WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department
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CS 3516 - Computer Networks - B24

Version: Fri. 9/23 21:34:50 EST 2024

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Home Class Info Schedule Assignments Reading Materials

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Tentative Schedule (Subject to Changes):


Slides are available on Canvas

+-1. Week 1 (10/22 T):

    Topics: Class Logistics; Overview of Networking Basics
    Readings: Chapter 1.1-1.2.
    Topics: Network Core (packet switching and circuit switching).
    Readings: Chapter 1.3
    Lab 1 starts.

+-2. Week 1 (10/25 F):

+-3. Week 2 (10/29 T):
    Topics: Network performances: Delay, Loss, and Throughput.
    Topics: Service Models, and Application Layer Protocol Introduction.
    Readings: Chapter 1.4 & 1.5
    Lab 1 due at 23:59PM.

+-4. Week 2 (11/1 F):
    Topics: Application Layer Protocol Intro, Web and HTTP, and Domain Name System (DNS).
    Readings: Chapter 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4.
    Quiz 2 in Class.

+-5. Week 3 (11/5 T): NO CLASS
    Topics: Wellness day, No Class See this link.

+-6. Week 3 (11/8 F):
    Topics: Domain Name System (continued), and P2P applications.
    Readings: Chapter 2.4-2.5
    Quiz 3 in Class.
    Lab 2 starts.

+-7. Week 4 (11/12 T):
    Topics: P2P applications.
    Readings: Chapter 2.5;
    Topics: Transport Layer Protocol Introduction, UDP transmission; and Reliable data transmission.
    Readings: Chapter 3.1-3.4;
    Quiz 4 in Class.
    Project 1 due at 23:59PM.
    Project 2 starts.

+-8. Week 4 (11/15 F):
    Topics: Reliable data transmission. (Continued), and mid-term review
    Readings: Chapter 3.4
    Topics: intro on Project 2.
    Lab 2 due at 23:59.
    Quiz 5 in Class.

+-9. Week 5 (11/19 T):
    Topics: Mid-term exam.
    Note: Exam sample questions/answers available on Canvas.
    Readings: N/A.

+-10. Week 5 (11/22 F):
    Topics: TCP.
    Readings: Chapter 3.5.

+-11. Week 6 (11/26 T):
    Topics: Network layer intro.
    Topics: IP addressing/Subnet.
    Readings: Chapter 4.1, 4.3.
    Quiz 6 in Class.

+-12. Week 6 (11/29 F): NO CLASS
    Thanksgiving break, No Class, see this link..

+-13. Week 7 (12/3 T):
    Topics: IP addressing and subnet (Continued.).
    Topics: Routing protocols (Link state routing and distance vector routing).
    Readings: Chapter 4.3 and 5.2.
    Project 2: due at 23:59PM.
    Project 3 starts.

+-14. Week 7 (12/6 F):
    Topics: Routing Protocols (Continued!), IPv6, and Intra-Domain Routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP).
    Readings: Chapter 5.2, Chapter 4.3 and 5.3-5.4
    Quiz 7 in Class.

+-15. Week 8 (12/10 T):
    Topics: Inter-Domain routing (BGP), Link Layer (Intro, ARP, Ethernet).
    Topics: Final exam review.
    Readings: Chapter 5.4, 6.1, 6.4.

+-16. Week 8 (12/13 F):
    Topics: Final exam.
    Note:Exam sample questions/answers will be available on Canvas.
    Project 3: due at 23:59PM.



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