This graduate seminar will explore selected topics in wireless networks drawn from the recent research literature and industry. The approach is interdisciplinary and cross-layer, covering applications and end-to-end transport protocols, as well as physical- and link-layer design, aiming to gain an understanding of how their interactions influence performance. Areas of interest will include machine learning-based wireless channel modeling, 5G and Open RAN network architecture, computational structures for physical-layer processing, millimeter-wave reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and congestion control/queue management.

Survey of computer networks covering end-to-end principle, multiplexing, virtualization, packet switching vs. circuit switching, router design, network protocols, congestion control, internet routing architecture, network measurement, network management, and overlay networks. Survey of research papers from classic literature through contemporary research.