Syllabus
Fall 2015 Syllabus & (tentative) Schedule
Schedule at-a-glance
Legend
| Lab | Quizz | Exam | No class |
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| Mon | Wed | Mon | Wed | Mon | Wed | Mon | Wed | Mon | Wed | |
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| August | 24 | 26 | 31 | |||||||
| September | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 30 | |
| October | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 28 | ||
| November | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 30 | |
| December | 2 |
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday December 16, 2015, 1:00-3:00pm in Room TBA.
Detailed Schedule & Syllabus (BEING REVISED FOR FALL 2015)
| Date | Scope | Reading Assignments | Notes & slides | Review Questions | Labs/Quizzes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | A brief overview of the Internet, its components, and performance aspects | Chapter 1, RFC 1958 FYI: RFC 3439 (especially Section 5) |
Lecture 1 | NA | NA |
| 8/26 | Network applications & the web | Chapter 1, Sections 2.1, 2.2 FYI: RFC 2616 |
Lecture 2 | Review Questions for lecture 2 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 8/31 | The Domain Name System (DNS) | Section 2.5 FYI: RFC 1034, RFC 1035, A useful discussion of the need for and use of GLUE records |
Lecture 3 | Review Questions for lecture 3 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 1 and solution |
| 9/2 | Transport layer overview and socket programming (mostly UDP, but we'll quickly cover TCP as well) | Sections 2.7.1, 3.1-3.3 FYI: Java sockets tutorial, TCP/IP Socket in Java (book) |
Lecture 4 | Review Questions for lecture 4 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 9/9 | File transfer application (FTP) and email application (SMTP) | Sections 2.3 & 2.4 FYI: RFC 959, RFC 2821, A discussion of the difference between active and passive FTP |
Lecture 5 | Review Questions for lecture 5 ( pdf, docx) | Lab 1 and solution |
| 9/14 | Other useful Internet protocols & mechanisms: ICMP, DHCP, NATs | Section 4.4 (pp. 345-355) FYI: RFC 792, RFC 2131, RFC 2131, RFC 2663 |
Lecture 6 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 6 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 9/16 | P2P applications | Section 2.6 | Lecture 7 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 7 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 2 and solution |
| 9/21 | DHTs | Section 2.6 | Lecture 8 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 8 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 9/23 | Principles of reliable data transport | Section 3.4 | Lecture 9 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 9 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 9/28 | Principles of reliable data transport (contd.) | Section 3.4 | Lecture 10 (portrait), (landscape) | Lab 2 and solution | |
| 9/30 | A closer look at TCP | Sections 3.5, 2.7.2 | Lecture 11 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 11 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 10/5 | TCP flow and congestion control | Sections 3.6, 3.7 FYI: RFC 5681, RFC 6582 |
Lecture 12 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 12 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 3 and solution |
| 10/7 | TCP flow and congestion control (contd.) | Sections 3.6, 3.7 FYI: RFC 5681, RFC 6582 |
Lecture 13 (portrait), (landscape) | ||
| 10/12 | Review session | - | - | - | - |
| 10/14 | IN CLASS MIDTERM | ||||
| 10/19 | IPv4 protocol and Internet routers (IP addresses & subnets, router architecture) | Sections 4.1-4.3, 4.4 (up to p. 345) FYI: RFC 1812 |
Lecture 14 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 14 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 10/21 | Routing (shortest path) algorithms | Section 4.5 | Lecture 15 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 15 ( pdf, docx) | Lab 3 and solution |
| 10/26 | Intra-domain rouging protocols, i.e., OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP | Sections 4.6.1-2, EIGRP paper FYI: RFC 2328, RFC 1195 |
Lecture 16 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 16 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 10/28 | Inter-domain routing (BGP) | Section 4.6.3 FYI: RFC 4271, Avi Freedman BGP tutorials (BGP1 and BGP2) |
Lecture 17 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 17 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 4 and solution |
| 11/2 | Multicast routing | Section 4.7 FYI: RFC 2236 (Sections 1-3), RFC 3376 (Sections 1-6), RFC 4541 (Section 2), RFC 4601 (Sections 1-3), RFC 4607 (Sections 1-6) |
Lecture 18 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 18 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 11/4 | Link layer & Ethernet | Section 5.1-5.6, Spanning Tree Protocol FYI: RFC 826 |
Lecture 19 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 19 ( pdf, docx) | Lab 4 and solution |
| 11/9 | Link layer & Ethernet (contd.) | Section 5.1-5.6, Spanning Tree Protocol FYI: RFC 826 |
Lecture 20 (portrait), (landscape) | ||
| 11/11 | Wireless & WiFi | Sections 6.1-6.3 | Lecture 21 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 21 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 5 and solution |
| 11/16 | Cellular networks & mobility | Sections 6.4-6.8 FYI: RFC 3344 |
Lecture 22 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 22 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 11/18 | IPv6 | Section 4.4.4 FYI: RFC 2460 |
Lecture 23 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 23 ( pdf, docx) | |
| 11/23 | Security - A cryptography primer | Sections 8.1-8.3 | Lecture 24 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 24 ( pdf, docx) | Lab 5 and solution |
| 11/25 | NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING | ||||
| 11/30 | Security protocols Attacks and defense systems |
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Lecture 25 (portrait), (landscape) | Review Questions for lecture 25 ( pdf, docx) | Quiz 6 and solution |
| 12/2 | Review session | - | - | - | - |
