Schedule
Course Schedule, Slides, and Homeworks
Note on the readings: the section (§) symbol refers to chapters from the Computer Networks: A Systems Approach textbook. Daggers (†) refer to chapters from the Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design textbook.
| Dates | Slides | Readings | Homework | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 10 | Intro, History | Beej’s Guide | ||
| Sept. 13-17 | Architecture, Physical Layer | §1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.3, §2.4-2.8 | Proj. 1 due Sept. 17 | |
| Sept. 20-24 | Data Link Layer, Bridging and Switching | §3.1, 3.4 | Hw. 1 due Sept. 24 | |
| Sept. 27-Oct. 1 | Network Layer | §3.2 | Proj. 2 due Oct. 1 | |
| Oct. 4-8 | Intra-domain Routing | §3.3 | Hw. 2 due Oct. 8 | |
| Oct. 11-15 | Inter-domain Routing | §4.1 | Proj. 3 milestone due Oct. 15 | |
| Oct. 18-22 | Transport Layer | §5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.4 | Hw. 3 due Oct. 22 | Proj. 3 due Oct. 22 |
| Oct. 25-29 | NAT, DNS | §9.3 | Hw. 4 due Oct. 29 | |
| Nov. 1-5 | Distributed Systems Overview | †5; §9.1 | Hw. 5 due Nov. 5 | Proj. 4 due Nov. 5 |
| Nov. 8-12 | Web, Time | §9.4; †10.4-10.7, 14 | Hw. 6 due Nov. 12 | |
| Nov. 15-19 | Fault Tolerance and Consensus | §8 | Hw. 7 due Nov. 19 | Proj. 5 due Nov. 19 |
| Nov. 23 | P2P and BitTorrent | §9.4; †10.4-10.7, 14 | ||
| Nov. 29-Dec. 3 | Overlay Networks | Hw. 8 due Dec. 3 | Proj. 6 milestone due Dec. 3 | |
| Dec. 7 | Transport Layer Security | Hw. 9 due Dec. 10 | ||
| Dec. 13-17 | Finals Week | Hw. 10 due Dec. 14 | Proj. 6 due Dec. 17 |