Course Schedule

WEEK OF TOPIC NOTES TEXT CHAPTER
Jan. 2 Introduction First class Jan. 3
Jan. 9 Physical layer: Basics of wireless transmission Ch. 2
Jan. 16 Physical layer: The mobile radio environment I Ch. 2
Jan. 23 Physical layer: The mobile radio environment II Quiz 1: Jan. 26 Ch. 2
Jan. 30 Data link layer: Access control and multiple access <hi>Quiz 1: Feb. 2</hi> Ch. 3
Feb. 6 Network layer: Mobile routing Midterm: Feb. 9 Ch. 8
Feb. 13 Transport layer: Mobile flow control <hi>Midterm: Feb. 16</hi> Ch. 9
Feb. 20 Reading Week – no class
Feb. 27 Applications: Cellular systems Ch. 4
Mar. 5 Applications: Bluetooth, WiFi
Mar. 12 Applications: Wireless sensor networks
Mar. 19 Applications: Wireless sensor networks <hi>Quiz 2: Mar. 20</hi>
Mar. 26 Review Last class Mar. 29

Due Dates

To be determined.