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 6th 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	Homework	Projects
Introduction
W1	08/27	Class overview. Internet evolution and architecture.	1.2, 1.3, [Clark88]
	08/29	Delay, packet loss and throughput.	1.4
Application Layer
W2	09/03	Class cancelled due to power outage.
	09/05	Applications. WWW and HTTP	2.1, 2.2
W3	09/10	Internet architecture. Layering. The end-to-end argument. Email. FTP.	1.5, [Saltzer+84], [Clark88], 2.3
	09/12	DNS	2.4	HW1 assigned
W4	09/17	DNS contd. Peer-to-peer	2.5, [Duan+12], [Anonymous14]
	09/19	Peer-to-peer contd. Internet video	2.6, [Lian+07], [Damiani+02]
W5	09/24	Content distribution networks	2.6
	09/26	Wrap up application layer. Socket programming.	2.7	HW1 due
Transport Layer
W6	10/01	Intro to transport layer. Connectionless transport (UDP).	3.1, 3.2, 3.3	HW2 assigned.
	10/03	Principles of reliable transport.	3.4
W7	10/08	Pipelined protocols. TCP.	3.5, [Cerf+87]
	10/10	TCP contd. Intro to congestion control.	3.6
W8	10/15	TCP congestion control.	3.7, [Jacobson88], [Chiu+89]	HW2 due
	10/17	Exam 1 review	Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and the assigned papers.
W9	10/22	Exam 1	Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and the assigned papers.
	10/24	No class. Conference travel.
Network Layer
W10	10/29	Intro to networking. Virtual circuits vs. datagram networks.	4.1, 4.2		Project assigned
	10/31	Routing behavior on the Internet. Project.	[Paxon+96]. Project assignment.
W11	11/05	No class. Conference travel.
	11/07	Router design. Packet scheduling and Active queue management.	4.3, [Floyd+93], [Demers+89]	HW3 assigned
W12	11/12	Internet Protocol (IP). IP addressing. NAT. ICMP. IPv6.	4.4
	11/14	Routing algorithms. Data analysis for Project 2.	4.5
W13	11/19	Routing in the Internet.	4.6
	11/21	Wrap up the Network layer		HW3 due
Data Link Layer
W14	11/26	Intro to Data Link Layer. Error detection and correction.	5.1, 5.2	HW4 assigned
	11/28	Multiple access links and protocols.	5.3		Project due
W15	12/03	Exam 2 review	Chapters 4, 5 and the assigned papers.	HW4 due
	12/05	Exam 2	Chapters 4, 5 and the assigned papers.