| Date | Topics | Readings | Optional reading; remarks |
| L1 9/6 W | Overview, goals, logistics
Interconnections and switching |
None assigned; but read background on single-link networks (L0) | Pick up readings for next lecture |
| L2 9/11 M | Internetworking, IP, Internet
architecture
PS 1 assigned (due 9/22) |
CK74, Cla88, Hin96 | These readings were handed out in class |
| L3 9/13 W | Reliable unicast transport, TCP | JK88Read at least the Introduction, Sections 1 and 2, and Appendices A and C | |
| 9/15 F | Tutorial
on ns: network simulator
(2pm, NE43-518, Deepak) |
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| L4 9/18 M | E2E unicast congestion control
Project suggestions handed out |
JK88, CJ89, RJ90 | |
| L5 9/20 W | Active queue management
PS 1 due (in class) PS 2 assigned (due 10/2) |
FJ93, FF99 | |
| 9/25 M | Student holiday; no class! | ||
| L6 9/27 W | Fair queueing and variants | DKS90, SSZ98 | |
| 9/29 F | Project proposals due by 3pm (NE43-514) | 1-2 page description of problem statement, research goals, plan of attack | |
| 10/2 M | No class! | Work on problem set, project! | |
| L7 10/4 W | Unicast routing: distance-vector
& link-state
PS 2 due (in class) |
Huitema96 | |
| 10/9 M | Institute holiday; no class! | ||
| L8 10/11 W | Wide-area Internet routing (BGP) | LAB00 | Stewart98 |
| L9 10/16 M | Routing performance, delay & loss characteristics | Bol93, Pax96 | |
| L10 10/18 W | Multicast routing | DC90, DE+94, HC99 | |
| L11 10/23 M | Mobile routing | Joh96, SB00 | |
| L12 10/25 W | "Big Fast Routers" | P+98, McK96 | |
| L13 10/30 M | Adaptive applications, ALF | CT90, BSR99 | |
| L14 11/1 W | HTTP & streaming media | PM95, RHE99 | |
| L15 11/6 M | Multicast applications: IVS & RLM | BTW94, MJV96 | |
| 11/8 W | Mid-term (in-class) | Up to (and including) topics covered on 11/6/00 (L15) | |
| L16 11/13 M | Beyond best-effort: Why?
(Utility functions)
Initial project write-up (checkpoint) due in class |
She95
Include outline of final paper, progress so far, related work section |
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| L17 11/15 W | Beyond best-effort: How? (IntServ & DiffServ) | CSZ92, CF98 | RSVP (RFC 2205-2209) |
| L18 11/20 M | Traffic analysis and network dynamics | LTWW94, Pax97 | |
| L19 11/22 W | Reliable multicast | F+97, Pap98 | |
| L20 11/27 M | Domain Name System | MD88 | |
| L21 11/29 W | Server-based content distribution | FCAB98 | Akamai |
| 12/4 M | Project presentations | All day! | |
| 12/5 Tu | Project presentations | All day! | |
| L22 12/6 W | Peer-to-peer content distribution | Cla00 | Gnutella, Napster |
| L23 12/11 M | Network security (denial-of-service, IPSec) | SWKA00 | IPSec (RFC1825) |
| 12/12 Tu | Project papers due by 4pm in NE43-514
No extensions! |
Two copies of 8-10 page conference-style paper, 10-point font, single-spaced, with figures | |
| L24 12/13 W | Wrap-up! |