| Day |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment |
| Mon |
08/21 |
NO CLASS | |
| Wed | 08/23 |
Course
Introduction/Syllabus |
|
| Fri | 08/25 | Uncoded
modulation
(Ch. 1) |
P1: part 1 [due 08/30] |
| Mon | 08/28 | Uncoded
modulation
(Ch. 1) |
|
| Wed | 08/30 | Uncoded modulation (notes) | P1: part 1 [due 09/06] |
| Fri | 09/01 | Uncoded modulation (notes) | P1: part 1 [due 09/08] |
| Mon | 09/04 |
LABOR DAY | |
| Wed | 09/06 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | |
| Fri | 09/08 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | |
| Mon | 09/11 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | P2 [due 09/19 at 5:00 pm] |
| Wed | 09/13 | NO CLASS | |
| Fri | 09/15 |
Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | |
| Mon | 09/18 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | HW#1:
Problems 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 3.14, and 3.20 [due 10/02 at 5:00 pm] |
| TUE | 09/19 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | |
| Wed | 09/20 | NO CLASS | |
| Fri | 09/22 | Linear Block Codes (Ch. 3) | |
| Mon | 09/25 | Golay Codes | P3 [due 10/02 at 5:00 pm] |
| TUE | 09/26 | Golay Codes | |
| Wed | 09/27 | Information Theory | |
| Fri | 09/29 | Convolutional Codes | |
| Mon | 10/02 | Convolutional Codes | |
| Wed | 10/04 | Viterbi Algorithm | |
| THU | 10/05 | MIDTERM
EXAM
(10:00-noon) |
|
| Fri | 10/06 | Viterbi Algorithm | |
| Mon | 10/09 | Viterbi Algorithm | HW#2 [due 10/13 at 5:00 pm] |
| TUE | 10/10 | Viterbi Algorithm | P4 [due 10/20 at 5:00 pm] |
| Wed | 10/11 | Trellis Coded Modulation | P5 [due TBD] |
| Fri | 10/13 | NO CLASS | |
| Mon | 10/16 | FALL BREAK | |
| Wed | 10/18 | Soft-Output Soft-Input (SISO) Algorithm | |
| Fri | 10/20 | SISO Algorithm | |
| Mon | 10/23 |
SISO
Algorithm,
MIDTERM EXAM
Problem #1 |
|
| Wed | 10/25 | NO CLASS | |
| Fri | 10/27 | SISO Algorithm | |
| Mon | 10/30 | SISO Algorithm | HW#3 [due 11/03 at 5:00 pm] |
| Wed | 11/01 | SISO Algorithm | |
| Fri | 11/03 | SISO Algorithm | |
| Mon | 11/06 |
Serially
Concatenated
Convolutional
Codes |
P6 [due 11/15 at 5:00 pm] |
| Wed | 11/08 | Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) | |
| Fri | 11/10 | SOVA/iterative decoder demos | |
| Mon | 11/13 | Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Codes, EXAM Problem #2 | |
| Wed | 11/15 | SISO/SCCC review | |
| THU | 11/16 | SISO
debugging
session |
|
| Fri | 11/17 | PCCC | P7 [due 11/21 at 5:00 pm] |
| Mon | 11/20 | Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes | |
| Wed | 11/22 | THANKSGIVING
BREAK |
|
| Fri | 11/24 | THANKSGIVING
BREAK |
|
| Mon | 11/27 | LDPC Codes | |
| Wed | 11/29 | LDPC Codes | P8 [due 12/15 at 5:00 pm] |
| Fri | 12/01 | LDPC Codes, EXAM Problem #3 | |
| Mon | 12/04 | NO CLASS | |
| Wed | 12/06 | NO CLASS |