureCable Access Networks
- Slides, Video
Readings
Required: Intro to DOCSIS 3.0, Channel bonding (pages 33-48)- Cable Broadband Technology Gigabit Evolution
- Cable tackles Gigabit challenge
- DOCSIS 3.1
- Cable-based network solutions
- HFC Cable Architecture
Assignment 1 Please submit the assignment by 11:59 pm, April 21, 2021.
Discussion Section
Week 3
- April 12
- LectureCellular Networks
- Slides, Video
Readings
- Section 7.4 (Kurose and Ross)
Quiz 2 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, April 20, 2021.
- April 14
- Lecture4G & 5G Networks
- Slides, Video
Readings
Required: Chapters 2-5 of 5G Mobile Networks: A Systems Approach. Note: These are relatively smaller chapters.- Qualcomm’s Whitepaper
- 5G Waveforms and Multi-access Techniques
Discussion Section
Week 4
- April 19
- LectureMultimedia Networking 1
- Slides, Video
Readings
- 9.1-9.3 (Kurose and Ross), skip 9.2.4 for now (we will cover this topic next week)
- April 21
- LectureMultimedia Networking 2
- Slides, Video
Readings
Required: 9.3-9.5 (skip 9.4.2)
Assignment 2 Please submit the assignment by 11:59 pm, May 12, 2021.
Discussion Section
Discussion 3
Week 5
- April 26
In this lecture, we will first discuss the basics of 5G technology, standards and global network rollouts. We will then talk about the future technology evolution and research challenges at the intersection of “5G, edge computing and AI/ML” for realizing distributed multi-cloud to address Industrial IoT applications. The lecture will conclude with a discussion on research opportunities over next decade for 5G as well as early 6G research areas.
Quiz 3 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, May 7, 2021.
- April 28
- LectureMultimedia Networking 3
- Slides, Video
Readings
- Section 9.5 (except 9.5.4)
- LectureBufferbloat and AQM
- Slides, Video
Readings
- Active queue management in DOCSIS 3.X (sections 1-8)
- Active queue management algorithms in DOCSIS 3.0 (sections 1-2)
Discussion Section
[Discussion 4]
Week 6
- May 3
- LectureActive Measurements 1
- Slides, Video
Readings
Quiz 4 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, May 14, 2021.
- May 5
- LectureActive Measurements 2
- Slides, Video
Readings
Discussion Section
Week 7
- May 10
- LectureCDN Measurement Systems
- Slides, Video
Readings
- May 12
Readings
Assignment 3 Please submit the assignment by 11:59 pm, May 31, 2021.
Discussion Section
Week 8
- May 17
- LectureHFC Measurement Systems
- Slides, Video
Readings
Quiz 5 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, June , 2021.
- May 19
Readings
Discussion Section
Week 9
- May 24
Readings
Assignment 4 Please submit the assignment by 11:59 pm, June 11, 2021.
- May 26
Readings
Discussion Section
Week 10
- May 31
- LectureMemorial Day
- June 2
- LectureNo Lecture
Discussion Section No Discussion this week