LectureDateTopic
14/4Overview, Broadcast and MAC
24/9Broadcast channels
34/11Broadcast channels w/ ISI and fading
44/16Outage capacity and minimum rate of Broadcast channels
54/18 Multiple access, TD, CD, and CDMA
64/23MAC channel capacity
74/25Adaptation in CDMA systems
84/27 * Multiuser Detection
95/4 * Multiuser OFDM
105/11*Random Access and PRMA
115/14Current MAC protocols
125/16Cellular systems
135/18*Adaptive techniques
145/213G Systems
155/23Capacity and Area Spectral Efficiency
165/30Ad-Hoc Networks
176/4Capacity of Ad-Hoc Networks
18 6/6Summary and Open Research Areas
Final projects due at noon on June 13.
* Indicates makeup lecture (Fridays, 12-1:15, lunch welcome)
Lecture 5 (4/18): MAC channels, TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA
no student presentations
Lecture 6 (4/23): MAC channel capacity
no student presentations
Lecture 7 (4/25): Adaptation in CDMA systems (2 student pres.)
"Power control and rate allocation in multirate WCDMA", Lola Awoniyi
"Hierarchical SIR and rate control on the forward link for CDMA data
users under delay and error constraints", Tim Holliday
Lecture 8 (4/27, 12pm): Multiuser Detection
"Multiuser detection for CDMA systems", Peter Ang
"CDMA multiuser detection with state space techniques", Jayasuryan Iyer
Lecture 9 (5/4, 12pm): Multiuser OFDM
"Multiuser OFDM with adaptive subcarrier, bit, and power allocation" C. Kemere
"Spatial multiuser access OFDM with antenna diversity and power control",
Tom McGiffen
Lecture 10 (5/11, 12pm): Random Access and PRMA
"Channel access with active link protection and power control," Dan Oneill
Lecture 11 (5/14): Current MAC protocols
"MAC protocols for wideband wireless local access", Tom Bruns
"Rate adaptive MAC protocols", Jie Weng
Lecture 12 (5/16): Cellular systems
"Towards a framework for power control in cellular systems", Tim Peters
“Space time codes and smart antennas in cellular,” Kome Oteri
Lecture 13 (5/18, 12pm): Adaptive techniques for cellular systems
"On the performance of adaptive modulation in cellular",
"Simultaneous rate and power control in multirate multimedia CDMA systems",
Anne Aaron
Lecture 14 (5/21): 3G Systems
"Wireless mobile communications at the start of the 21st century", J. Poole
"Frequency reuse and coding for GPRS", Matthias Unbehaun
Lecture 15 (5/23): Cellular Capacity and Area Spectral Efficiency
"Information theoretic consideration of symmetric, cellular, multiple
access fading channels", Hrishikesh Mandyam
Lecture 16 (5/30): Ad-Hoc Networks
"Towards self-organized mobile ad-hoc networks: the terminodes project",
Mung Chiang
"Routing in ad-hoc networks", Xiangheng Liu
Lecture 17 (6/4): Capacity of Ad-Hoc Networks
"Capacity of wireless networks", David Julian
"Mobility increases the capacity of ad-hoc networks", John Waterston
Lecture 18 (6/6): 3G Debate, Summary, Additional Research Areas, Open Problems
no student presentations