Prerequisite: CSE 131 (Computer Science I) or permission of the instructor (Note: CSE 241 as indicated in the course catalog is not required.)
Textbook: J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, "Computer Networks: A Top-Down Approach," 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009, ISBN: 0136079679.
Instructor: Prof. Raj Jain, jain@cse.wustl.edu, Office: Bryan 523, Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 11:00AM-12:00noon
Grader: Chakchai So-in, so-in@ieee.org, 314-629-0101, Office: Jolly 507, Office Hours: Tuesdays:9:30-10:30, Fridays: 9:30-11:00
Location: The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:00PM to 2:30PM in Lopata Room 101.
All question about the homeworks and mid-term exams 1 and 2 grading should be directed to Chakchai.
Audio/Video recordings of lectures from the last offering of this course are available on-line.
| Class | Day | Date | Topic | Chapter |
| 1 | Wednesday | 8/26/2009 | Course Overview | |
| 2 | Monday | 8/31/2009 | Internet: Core and Edge, History | 1 |
| 3 | Wednesday | 9/2/2009 | Protocol Layers | 1 |
| Monday | 9/7/2009 | Labor Day Holiday | ||
| 4 | Wednesday | 9/9/2009 | Application Layer: HTTP, | 2 |
| 5 | Monday | 9/14/2009 | FTP, SMTP, | 2 |
| 6 | Wednesday | 9/16/2009 | Domain Name System (DNS), Peer to Peer (P2P) Networking | 2 |
| 7 | Monday | 9/21/2009 | Transport Layer: Design Issues | 3 |
| 8 | Wednesday | 9/23/2009 | Universal Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) | 3 |
| 9 | Monday | 9/28/2009 | Mid-Term Exam 1 | |
| 10 | Wednesday | 9/30/2009 | TCP Congestion Control | 3 |
| 11 | Monday | 10/5/2009 | Network Layer: | 4 |
| 12 | Wednesday | 10/7/2009 | IP4, ICMP, IPv6 | 4 |
| 13 | Monday | 10/12/2009 | Intro to Open Networking Lab (Lab1), assignment_1.exp | - |
| 14 | Wednesday | 10/14/2009 | Ethernet Part I | 5 |
| 15 | Monday | 10/19/2009 | Routing Algorithms | 4 |
| 16 | Wednesday | 10/21/2009 | Internet Routing Protocols: OSPF, RIP, BGP | 4 |
| 17 | Monday | 10/26/2009 | Link Layer: Error correction | 5 |
| 18 | Wednesday | 10/28/2009 | LLC, VLANs, PPP, MPLS | 5 |
| 19 | Monday | 11/2/2009 | Mid-Term Exam 2 | |
| 20 | Wednesday | 11/4/2009 | Wireless and Mobile Networks: WiFi 802.11 | 6 |
| 21 | Monday | 11/9/2009 | Bluetooth, WiMAX, Cellular wireless Networks | |
| 22 | Wednesday | 11/11/2009 | Mobile IP and Cellular Mobility | 6 |
| 23 | Monday | 11/16/2009 | Security in Computer Networks:Cryptography | ONL Lab 2, Configuration file: lab2-f09.exp | 8 |
| 24 | Wednesday | 11/18/2009 | IPSec | 8 |
| 25 | Monday | 11/23/2009 | Network Management | 9 |
| Wednesday | 11/25/2009 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| 26 | Monday | 11/30/2009 | Multimedia Networking | 7 |
| 27 | Wednesday | 12/2/2009 | Multimedia Networking (Cont) | 7 |
| 28 | Monday | 12/7/2009 | Final Exam |
| Mid-Term Exams (Best of 2) | 30% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
| Class participation | 5% |
| Homeworks | 20% |
| Labs | 15% |