Course Description:
Wireless and mobile systems have become ubiquitous; playing a significant role
in our everyday life. However, the increasing demand for wireless connectivity
and the emergence of new areas such as the Internet of Things present new
research challenges. This course introduces advanced research topics in
wireless networks and mobile communication systems. In each lecture, we will
discuss recent research papers that introduce new wireless designs, algorithms,
protocols and applications. The papers are systems oriented and focus on
practical challenges and solutions for building wireless and mobile systems.
Students will also learn how to design and build wireless systems through a
research oriented course project that focuses on the
implementation aspects of practical systems.
Lecture Time & Location: Monday & Wednesday 3:00pm - 4:20pm in ECEB 4070
Instructor: Haitham Hassanieh (haitham@illinois.edu)
Office Hours: Monday 4:20pm - 5:00pm in ECEB 4070 or by appointment.
Course TA: Suraj Jog (sjog2@illinois.edu)
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00pm - 5:00 in CSL 462 or by appointment
Topics:
► Cross Layer Networking
Rateless Codes & Soft Information
Interference Management
Interference Alignment & Nulling
Virtual MIMO
Opportunistic Routing
Network Coding
Wireless Multipath TCP
► Internet of Things
LoRa Networks
Ultra-low Power Networking
Ambient Backscatter
Smart Cities and Environments
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► Wireless Sensing
Localization & Tracking
Wireless Gesture Recognition
Wireless Imaging
Contactless Bio-Sensing
► Security
Analog Cybersecurity
Medical Devices Security
RFIDs and Low Power Devices
Physical Layer Security
Wireless Vibrometry
Acoustic IoT Security
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► Emerging Technologies
Millimeter Wave Systems
Full Duplex Radios
Software Defined Radios
Cloud RAN
5G Cellular Systems
Dynamic Spectrum Access
Wireless Charging
Robotics and Drones
V2X Communications
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Grading:
- 10% Paper Reviews: Students will be asked to review 10 out of 25 assigned research papers throughout the semester. Student will have to identify 3 strengths and 3 weakness of each paper.
- 20% Lab Assignments: There will be around 2 lab assignments based on software defined radios and MATLAB.
- 20% Homework Assignments: The course will have 2 long homework assignments.
- 50% Final Project: Students will do a research-style project in groups of 2 or 3 where they demonstrate the feasibility of a new research idea or build a new wireless system.
Project:
One of the major goals of this class is to understand how wireless systems
research is done. To this end, the project is the most important component of
ECE 598HH, since that's where you draw upon your knowledge and experience from
the course readings and elsewhere to actually do research. The relevant details for the class project will be uploaded soon.
1. Teams:
As far as possible, you should work in teams of teams of two or three. Working
with others is a lot more fun, is often a lot more productive, and the
resulting work a lot sounder than if you were working in isolation. The nature
of the wireless field is one that fosters collaboration and often makes it
essential for high impact work, and you should develop the ability to
collaborate on projects. You need to work at least with one other person from
the class, so please start looking out for team mates as soon as possible!
2. Proposal:
The proposal should be one or two pages. It is due on Wednesday Mar. 14, 2018.
It is important that you read related background material before turning in the proposal.
A crisp one-page write-up for the proposal should contain the following items.
- Project title (a detailed title is better than a vague one; you can always change it later if you don't like it!)
and names of investigators with email addresses.
- A clear statement of the research problem: a one-sentence summary followed by a one-paragraph explanation
(the paragraph shouldn't be more than 10-12 lines long). This should identify clearly the research question you're addressing.
- A clear statement of your research methods. i.e., how are you going to solve the problems you've raised and motivated in the previous paragraph?
- A statement of plan and schedule, to convince us (and yourself!) that you can complete the project by the end of the term.
- A list of resources you need to accomplish your work, with special emphasis on important pieces you don't yet have access to.
Be as clear as you can in your requirements and we will work towards getting what you need as quickly as possible.
If your request can't be accommodated for any reason, we will try to get back to you about it as soon as we find out.
- Any other questions you have or clarifications you need from us.
3. Background:
In a one-semester class,
one can only cover a fraction of wireless topics,
and there are sure to be projects where the background material
won't be covered in too much detail. And even for topics that we do cover,
there will almost certainly be other relevant related work that you
should be familiar with. Part of doing something new is figuring out what's
already been done or is known, so you should search the related literature and
Web pages as extensively as you can. Keep an eye out for useful software or
research methods or tools that you can leverage; this will save you tremendous
amounts of time later in the term. You might find some of these useful links actually useful.
4. Expectations:
Aim high in a focused way, and do the best you can!
The best projects are usually publishable with a bit more additional
work in top ACM/USENIX/IEEE conferences in the area, such as SIGCOMM, MOBICOM, INFOCOM, and NSDI, or appear
as articles in places like SIGCOMM's Computer Communications Review (CCR).
The main goal, however, is to try something innovative; a failure to obtain good research results is quite acceptable,
but a failure to try isn't!
5. Suggestions:
Where do you get a project?
We will provide you with a list of suggestions a couple of weeks before the proposal deadline.
Please feel free to come up with your own ideas,
or modify our suggestions in any way you want. Our suggestions are simply that;
and they're usually incomplete. They are usually not complete specifications of projects.
Please send all questions about the project to the staff mailing list.
6. Project Progress Report
The progress report is due on Wednesday Apr. 11, 2018. It should explain your approach,
related/prior work, any preliminary results you might have obtained, and
why you believe you are on the right track. It may also include material from the proposal
after you had the chance to update it based on our feedback.
7. Final Report
The final report is due on Friday May. 4, 2018. The report is
a conference-style paper describing the project and its key contributions/findings.
8. Poster Presentation
Students will create posters for their projects and present these posters on Wednesday May. 2, 2018.
The presentation should be a conference-style presentation.