Syllabus and Lectures
Note: Some lectures may span multiple classes and could therefore alter
the schedule.
| Lec # |
Date |
Topic |
Slides |
Readings |
Info |
| 1 |
09/05 |
Introduction to the
course |
PDF, PPT |
-- |
-- |
| 2 |
09/07 |
Layering, protocols and
standards |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 1.3 |
-- |
| 3 |
09/12 |
Network programming
(intro to sockets API) |
PDF,
PPT
|
-- |
PA 1 assigned |
| 4 |
09/14 |
Design philosophy and
applications |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 1.5
End-to-end paper |
-- |
| 5 |
09/19 |
Physical layer and data
link layer basics |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 2.1, 2.2 |
HW 1 assigned |
| 6 |
09/21 |
Framing and Switching |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 2.3-2.5 |
-- |
| 7 |
09/26 |
Ethernet, Multiple
Access and Bridging |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 |
HW 1 due |
| 8 |
09/28 |
IP Addressing and
Forwarding |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 3.1, 4.1, 4.3 |
HW 2 assigned |
| 9 |
10/03 |
IP Packet format and
Router Architecture |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 3.4, 4.1 |
PA 1 due
|
| 10 |
10/05 |
Intra-domain Routing |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 4.2 |
-- |
| 11 |
10/10 |
Inter-domain Routing:
BGP |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 4.3.3
Bill Norton's paper on peering
Cisco
BGP documentation |
PA 2 assigned
|
| 12 |
10/12 |
Multicast |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 4.4
|
HW 2 due
|
| 13 |
10/17 |
IP-Foo: NAT, IPv6,
Tunneling and management
|
PDF, PPT |
P&D 4.3.5 (IPv6) |
-- |
|
10/19 |
Midterm-I |
Solutions
|
|
In class
|
| 14 |
10/24 |
Transport Protocols |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 5.1--5.5 |
-- |
| 15 |
10/26 |
TCP Congestion Control
and Connection Set-up |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 6.3, 6.4 |
HW 3 assigned |
| 16 |
10/31 |
TCP Reliability and
Implementation Issues |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 5.2, 6.3 |
PA 2 due |
| 17 |
11/2 |
Naming and the Domain
Name System |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 9.1 |
-- |
| 18 |
11/7 |
The Web, Caching and
CDNs |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 9.2 |
HW 3 due
PA 3 assigned
|
|
11/9 |
No Class |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 19 |
11/14 |
Multimedia Networking |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 9.3 |
-- |
| 20 |
11/16 |
Queuing and Basics of
QoS |
PDF, PPT |
P&D 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 |
-- |
| 21 |
11/21 |
Quality-of-Service |
PDF,
PPT
|
P&D 6.5 |
HW 4 assigned |
| 22 |
11/28 |
Wireless Networks |
PDF,
PPT
|
P&D 2.8
|
-- |
|
11/30 |
No Class |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 23 |
12/05 |
Sensor and Ad Hoc
Networks |
PDF,
PPT
|
-- |
HW 4 due |
| 24 |
12/07 |
Peer-to-Peer Networking |
PDF,
PPT
|
-- |
-- |
25
|
12/12 |
Security |
PPT,
PDF
|
--
|
PA-3 due
|
|
12/14 |
Midterm-II |
|
|
In class |
|