

CS 3516 - Computer Networks - A20
Version:
Mon. 08/12 21:34:50 EST 2020


Tentative Schedule (Subject to Changes):
Lecture Zoom link and passcode: Available on Canvas
+-1. Week 1 (8/31 M):
Topics: Class Logistics (Slides); Overview of Networking Basics (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 1.1-1.2.
+-2. Week 1 (9/1 T):
Topics: Network Core (packet switching and circuit switching).(Slides)
Readings: Chapter 1.3
Lab 1 starts.
+-3. Week 1 (9/3 R):
+-4. Week 1 (9/4 F):
Topics: Network Core (continued) and Network Performance. (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 1.3-1.4.
Lab 1 due at 23:59PM.
+-5. Week 2 (9/7 M):
Topics: Network performances: Delay, Loss, and Throughput.(Slides)
Readings: Chapter 1.4 - 1.5
+-6. Week 2 (9/8 T):
Topics: Service Models, and Application Layer Protocol Introduction (Slides).
Readings: Chapter 1.4 & 1.5
Quiz 2 in Class.
+-7. Week 2 (9/10 R):
Topics: Application Layer Protocol Introduction (Slides) and the Web and HTTP(Slides)
Readings: Chapter 2.1--2.2
+-8. Week 2 (9/11 F):
Topics: Application Layer Protocol Intro (Continued), Web and HTTP (continued), and Domain Name System (DNS).(Slides).
Readings: Chapter 2.2 and 2.4.
+-9. Week 3 (9/14 M):
Topics:Domain Name System (DNS) (Continued).
Readings: Chapter 2.4:
Quiz 3 in Class.
+-10. Week 3 (9/15 T):
Topics: Domain Name System (continued), and P2P applications. (Slides).
Readings: Chapter 2.3-2.5
Lab 2 starts.
+-11. Week 3 (9/17 R):
Topics: P2P applications, and SMTP(Slides).
Readings: Chapter 2.5;
Quiz 4 in Class.
Project 1 due at 23:59PM.
Project 2 starts.
+-12. Week 3 (9/18 F):
Topics: Transport Layer Protocol Introduction, UDP transmission. (Slides) and Reliable data transmission. (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 3.1-3.3;
+-13. Week 4 (9/21 M):
Topics: Reliable data transmission (continued).
Readings: Chapter 3.4
Lab 2 due at 23:59.
Quiz 5 in Class.
+-14. Week 4 (9/22 T):
Topics: Reliable data transmission. (Continued), and mid-term review (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 3.4
Topics: intro on Project 2.(Slides)
+-15. Week 4 (9/24 R):
Topics: Optional in-person Q&A session for Mid-term at AK219 by Prof Li. (This Q&A session will not be online, and not be recorded!)
Note: An optional session. A mid-term exam review video and exam sample questions/answers are available on Canvas.
Quiz 6 for any 15 minutes between 8AM and 12PM.
+-16. Week 4 (9/25 F):
Topics: Mid-term exam.
Readings: N/A.
+-17. Week 5 (9/28 M):
Topics: TCP. (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 3.5.
+-18. Week 5 (9/29 T):
Topics: TCP. (Continued!)
Readings: Chapter 3.5.
+-19. Week 5 (10/1 R):
Topics: Network layer intro.(Slides)
Readings: Chapter 4.1, 4.3.
+-20. Week 5 (10/2 F):
Topics: IP addressing/Subnet. (slides) (Undated on 10/05).
Readings: Chapter 4.3.
Quiz 7 in Class.
+-21. Week 6 (10/5 M):
Topics: IP addressing and subnet (Continued.).
Readings: Chapter 4.3 and 5.2.
Project 2: due at 23:59PM.
Project 3 starts.
+-22. Week 6 (10/6 T):
Topics: Routing protocols (Link state routing and distance vector routing).(slides)
Readings: Chapter 5.2.
+-23. Week 6 (10/8 R):
Topics: Routing Protocols (Continued!), IPv6, and Intra-Domain Routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP). (slides) (Updated on 10/09!).
Readings: Chapter 5.2, Chapter 4.3 and 5.3-5.4
+-24. Week 6 (10/9 F):
Topics: IPv6, and Intra-Domain Routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP) (Continued!!!)
Readings: Chapter 4.3 and 5.3-5.4.
Quiz 8 in Class.
+-25. Week 7 (10/12 M):
Topics: Inter-Domain routing (BGP) (Slides) (Updated on 10/12!), Link Layer (Intro, Error Detection and Correction, ARP, Ethernet).(Slides)(Updated on 10/13!)
Readings: Chapter 6.4.
Lab 3 starts.
+-26. Week 7 (10/13 T):
Topics: Link Layer (Continued!) and Final exam review (Slides)
Readings: Chapter 6.4.
+-27. Week 7 (10/14 W): Wednesday: No Lecture. Quiz 9
Quiz 9 on Canvas:Any 15 minutes between 8AM and 5PM..
Note:You can choose to take it during Wednesday TA Zoom office hours (9:30AM-11AM by Heshan, and 1-2:30PM by Menghai), so you can ask questions during the quiz..
+-28. Week 7 (10/15 R):
Topics: Optional in-person Q&A session for mid-term at AK219 by Prof Li. (This Q&A session will not be online, and not be recorded!)
Note:An optional session. A final exam review video and exam sample questions/answers will be available on Canvas.
Project 3: due at 23:59PM.
Lab 3: due at 23:59PM.
+-29. Week 7 (10/16 F):
Topics: Final exam.
Readings: NA.
yli15 at wpi.edu
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