CS3502 Schedule

CS3502 Computer Networks Schedule (Spring 2010)

3502 students -- Please note:

The course is structured in five modules corresponding to Chapters 1-5 of Kurose and Ross (KR). The modules are inter-related.
Kurose and Ross's animated power-point slides are provided here; PDF versions are available in the ``resources'' section. The slides are unmodified and directly reflect material in the textbook chapters.
Lecture numbers (L1, L2, etc.) are linked to corresponding lecture notes. Generally, these will appear on this page soon after the lecture. Not all notes are in flowing text; usually they are in bullet form and highlight things we consider important about the area being discussed.
For all lectures, you MUST try and read the textbook section BEFORE lecture. You're likely to get the most out of each lecture if you read the material beforehand.
Pay attention to the due dates for homeworks, labs, and other deadlines. All deadlines are hard.

Class#	Date	Topic	Handouts, Assignments	Notes
1	M 3/29	Class overview: logistics, goals, the "why"		L0
2	T 3/30	Introduction: the Internet, protocols, network edge/core, client-server and P2P service models	KR Ch1	L1
3	W 3/31	Introduction: circuit and packet switching, physical media		L2
4	Th 4/1	Introduction: service providers, packet delay/loss		L3
Lab 1	Fr 4/2	Wireshark intro lab	Lab 1	-
5	M 4/5	Introduction: layering	HW1 assigned	L4
6	T 4/6	Application Layer: sockets, transport, TCP and UDP intro, APIs	KR Ch2	-
7	W 4/7	Application Layer: socket programming, HTTP and the web, FTP		-
Lab 2	Th 4/8	Building a Python web client and server	Lab 1 due; Lab 2 assigned	-
8	M 4/12	Application Layer: email, DNS		-
9	T 4/13	Application Layer: Overlays and peer-to-peer		L9
10	W 4/14	Application Layer: DHTs		L10
Lab 3	Th 4/15	Understanding DNS	Lab 2 due; Lab 3 assigned	-
11	M 4/19	Transport Layer: services, multiplexing/demultiplexing	HW1 due; HW2 assigned	HW1 Sol
12	T 4/20	Transport Layer: reliability	KR Ch3	-
13	W 4/21	Transport Layer: FSM models of reliability, pipelined protocols		-
Lab 4	Th 4/22	Building an SMTP application	Lab 3 due; Lab 4 assigned	-
14	M 4/26	Transport Layer: TCP intro		-
15	T 4/27	Transport Layer: TCP connections, flow control		-
16	W 4/28	Transport Layer: TCP connection setup, flow control, congestion control, fairness		-
Lab 5	Th 4/29	Exploring TCP	Lab 4 due; Lab 5 assigned	-
17	M 5/3	Network Layer: Introduction	HW2 due; HW3 assigned	HW2 Sol
18	T 5/4	Network Layer: Routers, router hardware, LPM	KR Ch4	L18
19	W 5/5	Network Layer: IP, Fragmentation, IP addressing		-
-	Th 5/6	Quiz 1 Review (covers application and transport layers, CH1-3)	Sample F09	-
20	M 5/10	Quiz 1 (in-class, 50 minutes, open-book, open-notes, no electronics)		Quiz1 Sol
21	T 5/11	Network Layer: DHCP, CIDR, subnets		-
22	W 5/12	Network Layer: NAT, ICMP, IPv6, routing intro		-
Lab 6	Th 5/13	Optional; HW3 review, thesis discussions, etc.	Lab 5 due	-
23	M 5/17	Network Layer: Link state routing	HW3 due; HW4 assigned	HW3 Sol
24	T 5/18	Network Layer: Distance vector routing		-
25	W 5/19	Network Layer: BGP		L25
Lab 7	Th 5/20	Practical BGP	Lab 6 due; Lab 7 assigned	-
26	M 5/24	Broadcast and multicast routing		-
27	T 5/25	Link Layer: Introduction	KR Ch5	L28
28	W 5/26	Link Layer: CRC and ALOHA, CSMA/CD	HW4 due; HW5 assigned	HW4 Sol
Lab 8	Th 5/27	Exploring IP	Lab 7 due; Lab 8 assigned	-
-	M 5/31	No class, memorial day		-
29	T 6/1	Link Layer: MAC Addresses, Ethernet, ARP
30	W 6/2	Link Layer: Ethernet, learning bridges, VLANs, PPP
Lab 9	Th 6/3	Ethernet	Lab 8 due; Lab 9 assigned	-
31	M 6/7	Tying it all together: life of a web request	HW5 due	HW5 Sol
32	T 6/8	Quiz 2 Review (cumulative; emphasis on CH4-5)
33	W 6/9	Quiz 2 (covers all material, 110 minutes, open-book, open-notes)

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