| Day/Date | Topic Covered | Required Readings/Handouts | Optional Readings/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon (8/29/11) | Hardware and software components | 1.1 | |
| Wed (8/31/11) | The network edge, layered architecture | 1.2, 1.5 | |
| Mon (9/5/11) | No class due to Labor Day | ||
| Wed (9/7/11) | Circuit switching vs packet switching, bandwidth, delay, throughput | 1.3, 1.4 | 6 ways your car can spy on you |
| Mon (9/12/11) | Shannon's theorem, security considerations, history | 1.6, 1.7 | |
| Wed (9/14/11) | HTTP and the Web | 2.1, 2.2 | |
| Mon (9/19/11) | FTP, SMTP | 2.3, 2.4 | |
| Wed (9/21/11) | DNS | 2.5 | |
| Wed (9/26/11) | DNS continued | 2.5 | |
| Wed (9/28/11) | UDP | 3.1-3.3 | |
| Mon (10/3/11) | Peer-to-peer applications | 2.6 | Slides from Prof. Kapadia's lecture are here |
| Wed (10/5/11) | TCP header, connection establishment, reliability | 3.4, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 | |
| Mon (10/10/11) | Timeout estimation, details of reliable data transfer | 3.5.3, 3.5.4 | |
| Wed (10/12/11) | Flow control, congestion control | 3.5.5, 3.7 | |
| Mon (10/17/11) | Router-assisted congestion control, triggering transmission at the sender | handout 1, handout 2 | |
| Wed (10/19/11) | IPv4 header format | 4.4.1 | |
| Mon (10/24/11) | IPv4 addressing, DHCP, NAT | 4.4.2 | |
| Wed (10/19/11) | ICMP, IPv6 | 4.4.3, 4.4.4 | |
| Mon (10/31/11) | Midterm exam (9:30 am-10:45 am, LH 102) | ||
| Wed (11/2/11) | Intra-domain routing | 4.5.1, 4.6.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.2, handout on intra-domain routing | |
| Mon (11/7/11) | Inter-domain routing | 4.6.3 | Is the Internet ready for ECN? |
| Wed (11/9/11) | Longest prefix match | Survey
and taxonomy of IP address lookup algorithms Paper from IEEE Network Magazine'01 | |
| Mon (11/14/11) | Link layer error detection and correction | 5.1, 5.2 | |
| Wed (11/16/11) | Multiple access protocols | 5.3 | |
| Mon (11/21/11) | Midterm solutions, link layer addressing | 5.4 | |
| Wed (11/23/10) | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Mon (11/28/11) | Ethernet, Switching, WiFi | 5.5, 5.6, 6.3.1, 6.3.2 | Make sure to read 5.8 for an overview of all protocols involved during a web page request |
| Wed (11/30/11) | Security | Chapter 8 | |
| Mon (12/5/11) | Recap lecture | ||
| Wed (12/7/11) | Final exam (9:30 am-10:45 am, LH 102) |