Course calendar.

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	Sampling theorem
3	Measuring information and entropy	Problem set 1 due
4	Quantization
5	Source coding	Problem set 2 due
6	Modulation
7	Modulation with 2-D signal	Problem set 3 due
8	Signal detection in noise	Problem set 4 due
	Quiz 1
9	The matched filter
10	Geometric signal representation
11	Hypothesis testing and bit error rate (BER) analysis	Problem set 5 due
12	Link budget analysis and design
13	Channel capacity and coding	Problem set 6 due
14	Channel capacity and coding (cont.)
15	Cyclic codes and error detection	Problem set 7 due
16	The data link layer: framing
17	Automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocols: stop and wait	Problem set 8 due
18	ARQ protocols: go back N, selective repeat protocol (SRP)
	Quiz 2
19	Delay models for data networks: introduction	Problem set 9 due
20	Delay models for data networks: single server queues
21	Packet multiple access
22	Packet multiple access (cont.)	Problem set 10 due
23	Routing in data networks
24	Routing in data networks (cont.)