Schedule

Module 0 - What is a computer network?

Jan 22

Course overview

Optional Reading: Brief history of the Internet

Module 1 - Architecture and design principles

Jan 24

Circuit vs. Packets

Optional Reading: P&D, Section 1.2

Jan 29

Performance metrics

P&D, Section 1.3, 1.5

Jan 31

Performance (continued) and Layering

Section 1.3, 1.5

Module 2 - Gut of the network (physical layer and data link layer)

Feb 05

Physical layer – Fiber Optics

Homework 1 ReleasedHomework 1

Feb 07

Data Link Layer – CSMA/CD

P&D, Section 2.5 & Section 2.6

Feb 12

Data Link Layer – Ethernet

P&D, Section 3.2.1 & Section 3.2.2

Feb 14

Data Link Layer – Spanning Tree Protocol

P&D, Section 3.2.1 & Section 3.2.2

Feb 19

Data Link Layer – Spanning Tree Protocol (continued)

HW 1 due

Feb 19

Prelim 1 Review Session

7 - 9 PM, Gates G01

Feb 21

Prelim 1

Prelim Exam

Module 3 - Gut of the network (Network Layer)

Feb 26

No class

February break

Feb 28

Fundamentals of routing

P&D, Section 3.3

Mar 01

Homework 2 Released

Mar 04

Link State Routing

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 06

Distance Vector Routing

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 11

BGP

Mar 13

BGP

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 15

HW 2 due

Mar 18

BGP

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 20

Practical realities: switches and routers

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 25

Practical realities: switches and routers (continued)

P&D, Section 3.2, Section 3.4

Mar 25

Prelim 2 Review Session

7.30 - 930 PM, Gates G01

Mar 27

Prelim 2

Prelim Exam

Module 4 - Endpoints of the network (Reliable Transport)

April 1

No class

Spring break

April 3

No class

Spring break

April 8

Reliable Transport

April 10

Reliable Transport

April 15

TCP/IP

April 17

DNS

Module 5 - Advanced Topics

Apr 22

Networking for machine learning

Apr 24

Virtualization in wireless cellular networks

Apr 29

Routing in Hypescale Data Center Networks

May 1

More on datacenter networking

May 6

Final Exam

Final Exam