CS 4700 & 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks

Schedule for Fall 2011

The problem sets, assignments, and labs are due before class starts unless a different time is explicitly announced.

• Week 1 (9/7):

  • Overview of Computer Networks: requirements, algorothms, architecures, protocols, APIs

• Week 2 (9/14):

  • Physical Layer, Link Layer: Links, Capacity, Framing, Error Correction, Error Detection, ARQ

• Week 3 (9/21):

  • Medium Access Control: algorithms & protocols

  • [PS1 due]

• Week 4 (9/28):

  • Queuing Theory and its Applications to Networks

  • [PS2 due]

• Week 5 (10/5):

  • Packet Switching

  • [Quiz 1]

• Week 6 (10/12):

  • Routing; Network Flows

  • [PS3 due]

• Week 7 (10/19):

  • Tunneling, Overlays, NAT, IPv6, End to End Protocols

  • [PS4 due]

• Week 8 (10/26):

  • Transport Control Protocol

  • [Quiz 2]

• Week 9 (11/2):

  • [Midterm Exam]

• Week 10 (11/9):

  • Congestion Control/Avoidance

  • [PS5 due]

• Week 11 (11/16):

  • Naming; Email

  • [Quiz 3]

• Week 12 (11/23):

  • Happy Thanksgiving

• Week 13 (11/30):

  • Content Delivery Networks; P2P; Multicast

• Week 14 (12/7):

  • Network Security

• Week 15 (12/14):

  • Final Exam