Course Lecture Plan

Notes: Reading refers to textbook KR unless denoted otherwise.

Slides of recitation by TA are here.

Date	Lecture Topics	Notes	Reading		Assignment
Mon 3/29	Class overview, Introduction to Networking (Internet, protocol, circuit- and packet-switching)	[logistics.ppt] [chapter1.ppt]	Ch. 1.1-1.3, 1.8
Wed 3/31	Introduction to Networking (access networks, physical media, delay and loss, layered architecture)		Ch. 1.4 – 1.7		Project 1 out. Find partner (groups of up to 2).
Mon 4/5	Application Layer (Web, HTTP)	[chapter2.ppt]	Ch. 2.1 – 2.3		Homework 1 out.
Wed 4/7	Application Layer (Email, DNS, TCP socket programming)		Ch. 2.4 – 2.5, 2.7-2.8
Mon 4/12	Application Layer (multiplexing) Transport Layer (intro, UDP, reliable data transfer)	[ppt]	Ch. 3.1 -3.4
Wed 4/14	Transport Layer (reliable data transfer, TCP)	[chapter3.ppt]	Ch. 3.4 -3.5		Homework 1 in. Homework 2 out.
Mon 4/19	TCP (connection)		Ch. 3.5		Project 1 in. Project 2 out.
Wed 4/21	TCP (congestion control)		Ch. 3.6 -3.7
Mon 4/26	Review for Midterm	Homework discussion			Homework 2 in.
Wed 4/28	Midterm
Mon 5/3	Midterm grading review	Midterm Statistics
Wed 5/5	Network Layer (intro, virtual circuit, datagram format)	[chapter4.ppt]	Ch. 4.1 – 4.4	Homework 3 out.
Mon 5/10	Network Layer (Internet Protocol, routing algorithm)		Ch. 4.4 - 4.5
Wed 5/12	Network Layer (Hierarchical routing, routing in the Internet: OSPF)		Ch. 4.6	Project 2 in. Project 3 out.
Mon 5/17	Network Layer (routing in the Internet: BGP, multicast)		Ch. 4.7
Wed 5/19	Data Link Layer (intro, error detection/correction, multiple access protocols, LAN)	[chapter5.ppt]	Ch. 5.1-5.4	Homework 3 in. Homework 4 out.
Mon 5/24	Data Link Layer (Ethernet, hubs, bridges, switches)		Ch. 5.5 – 5.6
Wed 5/26	Review for final (if time allows)	[eecs354.ppt]	Ch. 8.1-8.3	Homework 4 in.
Mon 5/31	Class Cancelled due to Memorial Day
Wed 6/2	Network Security	[netsec.ppt]		Project 3 in.

Notes:

1. Most slides are adopted and modified from materials developed by J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross.