EEC173B/ECS152C, Winter 2006: Lecture Schedule

Subject to change

Week

Date

Topic

Reference

Homework/Comments

1

Jan 5

Course overview;
Introduction to Wireless/Mobile Communications

[admin], [Lecture 1]

[Sch03: Chapter 1]

 

2

Jan 10

Fundamentals of Wireless Communications (1)

(capacity, signal fading, modulation)

[Lecture 2]

[Sch03: Chapter 2.4-2.6]

HW 1 assigned

 

Jan 12

Fundamentals of Wireless Communications (2)

(multiplexing, spread spectrum, frequency planning, handoffs)

[Lecture 3]

[Sch03: Chapter 2.7-2.8]

 

3

Jan 17

Wireless Media Access

[Lecture 4]

[Sch03: Chapter 3.1-3.5]

 

 

Jan 19

Wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11 Standard

[Lecture 5]

[Sch03: Chapter 7.1-7.4]

HW 1 due

HW 2 assigned

[path probing]

4

Jan 24

Wireless LANs (cont’d)

Wireless WANs: Cellular Wireless Networks

[Lecture 6a – WLAN]

[Lecture 6b – Cellular]

[Sch03: Chapter 4.1, 4.4.6]

 

 

Jan 26

Protocols: Mobile IP, DHCP

[Lecture 7]

[Sch03: Chapter 8.3]

HW 2 due

HW 3 assigned

5

Jan 31

Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
- Bluetooth, RFID, and the haggle experiment

Guest speaker: Jason LeBrun

[Lecture 8]

Project proposal due

 

Feb 2

Transport over Wireless

[Review TCP]

[Lecture 9]

[Sch03: Chapter 9]

HW 3 due

6

Feb 7

Transport over Wireless: Enhancements

[Lecture 10]

[review: routing]

[BSK95],[LR99]

 

 

Feb 9

Midterm (in class)




 

7

Feb 14

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)

MANET Routing - Reactive Protocols: DSR

[Lecture 11]
Optional: [JM96]

HW 4 assigned

 

Feb 16

MANET Routing - Reactive Protocols: LAR & AODV

[Lecture 12]

Optional: [KV98], [AODV]

 

8

Feb 21

MANET Routing - Proactive Protocols: OLSR & DSDV

MANET Performance

[Lecture 13]

[PB94]

 

 

Feb 23

MANET: Power Conservation

[Lecture 14]

[SWR98], [SR98]

HW 4 due

9

Feb 28

Support for Mobility

[Lecture 15]

[Sch03: Chapter 10]

 

 

Mar 2

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs): Introduction
Guest speaker: Leo Szumel

[Lecture 16]

 

10

Mar 7

WSN: Energy Consumption & Power Management Schemes

[MV04]

 

 

Mar 9

State-of-the-art Research:
Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN)
Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET)

 

 

11

Mar 14

Final Project Presentations

Rescheduled to March 10 (Fri), 10am-12:30pm

1127 Kemper Hall

 

Final Project Report Due March 15 (Wed)