(Draft) EE 595 Weekly Outline

0. Prior to 1st lecture: students should review the online ns-3 tutorial and the ‘ns-3-
ee595-getting-started.pptx’ file

Week 1: Course Overview and Hands-On Introduction to ns-3

 Contemporary wireless networks and performance evaluation (course outline)

 Ns-3 basics: conceptual model and abstractions, how to run a simulation, how to
handle data, basic debugging
 Initial simple wireless link simulations
 Conducting a simulation experiment

ns-3 HW0: Scripting, Running a Simulation, Data Collection

Week 2: PHY Basics

 Wireless Propagation Models

 Link Budgets & SNR
 Review of Basic Detection Theory
 Packet Error Rates (PERs)
 Principles of Monte Carlo Simulation

HW1 (hand-worked problems)

Week 3: PHY/MAC
 Cellular Systems Engineering
 Basic MAC (FDMA, TDMA/CSMA)
 Throughput/Capacity
 Queueing Models

Assign ns-3 Experiment 1

Week 4: WLAN PHY

 802.11 WLAN Background
 OFDM basics
 MIMO, Beam-forming
 MU-MIMO, Spatial Multiplexing

HW2 (hand-worked problems)

** Students Need to Submit Project Outline****
Week 5: WLAN Systems & MAC

 DCF, CSMA/CA Review

 BSS and Associations
 RTS/CTS, Hidden and Exposed Node
 EDCA
 Rate control
 HT MAC throughput enhancements (aggregation and block ack)

ns-3 WLAN Model Description [TH]

In-Class activity using WLAN models [?? TBD]

Ns-3 Experiment II (DCF) assigned

Week 6: [SR] LTE RAN Background

 OFDMA
 UL & DL,
 Data and control plane
 Hybrid ARQ,
 MAC Scheduler

HW 3 on LTE (Hand worked problems)

Week 7: LTE Systems

 Network architecture: EPC and interfaces

 Cell search and connection establishment
 Carrier aggregation
 Backhaul
 Mobility management
 Network planning
 End-to-end data (TCP and QUIC) over LTE

ns-3 Expt III Transport protocols over wireless

Week 8: Next-generation Wi-Fi (11ax and WiGig)

 MU-MIMO in DL and UL
 MU-OFDMA
 Scheduling dimensions
 Spatial reuse
 Power efficiency
 WiGig topics
Week 9: Advanced Topics: Evolution to 5G

 5G New Radio
 Coexistence/Spectrum Sharing – LTE Unlicensed, LTE-WiFi Sharing
 Federal/Non-Federal Sharing
 mmWave
 LTE D2D (Sidelink) public safety networks

Week 10: Project Presentations

** Students turn in Final Project** during Finals week (online submission)