CS 3516 - Computer Networks - B24
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Fri. 9/23 21:34:50 EST 2024
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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