Course Lecture Plan

Notes: Reading refers to textbook KR unless denoted otherwise.

Slides of recitation by TA are here.

Date	Lectures Topics	Notes	Reading		Assignment
Tu 1/3	Class overview, Introduction to Networking (Internet, protocol, circuit- and packet-switching)	[ppt]	Ch. 1.1-1.3, 1.8, Handout for project 1		Project 1 out. Find partner (groups of up to 2).
Th 1/5	Introduction to Networking (access networks, physical media, delay and loss, layered architecture)	[ppt]	Ch. 1.4 – 1.7		Homework 1 out.
Tu 1/10	Application Layer (Web, HTTP, FTP)	[ppt]	Ch. 2.1 – 2.3
Th 1/12	Application Layer (Email, DNS, TCP socket programming)	[ppt]	Ch. 2.4 – 2.5, 2.7-2.8
Tu 1/17	Application Layer (multiplexing) Transport Layer (intro, UDP, reliable data transfer)	[socket.ppt] [ppt]	Ch. 3.1 -3.4
Th 1/19	Transport Layer (reliable data transfer, TCP)	[ppt]	Ch. 3.4 -3.5		Homework 1 in. Project 1 in. Project 2 out.
Tu 1/24	TCP (connection)	[ppt]	Ch. 3.5		Homework 2 out.
Th 1/26	TCP (congestion control)	[ppt]	Ch. 3.6 -3.7
Tu 1/31	Review for Midterm	[ppt]			Homework 2 in.
Th 2/2	Midterm
Tu 2/7	Midterm grading review
Th 2/9	Network Layer (routing principles)	[ppt]	Ch. 4.1 – 4.2, 4.4	Homework 3 out.
Tu 2/14	Network Layer (hierarchical routing, Internet Protocol)	[ppt]	Ch. 4.5
Th 2/16	Network Layer (routing: OSPF, BGP)	[ppt]	Ch. 4.6
Tu 2/21	Network Layer (BGP, multicast)	[ppt]	Ch. 4.7
Th 2/23	Data Link Layer (intro, error detection/correction, multiple access protocols, LAN)	[ppt]	Ch. 5.1-5.4	Homework 3 in.  Project 2 in. Project 3 out.
Tu 2/ 28	Data Link Layer (Ethernet, hubs, bridges, switches)	[ppt]	Ch. 5.5 – 5.6	Homework 4 out.
Th 3/2	Wireless networks	[ppt]	Ch. 6.1 - 6.3
Tu 3/7	Networking Security	[ppt]	Ch. 8.1-8.3, 8.6-8.7	Homework 4 in.
Th 3/9	Review for final	[ppt]		Project 3 in.

Notes:

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