| Date | Course Notes |
Expected Topics to be Covered |
| Sept. 5 |
Outline [Latex] Motivation |
Background and motivation |
| Sept. 11 |
Introduction [PS] | Introduction |
| Sept. 12/18/19 |
Queueing theory [PS] |
Review
queueing theory Ref: 1) M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks (appendix) 2) Leonard Kleinrock, Richard Gail, Queueing Systems: Problems and Solutions |
| Assignment
1 [Latex] |
Due on Sept. 25 |
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| Choose your topic and let me approve it, on/before Oct. 1. | ||
| Sept. 19/25 |
Channel
model |
Wireless
(packet-level) channel models Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 2 Thesis by Dr. Ruonan Zhang: Cross-layer protocol design and performance study for wideband wireless networks http://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8080/handle/1828/2118 R. Zhang and L. Cai. ``A Packet-level Model for UWB Channel with People Shadowing Process based on Angular Spectrum Analysis,'' IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 8, issue 8, pp. 4048-55, Aug. 2009. [PDF] |
| Sept. 26/ Oct. 2/3/9 |
Traffic Characterization [PS] |
Multimedia
traffic models Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 3 |
| Assignment 2 [Latex] | Due on Oct. 16 |
|
| Oct. 10/16 |
Admission
Control [PS] |
Call admission control Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks |
| Email me a 1-page project proposal in plain text or PDF format, on/before Nov. 2. | ||
| Oct. 17/23 |
Access control [PS] |
Access
control Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks |
| Assignment
3 [Latex] |
Due on Oct. 30 |
|
| Oct. 24 |
TCP/IP |
TCP/IP
basics and congestion control Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 4 |
| Oct. 30 |
AIMD |
TCP/AIMD in wireless Internet Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 6 |
| Oct. 31 |
TFRC |
TCP-friendly rate control
protocol (TFRC) in wireless Internet Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 7 |
| Nov. 6 |
Wireless access | Wireless multiple access
techniques and performance study Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 8 |
| Assignment 4 [Latex] |
Due on Nov. 20 Solution |
|
| Nov. 7 |
Handoff |
Handoff |
| Nov. 20/21/27 |
Presentations:
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| Nov. 28 |
Presentations: Review |
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| Topics of presentation: |
Nov. 20 Le (Alex) Liang: Wireless cellular systems [PDF] Haoyuan Zhang: 4G technology, LTE-advanced [PDF] Hybrid MAC Nov. 21 Fei Tong: Wireless sensor networks: MAC protocol design [PDF] Rami Sulaimani: Domino medium access control protocol [PDF] Yi Chen: Max-weight scheduling and routing [PDF] Nov. 27 Guoming Tang: Localization in wireless sensor networks [PDF] Zhe Wei: Localization [PDF] Boyang Yu: Wireless sensor networks: applications and characteristics [PDF] Nov. 28 Abimbola Carolyn Oladipo: Wireless security issues [PDF] |
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| Final Exam: |
DEC.10, 14:00, ECS 130 |
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| Submit the completed project report in PDF format, on/before Dec. 14 (Friday) 4pm. |