Course schedule

Exam dates are not subject to change.
The order of topics, homework and project deadlines are tentative and are subject to change.
Reading is based on the 7th edition of the textbook, and papers listed on the Readings tab.
You must submit your written commentary on the assigned paper readings on Blackboard by midnight the day before class.

Week	Date	Lecture topic	Reading	Projects
Introduction
Week   1	25-Aug	Class overview.   Internet evolution and architecture.	1.1, 1.2, 1.3,   [Clark88]
	27-Aug	Measuring the performance of computer networks. Protocol layers and service models	1.4, 1.5, [Saltzer+84]
Application layer
Week   2	1-Sep	Application   architectures. WWW and HTTP.	2.1, 2.2
	3-Sep	DNS	2.4
Week   3	8-Sep	Peer-to-peer	2.5, [Duan+12]
	10-Sep	Internet video. Content delivery networks.	2.6, [Saroiu+02]	Project 1 assigned
Transport layer
Week   4	15-Sep	Wrap up applications.   Socket programming. Project 1.	2.8
	17-Sep	Intro to the transport layer. Multiplexing and demultiplexing. Connectionless transport (UDP)	3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Week   5	22-Sep	Principles of   reliable transport. Pipelined protocols.	3.4
	24-Sep	TCP	3.5
Week   6	29-Sep	Intro to congestion   control. Congestion control in TCP	3.6, 3.7,   [Jacobson88], [Chiu+89]
	1-Oct	Wrap up the transport layer	3.7
Week   7	6-Oct	Exam 1 review	All material so far	Project 1 due
	8-Oct	Exam 1	All material so far
Network layer
Week   8	13-Oct	Intro to the network   layer. Virtual circuits vs. datagram networks.	4.1.
	15-Oct	Router design. Packet scheduling and active queue management.	4.2, [Floyd+93], [Demers+89]
Week   9	20-Oct	Internet Protocol   (IP). IP addressing. NAT. ICMP. IPv6	4.3
	22-Oct	Routing algorithms.	5.2
Week   10	27-Oct	Routing in the   Internet.	5.3, 5.4	Project 2 assigned
	29-Oct	Software-defined networking	4.4, 5.5
Data link layer
Week   11	3-Nov	Intro to the Data   Link Layer. Error detection and correction	6.1, 6.2
	5-Nov	Multiple access links and protocols.	6.3
Distributed systems
Week   12	10-Nov	Overview of   distributed systems	2 (Coulouris)
	12-Nov	Time and logical clocks	14 (Coulouris)
Week   13	17-Nov	Fault tolerance and   concensus	15 (Coulouris)	Project 2 due
	19-Nov	Exam 2 review	All material since after exam 1
Week   14	24-Nov	Exam 2	All material since   after exam 1