Graduate (List)

This course involves the fundamental principles for understanding and applying fiber optic technology to modern telecommunication systems. This course starts with a brief review of a telecommunication network and covers various aspects of fiber optic communication technology including the fundamentals of fiber optic waveguides, signal degradations, photodetection, optical receiver design, fiber optic link design, and amplified WDM systems.

The course mainly covers the effective use of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antennas in wireless communications in order to enhance the system capacity and the link reliability. It also covers the review of basics in wireless communication systems, diversity gains, power gains, degree of freedom gains, and multiplexing capability of MIMO systems, the capacity of MIMO channel and the opportunistic communication for a fast fading channel, MIMO transmitter/receiver architectures, the outage performance, diversity-multiplexing tradeoff, and universal space-time codes for a slow fading channel, and the role of multiuser MIMO channel in uplink and downlink

This lecture provides economic tools to understand various mechanisms, algorithms, protocols in communication networks. The main tools include game theory, auction theory, and many examples based on the recent papers are introduced and discussed.

This course provides the broad view of network architecture and protocol at local area network and metropolitan area network (LAN/MAN). We focus on design concept of LAN/MAN with a user and operator viewpoints (e.g., cost, complexity, and performance). Topics include all the IEEE 802.x series including 802.3x (Ethernet), 802.11x (Wireless), 802.15 (Cable), 802.16x (Wibro/WiMax), 802.17 (RPR), 802.21 (MIH), etc. In addition, a virtual private network (VPN) and passive optical network (PON) are investigated.

The course briefly deals with fundamental stochastic processes such as Poisson, renewal, discrete-time Markov chain, continuous-time Markov chain, IBP, IPP, MMBP, MMPP, self-similar process. The course then covers various queueing systems and their applications such as Markovian BD queues, advanced Markovian models, M/G/1 priority queue, M/G/1 retrial queue, and M/G/1 queue with vacation.

This course teaches the principles of wireless network access techniques and system applications. The main focus of contents includes wireless radio resource management such as medium access techniques, power control, handoff, and scheduling. Optimization of wireless systems in terms of capacity and efficiency is addressed and their applications to WiFi, WiMax, and ad hoc/sensor/mesh networks are provided.

The course will cover basic physics and applications of various solid-state materials such as metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, thermoelectric materials, and magnetic materials. Also are included the various physics of nanostructures such as quantum well, quantum wire, quantum dots.

This course aims to give an understanding of the fundamental principles and technological developments in high-frequency electronic devices for microwave and high-speed digital/analog electronic systems and applications. (Prerequisite: EE362)

This course will cover the basic concept for optical technologies that can be important for display devices and their characterization. Students will acquire a solid knowledge of practical optical technologies that can become an important foundation for further study in display or related fields.

This module covers essential process steps in CMOS IC fabrication, focusing on front-end process technology including gate module, shallow junction module, thin film deposition, interconnection, and patterning technology. The students also develop understanding of physical background of each unit process as well as integration issues in modern CMOS devices. Recent developments in front-end processing are also covered.
(Prerequisite: EE211, EE362)