| Date | Course Notes |
Expected Topics to be Covered |
| Jan. 10 |
Outline [Latex] Motivation Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
Background and motivation |
| Jan. 11 |
Introduction | Introduction |
| Jan. 13/18/20/24/25 |
Queueing theory
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Review
queueing theory Ref: 1) M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks (appendix) 2) Leonard Kleinrock, Richard Gail, Queueing Systems: Problems and Solutions |
| Jan. 17 and Jan. 27 |
No lecture |
We move these two lectures to Apr. 4 for the FUN workshop. |
| Assignment
1 [Latex] |
Due on Jan. 31 [Solution] |
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| Choose your topic and let me approve it, on/before Feb. 14. | ||
| Jan. 31/Feb. 1/3 |
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] |
| Feb. 7/8/10/14/15/17 |
Traffic Characterization
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Multimedia
traffic models Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 3 |
| Assignment 2 [Latex] | Due on Feb. 24 Solution |
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| Feb. 21/22/24 | Reading Break
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| Feb. 28/Mar. 1 |
Admission
Control |
Call admission control Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks |
| Email me a 1-page project proposal in plain text or PDF format, on/before March 7. | ||
| Mar. 3/7 |
Access control
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Access
control Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks |
| Assignment
3 [Latex] |
Due on March 10 [Solution] |
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| Mar. 8/10 |
TCP/IP |
TCP/IP
basics and congestion control Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 4 |
| Mar. 14/15 |
AIMD |
TCP/AIMD in wireless Internet Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 6 |
| Mar. 17 |
TFRC |
TCP-friendly rate control
protocol (TFRC) in wireless Internet Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 7 |
| Mar. 21/22 |
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 Mar. 28 Solution |
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| Mar. 24/28 |
Hybrid MAC Handoff |
Hybrid MAC and Handoff |
| Mar. 30 |
Review
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| April 4 poster presentation |
Future Ubiquitious Networks (FUN) Workshop
Time: April 4, 9:30am - 11:30pm Location: ECS660 Poster Preparation Guidance |
Workshop Schedule: |
| April 5 |
Quiz |
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| Submit the completed project report in PDF format, on/before April 15, 4pm. |