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
Teaching Assistant: Raphael Njuguna, rnnjugun@wustl.edu, Bryan 405H, Office Hours: Thursday 3-4:30PM, Saturday 2-4PM.
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 the teaching assistant.
Audio/Video recordings of lectures from the last offering of this course are available on-line.
| Class | Day | Date | Topic | Chapter |
| 1 | Wednesday | 9/1/2010 | Course Overview | |
| Monday | 9/6/2010 | Labor Day Holiday | ||
| 2 | Wednesday | 9/8/2010 | Internet: Core and Edge, History | 1 |
| 3 | Monday | 9/13/2010 | Protocol Layers | 1 |
| 4 | Wednesday | 9/15/2010 | Application Layer: HTTP, | 2 |
| 5 | Monday | 9/20/2010 | FTP, SMTP, | 2 |
| 6 | Wednesday | 9/22/2010 | Domain Name System (DNS), Peer to Peer (P2P) Networking | 2 |
| 7 | Monday | 9/27/2010 | Transport Layer: Design Issues | 3 |
| 8 | Wednesday | 9/29/2010 | Universal Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) | 3 |
| 9 | Monday | 10/4/2010 | Mid-Term Exam 1 | |
| 10 | Wednesday | 10/6/2010 | TCP Congestion Control | 3 |
| 11 | Monday | 10/11/2010 | Network Layer: | 4 |
| 12 | Wednesday | 10/13/2010 | IP4, ICMP, IPv6 | 4 |
| 13 | Monday | 10/18/2010 | Routing Algorithms | 4 |
| 14 | Wednesday | 10/20/2010 | Internet Routing Protocols: OSPF, RIP, BGP | 4 |
| 15 | Monday | 10/25/2010 | The Link Layer and LANs | 5 |
| Link Layer: Error correction | ||||
| 16 | Wednesday | 10/27/2010 | Ethernet Part I | 5 |
| 17 | Monday | 11/1/2010 | LLC, VLANs, PPP, MPLS | 5 |
| 18 | Wednesday | 11/3/2010 | Intro to Open Networking Lab, Lab 1 Description, lab1.exp | - |
| 19 | Monday | 11/8/2010 | Mid-Term Exam 2 | |
| 20 | Wednesday | 11/10/2010 | Wireless and Mobile Networks: WiFi 802.11, Lab 2 Description, lab2.exp | 6 |
| 21 | Monday | 11/15/2010 | Bluetooth, WiMAX, Cellular wireless Networks | 6 |
| 22 | Wednesday | 11/17/2010 | Mobile IP and Cellular Mobility, Lab 3 Description, lab3.exp | 6 |
| Security in Computer Networks:Cryptography | 8 | |||
| 23 | Monday | 11/22/2010 | Public Key Cryptography, IPSec | 8 |
| Wednesday | 11/24/2010 | Thanksgiving Holiday (No Class) | ||
| 24 | Monday | 11/29/2010 | VPN, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, Homework 8E | 8 |
| 25 | Wednesday | 12/1/2010 | Network Management | 9 |
| 26 | Monday | 12/6/2010 | Multimedia Networking | 7 |
| 27 | Wednesday | 12/8/2010 | Final Exam |
| Mid-Term Exams (Best of 2) | 30% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
| Class participation | 5% |
| Homeworks | 20% |
| Labs | 15% |