CS 441 - Introduction to Computer Networking

(Spring 2005) TuTh  9:00 - 10:30 AM, Bldg E3-1, Rm 2443

 

Class Schedule

 

Date

Homework

Planned Activity

Required Reading

Thu, 3/3

 

Class Overview

 

Tue, 3/8

 

Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet

Read Chapter 1

Thu, 3/10

 

Chapter 2: Application Layer

Read Ch. 2.1-2.3

Tue, 3/15

HW #1 (Due 4/5) score

Introduction to PlanetLab

Read [1]

Thu, 3/17

 

No Class

 

Tue, 3/22

 

 

Read 2.4.- 2.6., 2.10.

Thu, 3/24

 

Chapter 3: Transport Layer

Read 3.1.- 3.3.

Tue, 3/29

HW #2 (Due 4/19) solution

 

Read 3.4.

Read [3]

Thu, 3/31

 

 

Read 3.5.- 3.6.

Tue, 4/5

4pm

 

Make-up Class for 3/17

Introduction to KENS

Read 3.7.- 3.8.

Read [2]

Thu, 4/7

 

 

 

Tue, 4/12

 

No class

 

Thu, 4/14

HW #3 (Due 5/12) (KENS Project #1)

 

 

Tue, 4/19

HW #4 (Due 4/28) solution

 

 

Tue, 4/26

13:00-16:00

 

Mid-term Exam:

 

Thu, 4/28

 

Chapter 4: Network Layer

Read 4.1.- 4.3.

Tue, 5/3

 

 

Read 4.4.- 4.6.

Thu, 5/5

 

Holiday (no class)

 

Mon, 5/9

8pm – 9:30pm

 

Makeup class for 4/12

Read 4.7.- 4.8.

Tue, 5/10

 

 

Read 5.1 -5.3

Thu, 5/12

 

Chapter 5: Link Layer and LAN

Read 5.4. -5.6

Mon, 5/16

2% Extra Credit(Due 5/17) score

Attend talks at KNSS 2005

Read 5.4.-5.6

Tue, 5/17

HW #5 (Due 6/9) solution

 

Read 5.7-5.9

Thu, 5/19

HW #6 (Due 6/22) (KENS Project #2)

Chapter 6 : Wireless and Mobile Networks

Read 6.1-6.4

Tue, 5/24

 

 

Read 6.5-6.9

Thu, 5/26

 

No Class

 

Tue, 5/31

 

 

Read [4]

Thu, 6/2

 

Chapter 7 : Multimedia Networking

Chapter 7.1-7.5

Tue, 6/7

 

 

Chapter 7.6-7.10

Thu, 6/9

HW #7 (Due 6/24)

Chapter 8: Security in Computer Networks

Read 8.1-8.9

Tue, 6/14

 

Wrap-up

 

Tue, 6/21

13:00-

16:00

 

Final Exam:

 

 

 

[1] Brent Chun, David Culler, Timothy Roscoe, Andy Bavier, Larry Peterson, Mike Wawrzoniak, Mic Bowman, PlanetLab: An Overlay Testbed for Broad-Coverage Services," ACM Computer Communications Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, July 2003. [Local Copy] [From PlanetLab Web Page]

[2] KENS User's Guide

[3] David Clark et al., "Making the world (of communications) a different place, "Report of a working session of the End-to-End Research Group," January 2005, Version 4 3/24/05. [Local Copy]

[4] Andrew J. Viterbi, CDMA: Principles of Spread Spectrum Communications, Chapters 1 and 2, Addison-Wesley, 6th Printing, July, 1998.