Lecture notes will be posted right after each class. I may also post preliminary
lecture notes before the class, which may be updated after the class.
Note: Schedules are subject to changes, please check back frequently.
| Date | Lecture notes | Readings |
| Aug 31, Wednesday | Introduction | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) chapter 1, 2.7-2.8 |
| Sep 5, Monday | Labor Day | |
| Sep 7, Wednesday | Data link overview | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 5.1-5.2 |
| Sep 12, Monday | Multiple access protocols | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 5.3 |
| Sep 14, Wednesday | Ethernet | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 5.4-5.5 |
| Sep 19, Monday | LAN Interconnect | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 5.6-5.8 |
| Sep 21, Wednesday | Overview on network routing | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 4.1-4.3 |
| Sep 26, Monday | More on network routing | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 4.5 |
| Sep 28, Wednesday | The Internet protocol (IP) | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 4.4, 4.6 |
| Oct 3, Monday | IPv6 and multicast routing | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 4.7 |
| Oct 5, Wednesday | Transport layer overview and UDP | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 3.1-3.3 |
| Oct 10, Monday | Fall break | |
| Oct 12, Wednesday | Reliable data transfer | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 3.4 |
| Oct 17, Monday | TCP | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 3.5 |
| Oct 19, Wednesday | Congestion control | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 3.6-3.7 |
| Oct 24, Monday | Midterm | |
| Oct 26, Wednesday | Applications: HTTP, Email, and DNS | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 2.1-2.6 |
| Oct 31, Monday | Peer-to-peer networks | |
| Nov 2, Wednesday | Overlay networks | |
| Nov 7, Monday | Web performance acceleration | |
| Nov 9, Wednesday | Scalable Internet servers and load balancing | |
| Nov 14, Monday | Wireless communication links | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 6.1-6.4 |
| Nov 16, Wednesday | Wireless networks | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 6.5-6.8 |
| Nov 21, Monday | Guest lecture (Amal Fahad) | |
| Nov 23, Wednesday | Thanksgiving recess | |
| Nov 28, Monday | Multimedia networking and QoS | Kurose/Ross (5e/4e) 7.1-7.6 |
| Nov 30, Wednesday | Principles of network security | Kurose/Ross (5e) 8.1-8.3 Kurose/Ross (4e) 8.1-8.4 |
| Dec 5, Monday | Network security in practice | Kurose/Ross (5e) 8.4-8.8 Kurose/Ross (4e) 8.5-8.9 |
| Dec 7, Wednesday | More on network security | |
| Dec 12, Monday | Project demo (TBD) | |
| Dec 18, Sunday (8:30am) | Final exam |