CS 634 - Computer Networking and the Internet
Spring ’04  Schedule (Interim)

(Revised 3-13-04)

 
'Week'
Date
Topics
Reading*
1
1/29
Course Introduction
Overview of Networking Strategies
HB/Chap. 1 and Sects. 11.1-11.5 
AT/Sect. 1.1-1.4, 1.6, 1.8
2
2/5
Probability Models, Network Traffic,
Multiaccess Network Strategies
Class Notes,
AT/Sect. 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2
3
2/12
LAN Technology (esp. Ethernet)
AT/Sect. 1.5.3, 4.3
4
2/19
LAN Technology (Wireless Ethernet)
AT/ Sect. 1.5.4, 4.2.6, 4.4
5
2/26
LAN Bridges and LAN Switching AT/Sect. 4.7
6
3/4
Network Layer, Routing Algorithms
  See Agts. on Blackboard
7
3/11
Midterm Exam 

 
3/18
Spring Break

8
3/25 Internetworking and IPv4  See Agts. on Blackboard
9
4/1
Transport Layer and TCP/UDP
  
10
4/8
Network Security, BNF and DNS
  
11
4/15
Network Programming (Sockets API)
 
12
4/22
Applications (TBA)
 
13
4/29
Presentations
 
14
5/6
Final Exam

*Reading References

HB -  H. Blum, Introduction to Data Communications and Networking
AT -  A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks (4th ed.)


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