Calendar
The following is our intended calendar with topics, slides (as they become available) and reference material. Notes with the format “KR7 #” refer to chapters/sections of the class textbook Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7th Ed., J. Kurose and K. Ross.
| Date | Topic | Readings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 9/25 | Introduction: Overview / Brief history of the Internet [PDF] | KR7 1.1,1.7 |
| Mon 9/30 | Edge, core and a bunch of layers [PDF] | KR7 1.2-1.5 |
| Wed 10/02 | Application layer: Principles and a few protocols / Socket Programming [PDF] | KR7 2.1-2.3, 2.7 |
| Mon 10/07 | Domain Name System [PDF] | KR7 2.4 |
| Wed 10/09 | Content distribution: P2P, Video and CDNs [PDF] | KR7 2.5, 2.6 |
| Mon 10/14 | Transport Layers, UDP [PDF] | KR7 3.1-3.3 |
| Wed 10/16 | Principles of Reliable Data Transfer [PDF] | KR7 3.4 |
| Mon 10/21 | TCP [PDF] | KR7 3.5 |
| Wed 10/23 | Prof. at ACM IMC 2019 | — |
| Mon 10/28 | Congestion Control and TCP [PDF] | KR7 3.6,3.7 |
| Wed 10/30 | Midterm (in class) | Up to 3.7 |
| Mon 11/04 | Network layer / Inside a Router [PDF] | KR7 4.1-2 |
| Wed 11/06 | The Internet protocol [PDF] | KR7 4.3,4.4 |
| Mon 11/11 | Routing algorithms [PDF] | KR7 5.1-5.2 |
| Wed 11/13 | Prof. out | — |
| Mon 11/18 | Internet Routing ]PDF] | KR7 5.3-5.4 |
| Wed 11/20 | ICMP, SNMP and SDNs [PDF] | KR7 5.6-5.7 |
| Mon 11/25 | Link Layer: Broadcast [PDF] | KR7 6.1-6.3 |
| Wed 11/27 | Link Layer: Switched LANs and more [PDF] [pptx] | KR7 6.4-6.7 |
| Mon 12/02 | Wireless and Cellular [PDF] | KR7 7.1-7.8 |
| Wed 12/04 | Security - Guest lecturer Prof. Yan Chen / Class review [PDF] | KR7 8.1-8.4 |
| Fri 12/13 | Final | Cumulative |