CSc 425 -- Principles of Computer Networking, Spring 2009
Lecture Schedule, Slides and Reading Assignments
This is a tentative schedule, subject to change.
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Week One
1/14 Introduction, basic concepts. slides
reading: chapter 1.
Week Two
1/19 Holiday, no class.
1/21 Layering architecture and performance metrics slides
Week Three
1/26
Point-to-Point Links: framing, error detection, and reliable transmission.
slides
reading: 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.
1/28 Ethernet and Token Ring
slide
reading: 2.6, 2.7
Week Four
2/2 Wireless slides
reading 2.8
2/4 LAN switching slides
reading 3.1, 3.2
Week Five
2/9 ATM, switch architecture. slides
reading 3.3, 3,4
2/11 IP basics. slides
reading 4.1
Week Six
2/16 Distance Vector Routing slides
reading 4.2
2/18 Link State Routing slides
reading 4.2
Week Seven
2/23 Border Gateway Protocol slides
reading 4.3
2/25 IPv6 and Mobile IP slides
reading 4.3
Week Eight
3/2 IP Multicast slides
reading 4.4
2/25 IP Multicast, Midterm Review slides
reading 4.4
Week Nine
3/9 MPLS slides
reading 4.5
3/11 Midterm
Week Ten
Spring Break
Week Eleven
3/23 Transport Protocols slides
reading 5.1
3/25 TCP slides
reading 5.2
Week Twelve
3/30 TCP Congestion Control [slides] Reading 5.2 and 6.3
4/1 Congestion Avoidance [slides] Reading 6.4
Week Thirteen
4/6 No Class
4/8 Quality of Service [slides]
reading 6.5.1, 6.5.2
Week Fourteen
4/13 DNS [slides] reading 9.1.4
4/15 SMTP and HTTP [slides]
reading 9.1.1, 9.1.2
Week Fifteen
4/20 Multimedia Applications [slides] reading 9.3, 5.4
4/22 Overlay [slides] reading 9.4
Week Sixteen
4/27 P2P networks [slides]
4/29 Crypto Basics [slides]
reading 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Week Seventeen
5/4 Examples of secure applications [slides] reading 8.4, 8.5
5/6 Office Hour