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

===== Lectures =====


^  WEEK OF  ^  TOPIC  ^  NOTES  ^  QUIZ/LAB DEMO  ^
|  Sep. 13   | Introduction and review  | First class Sep. 14  | //No labs//  |
|  Sep. 20  | Random processes  | Labs begin  | Quiz #1  |
|  Sep. 27  | Baseband modulation  |  | Lab #1 demo  |
|  Oct. 4  | Detection and matched filtering  |  | Quiz #2  |
|  Oct. 11  | //No classes -- Fall reading week// |  | //No labs//  |
|  Oct. 18  | Baseband error analysis  |  | Lab #2 demo  |
|  Oct. 25  | Passband transmission  | <hi>Midterm: Oct. 26</hi>  | //Lab open, no quiz//  |
|  Nov. 1  | Passband error analysis  |  | Lab #3 demo  |
|  Nov. 8  | Spread spectrum techniques I  |  | Quiz #3  |
|  Nov. 15  | Spread spectrum techniques II  |  | Lab #4 demo  |
|  Nov. 22  | Information theory; Error control coding I  |  | Quiz #4  |
|  Nov. 29  | Error control coding II  |  | Lab #5 demo  |
|  Dec. 6  | Data compression  | Last class Dec. 9 | Quiz #5  |


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

  * **Quizzes** will be held during **the first hour of the lab period** on the following dates: Sep. 24, Oct. 8, Nov. 12, Nov. 26, Dec. 10.
  * **Lab results** will be **demonstrated to the TA during the lab periods** on the following dates: Oct. 1, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Nov. 19, Dec. 3.  Lab reports are due at the same time.