Lecture notes will be posted right after each class.
Note: Schedules are subject to changes, please check back frequently.
| Date | Lecture notes | Readings |
| Sep 5, Wednesday | Introduction | Kurose/Ross chapter 1, 2.7-2.8 |
| Sep 7, Friday | Special substitution class (11am): Data link overview | Kurose/Ross 5.1-5.2 |
| Sep 10, Monday | Multiple access protocols Guest lecture by Prof. Sandhya Dwarkadas |
Kurose/Ross 5.3 |
| Sep 12, Wednesday | Moved to 11am Sep 7, Friday | |
| Sep 17, Monday | Ethernet | Kurose/Ross 5.4-5.5 |
| Sep 19, Wednesday | LAN Interconnect | Kurose/Ross 5.6-5.8 |
| Sep 24, Monday | Overview on network routing | Kurose/Ross 4.1-4.3 |
| Sep 26, Wednesday | More on network routing | Kurose/Ross 4.5 |
| Oct 1, Monday | The Internet protocol (IP) | Kurose/Ross 4.4, 4.6 |
| Oct 3, Wednesday | IPv6 and multicast routing | Kurose/Ross 4.7 |
| Oct 8, Monday | Fall break | |
| Oct 10, Wednesday | Transport layer overview and UDP | Kurose/Ross 3.1-3.3 |
| Oct 15, Monday | Reliable data transfer | Kurose/Ross 3.4 |
| Oct 17, Wednesday | TCP | Kurose/Ross 3.5 |
| Oct 22, Monday | Congestion control | Kurose/Ross 3.6-3.7 |
| Oct 24, Wednesday | Midterm | |
| Oct 29, Monday | Applications: HTTP, Email, and DNS | Kurose/Ross 2.1-2.6 |
| Oct 31, Wednesday | Peer-to-peer networks | Kurose/Ross 2.6 |
| Nov 5, Monday | Internet overlay networks | |
| Nov 7, Wednesday | Wide-area content distribution | |
| Nov 12, Monday | Scalable Internet servers and load balancing | |
| Nov 14, Wednesday | Wireless networks and mobility | Kurose/Ross chapter 6 |
| Nov 19, Monday | Multimedia networking | Kurose/Ross 7.1-7.4 |
| Nov 21, Wednesday | Thanksgiving recess | |
| Nov 26, Monday | Dependable network services Guest lecture by Christopher Stewart |
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| Nov 28, Wednesday | Quality of service | Kurose/Ross 7.5-7.6 |
| Dec 3, Monday | Principles of network security | Kurose/Ross 8.1-8.4 |
| Dec 5, Wednesday | Network security in practice | Kurose/Ross 8.5-8.9 |
| Dec 10, Monday | More on network security | |
| Dec 12, Wednesday | Review |