The lectures consist of presentation and discussion of the course material. Students are encouraged to read the current week's material prior to attending the lecture. Lecture slides are designed by Professor Natalija Vlajic.
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Required
Reading |
Important dates |
| 1 |
W,
Jan 4 |
Introductory
Class, Message & Circuit Switching |
Garcia
1.1, 1.2 |
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| M,
Jan 9 |
Packet
Switching, LANs, WANs, the Internet |
Garcia
1.1, 1.2 |
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| 2 |
W,
Jan 11 |
Applications
and Layered Architectures |
Garcia
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5. |
|
| M,
Jan 16 |
(cont.) |
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| 3 |
W,
Jan 18 |
Analog
and Digital Signals Time and Frequency Representations of Signals |
Garcia
3.1, 3.2 |
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| M,
Jan 23 |
(cont.) |
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| 4 |
W,
Jan 25 |
Digital
vs. Analog Transmission, Transmission Impairments, Nyquist and Shannon Laws |
Garcia
3.1 to 3.5 |
|
| M,
Jan 30 |
(cont.) |
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| 5 |
W,
Feb 1 |
(cont.) |
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| M,
Feb 6 |
Quiz
1 Line Coding |
Garcia
3.6 |
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| 6 |
W,
Feb 8 |
Digital Modulation (ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM) | Garcia
3.7 |
|
| M,
Feb 13 |
Analog
Modulation (AM, FM) |
|
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| 7 |
W,
Feb 15 |
Midterm | ||
| Reading Week (Feb 18-24) |
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| M,
Feb 27 |
PCM
and Delta Modulation |
Garcia
3.3.2, 3.3.3 |
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| 8 |
W,
Feb 29 |
Error Detection and Correction | Garcia
3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.9.3, 3.9.4 |
|
| M,
Mar 5 |
Flow
and Error
Control |
Garcia
5.2 |
Mar 9 - last date to drop courses | |
| 9 |
W,
Mar 7 |
(cont.) | Lab 1 Due date: Mar 26 |
|
| M,
Mar 12 |
(cont.) |
|
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| 10 |
W,
Mar 14 |
Medium Access Control: Aloha | Garcia
6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2 |
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| M,
Mar 19 |
Quiz 2 Medium Access Control: CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA |
Garcia
6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.10.3 |
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| 11 |
W,
Mar 21 |
Medium Access Control: Scheduling Approaches | Garcia 6.3, 6.4.1, 6.4.2 | Lab
2 Due date: Apr 10 |
| M,
Mar 26 |
LAN
Protocols I: Ethernet (802.3), Token Ring
(802.5) Connecting LANs |
Garcia
6.7, 6.8, 6.11.1, 6.11.2 |
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| 12 |
W,
Mar 28 |
Network Layer and IP Protocol | Garcia
7.3.3, 8.1, 8.2.1, 8.2.8 |
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| M,
Apr 2 |
cont. |
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| Final
Exam: April 5, 9am-12pm Room: TEL 0007 |
