| Week # |
Dates |
Lecture/Lab Topic |
Due Date |
1
Aug. 25 & 27
Introductions to Course and Wireless Systems (Ch. 1)/Channels (Ch. 2.1-2.5)
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2
Sep. 1 & 3
Digital Communications (Ch. 2.6-2.7) and Bandwidth (Ch. 3.1) (Lab 1: USRP Intro)
| 9/7
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3
Sept. 8 & 10
Statistical Signal Processing (Ch. 3.2) (Lab 2: Capacity, Entropy, and Coding)
| 9/14
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4
Sept. 15 & 17
Up-/Downconversion & Up-/Downsampling (Ch. 3.3-3.4) (Lab 3: Statistical Signal Processing)
| 9/21
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5
Sept. 22 & 24
Digital Modulation (Ch. 4.1-4.2) (Lab 4: Sampling, Aliasing, and Filtering)
| 9/28
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6
Sept. 29 & Oct. 1
AWGN and Pulse Shaping (Ch. 4.3-4.4) (Lab 5: Digital Modulation)
| 10/5
| | | |
7
Oct. 6 & 8
Detection and Digital Pulse Shaping (Ch. 4.5, 3.5) (Lab 6: Multirate Signal Processing)
| 10/12
| | | |
8
Oct. 13 & 15
Dealing with Impairments (Ch. 5.1-5.4) (Lab 7: Symbol Synchronization and Phase-Offset Impact)
| 10/19
| | | |
9
Oct. 20 & 22
Channel Modeling (Ch. 5.5-5.8) (Lab 8: Channel Estimation)
| 10/26
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10
Oct. 27 & 29
MIMO (Ch. 6) (Lab 9: MIMO)
| 11/2
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11
Nov. 3 & Nov. 5
Advanced MIMO (Lab 10: Advanced MIMO)
| 11/9
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12
Nov. 10 & 12
Project Proposals
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13
Nov. 17 & 19
Project Work Week
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14
Nov. 24 & 26
Project Work Day (Tuesday) and Thxgiving Break (no class)
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15
Dec. 1 & 3
Thxgiving Break (no class) and Project Work Day (Thursday)
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17
Dec. 12 11:30am-2:30pm
Final Project Presentations
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*This schedule is best-effort as of the beginning of the semester and subject to
change according to the time available in the semester.