W	Lec	Topics Covered	HW	Supplementary
0 09/02	Lec0	Course Overview
1 16/02	Lec1	Computer Networks, and the Internet What’s the Internet, What’s a protocol? Network Edge, Network Core, Access Net, Physical Media, Internet/ISP Structure, Performance: Loss, Delay, Protocol Layers, Service Models	#1	Textbook: Chapter 1 Supp1-Delay_Loss_Throughput Supp2-OSI-TCPI-IP_Comparison Java Applets       Videos TCP/IP and the OSI Model Explained! Understanding the OSI Reference Model   Propagation Delay and Transmission Delay Traceroute
2 23/02	Lec2	Application Layer: Principles of Network Applications, Socket Programming with TCP and UDP		Textbook: Chapter 2 Supp-Socket Programming Supp-Socket Programming Examples
3 02/03	Lec3	Application Layer: DNS, Web and HTTP		Google-HTTP-DNS-Example Supp-HTTP-Wireshark HTTP-Cookies and Advertising Content Distribution Networks
4 09/03	Lec4	Application Layer: FTP, Electronic Mail: SMTP, POP3, and IMAP, P2P Applications	#2
5 16/03	Lec5	Transport Layer: Transport-Layer services, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Connectionless Transport: UDP, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer		Textbook: Chapter 3
6 23/03	Lec6	Transport Layer: Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP, Principles of Congestion Control, TCP Congestion Control	#3	Supp-Transport
7 30/03		Midterm Exam I:  Time:     Place:
8 06/04	Lec7	Network Layer: Introduction, Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks, What’s Inside a Router, IP: Internet Protocol: IP Datagram Format, IP Datagram Fragmentation, IPv4 Addressing, DHCP, NAT, ICMP, IPv6		Textbook: Chapter 4
9 13/04		Network Layer: DHCP, NAT, ICMP, IPv6 Overview and problem solving for the Midterm Exam
10 20/04	Lec8 Lec9	Network Layer: Routing Algorithms: Link State, Distance Vector, Hierarchical Routing  Routing in the Internet: RIP, OSPF, BGP, Broadcast and multicast routing	#4
11 27/04	Lec10	Link Layer: Links, Access Networks, and LANs: Introduction and Services, Error Detection and Correction, Multiple Access Protocols		Textbook: Chapter 5
12 04/05	Lec11	Link Layer: Links, Access Networks, and LANs: LANs: Addressing, ARP, Ethernet, Switches, VLANs
13 11/05	Lec12	Link Layer: Links, Access Networks, and LANs: Link Virtualization: MPLS, Data Center Networking, A Day in the Life of a Web Request	#5	Textbook: Chapter 5 Supp-Putting it All Together MPLS (short), MPLS (long)    Videos Explore a Google data center with Street View Google container data center
14 18/05	Lec13	Wireless and Mobile Networks: Wireless LANs		Textbook: Chapter 6
20/05		Midterm Exam II

Important Notes

	This is the syllabus (Course Information Form) given to students at the beginning of the semester.
	The lecture schedule given in the syllabus is tentative and updated here weekly. Look at this table once a week.
	You can download the power slides of the textbook from this address.
	Almost all the slides used during the semester will be available via the following links.
	I may skip several slides during the lecture (The slides given would be generally too much!). They are included in the course material for completeness and to provide a good reference for your future professional engineering life.
	To follow the lecture and understand the materials presented in class better, get the lecture slides and take the print-outs of them, and please bring them to class.
	Purposes for bringing slides to class: 1) To allow better concentration in lecture by reducing note-taking pressure and to provide a study-aid before and after lecture. 2) You can take your notes on these slides and be active during the lecture. You digest material much better when you actively take notes from step-to-step demonstrations given by your instructor than by just sitting and watching slides.
	Disclaimers: (a) I may not follow these slides exactly in class (b) I may also use the whiteboard and give some extra notes which will not be posted here as needed in class (c) Students are responsible for what I say and teach in class. (d) Reading these slides is not a substitute for attending lecture.