Syllabus

Week 1

March 28

LectureCourse Overview: Slides, Video

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March 30

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 4

Lecture802.11: Slides, Video

Quiz 1 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, April 11, 2022.

April 6

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 23, 2022.

Discussion Section

Notes

Week 3

April 11

LectureCellular Networks: Slides, Video

Readings

Section 7.4 (Kurose and Ross)

Quiz 2 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, April 22, 2022.

April 13

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

Notes, Video

Week 4

April 18

LectureMultimedia Networking (Video Streaming): Slides

April 20

LectureMultimedia Networking (Video Streaming): Slides

Assignment 2 Please submit the assignment by 11:59 pm, May 9, 2022.

Discussion Section

Notes, Video

Week 5

April 25

LectureMultimedia Networking (VoIP): Slides, Video

Readings

Section 9.5 (except 9.5.4)

Quiz 3 Please submit the quiz by 11:59 pm, May 13, 2022.

April 27

LectureMultimedia Networking (RTP): Slides, Video

Readings

Section 9.5 (except 9.5.4)

Discussion Section

Notes, Video

Week 6

May 2

LectureMid-term Exam (No Lecture) You can use this time to work on the mid-term exam. The exam will be open-book and you will have multiple days to answer the questions.

May 4