| week |
date |
topic* |
| 0 |
Jan 20 |
Recitation canceled
|
| 1 |
Jan 25 |
Introduction:
History of data networking, evolution of the Internet,
terminology, circuit vs. packet switching, delays
|
| 1.5 |
Jan 27 |
Lecture 1 review: key terms and concepts
|
| 2 |
Feb 1 |
Network protocol stack, sockets, network programming,
threads & concurrency, mutual exclusion
|
| 2.5 |
Feb 3 |
Assignment review
Java sockets and multithreading programming walkthrough
|
| 3 |
Feb 8 |
Application layer: principles of network applications
Domain Name System,
HTTP, and FTP
|
| 3.5 |
Feb 10 |
Assignment review
Application layer: email protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP
|
| 4 |
Feb 15 |
Peer-to-peer networking:
Napster, Gnutella, Kazaa, BitTorrent
Peer-to-peer lookup: distributed hash tables
|
| 4.5 |
Feb 17 |
Review
|
| 5 |
Feb 22 |
Transport layer: multiplexing/demultiplexing, UDP, reliable data transfer
Exam 1
|
| 5.5 |
Feb 24 |
No recitation
|
| 6 |
Feb 29 |
TCP
|
| 6.5 |
Mar 2 |
Assignment review and TCP congestion control
|
| 7 |
Mar 7 |
Network layer: virtual circuit & datagram networks,
forwarding, route aggregation, subnetting, CIDR, fragmentation
Router architecture,
IP datagram format, DHCP, ICMP, Ping, Traceroute, NAT/PAT
|
| 7.5 |
Mar 9 |
Assignment review and IPv6 addressing
|
| 8 |
Mar 14 |
Spring break
|
| 9 |
Mar 21 |
Routing protocols: shortest path, Dijkstra's algorithm (
link state routing), distance vector routing
Internet routing: autonomous systems,RIP, OSPF, BGP
|
| 9.5 |
Mar 23 |
Pre-exam Review
|
| 10 |
Mar 28 |
Broadcast routing, Internet multicast
Exam 2
|
| 10.5 |
Mar 30 |
No recitation
|
| 11 |
Apr 4 |
Datalink layer: link-layer services, error detection and correction,
medium access control, ethernet, ARP
|
| 11.5 |
Apr 6 |
No recitation
|
| 12 |
Apr 11 |
Ethernet switches, VLANs
Wireless networking
Network quality of service
|
| 12.5 |
Apr 13 |
Assignment review
|
| 13 |
Apr 18 |
Firewalls, VPNs
|
| 13.5 |
Apr 20 |
Pre-exam review
|
| 14 |
Apr 25 |
Session Initiation Protocol, NAT traversal
Exam 3
|
| 14.5 |
Apr 27 |
No recitation
|
| 15 |
May 2 |
Exam review,
Software Defined Networks
|
| 16 |
May 9 |
FINAL EXAM: 8:00-10:00pm TIL-257
|
