CS 740, Fall 2024: Advanced Computer Networks

Textbooks

There is no required textbook for this course. The lectures will be based on discussing research papers. We will discuss one paper per lecture.

Additional References

Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Opensource online version (6th edition) is available.
Andrew Tanenbaun, Nick Feamster, and David Wetherall, Computer Networks, Sixth Edition, Pearson, 2019, ISBN: 0135408008.
W. Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2011, ISBN: 0321336313.

Grading

Your final grade for the course will be based on the following weights:

40% Project
30% Exams
30% Labs

The course project will be done in groups of 1-3. You should pick your own group members for your projects, but you may use the Canvas to help find group members.

Schedule

Date	Topics	Readings	Notes	Remarks
Thu 09/05	Introduction. DCNet Basics.	Scalable and Commmodity DCNet	L1	Lab1 out.
Tue 09/10	No class.
Thu 09/12	DCNet physical connectivity (rack and cluster).	Jupiter Rising	L2	Course project out.
Tue 09/17	DCNet physical connectivity (inter-DC and edge).	B4, Espresso	L3
Thu 09/19	No class.
Tue 09/24	DCNet addressing and routing (1).	Scalable and Commmodity DCNet, Jupiter Rising	L4
Thu 09/26	DCNet addressing and routing (2).	VL2	L5
Tue 10/01	DCNet flow scheduling (1).	Hedera	L6
Thu 10/03	DCNet flow scheduling (2).	Conga	L7	Project proposal due.
Tue 10/08	DCNet load balancing (1).	Maglev	L8
Thu 10/10	DCNet load balancing (2).	Duet	L9	Lab2 out.
Tue 10/15	DCNet host network virtualization (1).	Andromeda	L10
Thu 10/17	DCNet host network virtualization (2).	PicNIC	L11
Tue 10/22	SDN and programmable networks (1).	Ethane, OpenFlow	L12
Thu 10/24	SDN and programmable networks (2).	RMT, AFQ	L13
Tue 10/29	SDN and programmable networks (3).	AccelNet, iPipe	L14
Thu 10/31	DCNet transport (1).	DCTCP	L15
Tue 11/05	DCNet transport (2).	NDP	L16
Thu 11/07	DCNet transport (3).	Homa	L17	Project midterm report due.
Tue 11/12	DCNet endhost nstack (1).	Linux NStack	L18
Thu 11/14	DCNet endhost nstack (2).	Snap	L19
Tue 11/19	Pre-Exam Q&A.
Thu 11/21	Exam.
Tue 11/26	DCNet application (1).	Atlas	L20
Thu 11/28	Thanksgiving.
Tue 12/03	DCNet application (2).	QUIC	L21
Thu 12/05	Project presentation (1).
Tue 12/10	Project presentation (2).