CS 441

Introduction to Computer Networking

Spring 2004

TuTh 2:30-4:00pm

Bldg E3-1, Rm 2443

Class Schedule

Date	Homework	Planned Activity	Required Reading
Tue, 3/2		Introduction	Chapter 1
Thu, 3/4	#1: Write a summary of any talk of your own choice from KAIST Networking Seminar Series (Due 3/11)	No class. Attend at least two talks in the KAIST Networking Seminar Series. Meeyoung will check attendance.
Tue, 3/9	No class
Thu, 3/11		Introduction to .Net and C# environment by Yuseong Kim
Tue, 3/16	#2: Basic socket programming (Due 3/23)	Introduction to Network Architecture	Chapter 1.1. ~ 1.4.
Thu, 3/18		Network Performance Metrics	Chapter 1.5.
Tue, 3/23		No class (Makeup class will be at 2:30-4:00 on 4/15)	Chapter 2.1. ~ 2.4.
Thu, 3/25		Encoding and Framing	Chapter 2.5. ~ 2.8.
Tue, 3/30	#3: Exercises (Due 4/8) #3: Solutions	Error Detection and Reliable Transmission
Thu, 4/1		Ethernet, wireless	Chapter 3.1. ~ 3.3.
Tue, 4/6		Datagram, virtual circuit switching
Thu, 4/8		Bridges, switches	Chapter 4.1. ~ 4.2.
Tue, 4/13		Spanning tree algorithm, ATM	Chapter 4.3. ~ 4.5.
Thu, 4/15	#4: Exercises (Due 4/22)	Routing: Link State, Distance Vector
Thu, 4/22 16:00-19:00	#5: Basic packet capture programming (Due date: 5/6) IpHlpApidocnet.net.dll module	Mid-term Exam: Proctors: Yuseong Kim, Meeyoung Cha	Chapters 1 ~ 4.
Tue, 4/27		Mid-term review	Chapter 5.1. ~ 5.2.
Thu, 4/29		Intro to UDP and TCP	[1] [2] [3]
Tue, 5/4		TCP conn setup/tear-down
Thu, 5/6	#6: Exercises Part I, Part II (Due 5/18)	TCP flow control	Chapter 6.1. ~ 6.3.
Tue, 5/11	#7: Programming Assignment to add GUI to #5 (Due date: 5/20)	Intro to resource management
Thu, 5/13		TCP congestion control	Chapter 6.4. ~ 6.6.
Tue, 5/18		Queueing policies, QoS	Chapter 7.1. ~ 7.2.
Thu, 5/20	#8: Exercises (Due 6/3)	End-to-end data	Chapter 8.1. ~ 8.5.
Tue, 5/25	No Class
Thu, 5/27		Intro to network security
Mon, 5/31 12 :00-1 :00	Make-up class for 5/25	HW #9 Presentation
Tue, 6/1	#9: Programming (Due date: 6/10)	Basic security mechanisms
Thu, 6/3	#10: Exercises (Due 6/17)	Security systems (PGP, SSH)	Chapter 9.1. ~ 9.2.
Tue, 6/8		Applications	Chapter 9.3. ~ 9.5.
Thu, 6/10		Wrap-up
Thu, 6/17 16:00- 19:00		Final Exam Proctors: Yuseong Kim, Meeyoung Cha

References

[1] David Isenberg, “Rise of the Stupid Network,” Computer Telephony, August 1997, pp16-26.

[2] David Clark, “Rethinking the Design of the Internet end to end arguments vs. the brave new world,” presented at TPRC 2000, Alexandria, VA.

[3] Pablo Molinero-Fernandez, Nick McKeown, Hui Zhang, “Is IP going to take over the world (of communications)?”, HotNets-I, Princeton, NJ, October 2002.