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

===== Lectures =====


^  WEEK OF  ^  TOPIC  ^  NOTES  ^  LAB ACTIVITY  ^
|  Sep. 5   | Introduction  | First class Sep. 8  | //No labs//  |
|  Sep. 12  | Review: Random processes and signals  | Labs begin  | |
|  Sep. 19  | Baseband modulation  |   | Quiz #1  |
|  Sep. 26  | Detection and matched filtering  |  | Lab #1 demo  |
|  Oct. 3  | Baseband error analysis  |  | <hi>Midterm #1: Oct 7</hi> (in lab period)  |
|  Oct. 10  | <hi>//No classes -- Fall reading week//</hi>   | | <hi>//No labs//</hi> |
|  Oct. 17  | Passband transmission  |  |   |
|  Oct. 24  | Passband error analysis  |   | Quiz #2 and Lab #2 demo  |
|  Oct. 31  | Spread spectrum techniques I  |  | Lab #3 demo  |
|  Nov. 7  | Spread spectrum techniques II  | <hi>Midterm #2: Nov 10</hi> |   |
|  Nov. 14  | Information theory; Error control coding I  |  | Lab #4 demo  |
|  Nov. 21  | Error control coding II  |  | Quiz #3  |
|  Nov. 28  | Data compression  |  | Lab #5 demo (last lab)  |
|  Dec. 5  | Review  | Last class Dec. 6 |   |


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

  * **Quizzes** will be held during **the first hour of the lab period** on the following dates: Sep. 23, Oct. 28, Nov. 25.
  * **Lab results** will be **demonstrated to the TA during the lab periods** on the following dates: Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Dec. 2.  Lab reports are due at the same time.