Lecture Schedule

Lec #1: Introduction + History of communication systems
Mon, Mar 31, 2014, Week 1

• Slides: [ppt] [pdf]

Lec #2: Representing Information
Wed, Apr 2, 2014, Week 1

• Course Reader: Chapters 2 and 3

• Slides: [pdf]

Lec #3: Compression - Huffman
Mon, Apr 7, 2014, Week 2

• Course Reader: Chapters 2 and 3 (contd.)

Lec #4: Compression - LZW
Wed, Apr 9, 2014, Week 2

• Slides: [pdf]

Project briefing (with TAs)
Mon, Apr 14, 2014, Week 3

• Slides: [pdf]

Lec #5: Channel coding I
Wed, Apr 16, 2014, Week 3

• Course Reader: Chapter 5

• Slides: [pdf]

Lec #6: Channel coding II
Mon, Apr 21, 2014, Week 4

• Course Reader: Chapter 5 (contd.) and 6.1

• Slides: [pdf]

Lec #7: Channel coding III
Wed, Apr 23, 2014, Week 4

• Course Reader: Chapter 6.1 (contd.) and 6.3-6.5

• Slides: [contd. from Lec #6]

Lec #8: Noise & bit error
Mon, Apr 28, 2014, Week 5

• Course Reader: Chapter 9 (excluding the last section)

• Slides: [pptx]

Lec #9: Digital signaling
Wed, Apr 30, 2014, Week 5

• Course Reader: Chapters 4 and 10

• Slides: [pptx]

Midterm (in class)
Mon, May 5, 2014, Week 6

Lec #10: Modeling links as LTI - Time domain
Wed, May 7, 2014, Week 6

• Course Reader: Chapter 11

Lec #11: Modeling links as LTI - Time domain II
Mon, May 12, 2014, Week 7

• Course Reader: Chapter 12

• Slides: [pptx]

Lec #12: Modeling links as LTI - Frequency domain
Wed, May 14, 2014, Week 7

• Course Reader: Chapter 12 (contd.)

Lec #13: Modulation & Demodulation
Mon, May 19, 2014, Week 8

• Course Reader: Chapter 13

Project discussion - Milestone 3 and beyond (with TAs)
Wed, May 21, 2014, Week 8

Holiday (Memorial Day)
Mon, May 26, 2014, Week 9

Lec #14: Modulation & Demodulation - Wrap up
Wed, May 28, 2014, Week 9

• Course Reader: Chapter 14 (up to Section 14.4)

Lec #15: MAC protocols
Mon, June 2, 2014, Week 10

Final
Wed, June 4, 2014, Week 10