EECS 340: Lecture Notes, Recitations, and Homework Help Sessions

You can evaluate the class using the CTEC Online system which will be open from Monday, February 26, 2007 to Sunday, March 18, 2007. Your feedback is highly appreciated.

Lecture Notes

Instructor:

Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Technological Institute, Room – L457, 2145 Sheridan Road, 847-467-5519, akuzma@northwestern.edu

Week	Date	Tuesday	Thursday
1	Jan 4	-	Internet, protocols, circuit- and packet switching
2	Jan 9 11	Access networks, physical media, delay and loss, layered architecture	Web, HTTP, FTP
3	Jan 16 18	Email, DNS, p2p file sharing	Socket programming
4	Jan 23 25	Transport Layer (intro, multiplexing/de-multiplexing, UDP)	Principles of reliable data transfer
5	Jn 30 Fb 1	Connection-oriented transport: TCP	Review for midterm
6	Feb 6 8	Midterm	Midterm grading review
7	Feb 13 15	Network layer (routing principles & algorithms)	Network layer (IP)
8	Feb 20 22	Hierarchical routing, RIP, OSPF, BGP	Data link layer (error detection/correction, multiple access protocols)
9	Fb 27 Mr 1	Link-layer addressing, Ethernet, hubs and switches	Wireless and mobile networks (intro, wireless links, 802.11 wireless LANs)
10	Mar 6 8	Networking security	Review for final
11	Mar 13 15	Final

Time/Place:

Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-2:30pm, 2240 Campus Drive, Room 2107, Frances Searle Building.

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Recitation

TA:

John Otto, j-otto-1@northwestern.edu, TA hours: Mon-Wed 5:30-7:00 (Wednesdays only when there are no recitation classes),
Room 2-211, Ford Engineering Design Center, 2133 Sheridan Road.

Week	Date	Wednesday
1	Jan 3
2	Jan 10	Introduction to sockets Introduction to Project 1
3	Jan 17	UNIX, emacs, gcc and make
4	Jan 24	Advanced sockets
5	Jan 31	Introduction to Project 2 Useful Project 2 – related links
6	Feb 7
7	Feb 14
8	Feb 21
9	Feb 28
10	Mar 5	Routing
11	Mar 14

Time/Place:

Wednesday, 5:30-7pm, Room Tech M-120.

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January 2007, Aleksandar Kuzmanovic