The course will consist of five modules.
Instructors
Dr. David D. Clark
Dr. Frank Field
Sharon E. Gillett, Instructor in charge
Dr. William Lehr
Course calendar.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
INSTRUCTORS |
KEY DATES |
| Module 1: Technology |
| 1 |
A Quick Guide to the Internet |
Clark |
|
| 2 |
Application Design on the Internet |
Clark |
|
| 3 |
EE 101 |
Clark |
|
| 4 |
Internet Interconnection |
Clark |
|
| Module 2: Policy Rationale and Methods |
| 5 |
Why have Regulators been so involved in Telecommunications? |
Gillett and Lehr |
Project descriptions due |
| 6 |
Overview of Methods of Technical and Policy Analysis Applicable to the Final Project. Discussion of Problem Definition and Issue Framing for Topics with Interwoven Technical, Social, Economic, and Political Dimensions |
Gillett and Lehr |
Mid-term assignment out |
| Module 3: Deep Dives into Four Topics |
| Module 3a: Spectrum Policy |
| 7 |
Spectrum Management Reform, Part 1 |
Lehr |
|
| 8 |
Spectrum Management Reform, Part 2 |
Lehr |
|
| Module 3b: Information Policy |
| 9 |
Intellectual Property: Content and Digital Telecommunication Policy |
Field |
|
| 10 |
Architecture and Control |
Field |
|
| 11 |
Culture, Content and Copyright |
Field |
Mid-term assignment due |
| Module 3c: Interconnection |
| 12 |
Challenges for Convergence: Interconnection |
Lehr |
|
| 13 |
Challenges for Convergence: Interconnection (cont.) |
Lehr |
|
| Module 3d: Broadband Access |
| 14 |
Competition in Access Networks |
Gillett |
Final project proposal due |
| 15 |
Case Studies: VoIP, Municipal Broadband |
Gillett |
|
| 16 |
Municipal Broadband (cont.) |
Guest Lecturers: Patrick McCormick (Brookline Wireless) and Steven Gag (Technology Advisor to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino) |
|
| 17 |
Network Neutrality |
Gillett |
|
| 18 |
Network Neutrality (cont.) |
Gillett |
|
| 19 |
IPTV |
Marie-José Montpetit, Motorola |
|
| Module 4: Miscellaneous Topics |
| 20 |
Internet Governance |
Scott Bradner, Harvard University |
|
| 21 |
Open Access, or Making Money Openly |
Clark |
|
| 22 |
One Laptop per Child (aka $100 Laptop); the Internet and Developing Countries |
Michail Bletsas, MIT Media Lab |
|
| Module 5: Student Presentations |
| 23-25 |
Classroom Presentations and Discussion |
|
Final papers due in Lec #25 |