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====== Course Schedule ======

===== Lectures =====


^  WEEK OF  ^  TOPIC  ^  NOTES  ^
|  Sep. 7   | Introduction and review  | First class Sep. 10  |
|  Sep. 14  | Random processes  | Labs begin  |
|  Sep. 21  | Baseband modulation  |  |
|  Sep. 28  | Detection and matched filtering  |  |
|  Oct. 5  | Baseband error analysis  |  |
|  Oct. 12  | **No classes -- Fall reading week** |  |
|  Oct. 19  | Passband transmission  | <hi>Midterm: Oct. 20</hi>  |
|  Oct. 26  | Passband error analysis  |  |
|  Nov. 2  | Spread spectrum techniques I  |  |
|  Nov. 9  | Spread spectrum techniques II  |  |
|  Nov. 16  | Information theory; Error control coding I  |  |
|  Nov. 23  | Error control coding II  |  |
|  Nov. 30  | Data compression  |  |
|  Dec. 7  | Review  | Last class Dec. 8  |

===== Quizzes and Labs =====

  * **Quizzes** will be held during **the first hour of the lab period** on the following dates: Sep. 18, Oct. 2, Oct. 23, Nov. 6, Nov. 20, Dec. 4.
  * **Lab results** will be **demonstrated to the TA during the lab periods** on the following dates: Sep. 25, Oct. 9, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Nov. 27.  Lab reports are due at the same time.