Schedule

Week 9
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	4/4	Introduction The Network Edge (notes)	1.1: What is the Internet? (pp. 2–9) 1.2: The Network Edge (pp. 9–22)	Assignment: Assignment 1
W	4/6	The Network Core Network Metrics (notes)	1.3: The Network Core (pp. 22–35) 1.4: Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks (pp. 35–47)		Assignment: Assignment 1 (by 1:00pm)
F	4/8	Overview (notes)	1.5: Protocol Layers and Their Service Models (pp. 47–55) 1.6: Networks Under Attack (pp. 55–60) 1.7: History of Computer Networking and the Internet (pp. 60–66) 1.8: Summary (pp. 66–68)	Lab: Wireshark Assignment: Assignment 2
Week 10
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	4/11	The Application Layer Hypertext Transfer Protocol (notes)	2.1: Principles of Network Applications (pp. 83–98) 2.2: The Web and HTTP (pp. 98–116)
W	4/13	The Domain Name System (notes)	2.5: DNS – The Internet’s Directory Service (pp. 130–144)		Assignment: Assignment 2 (by 1:00pm) Quiz 1: Networking Fundamentals
F	4/15	Sockets Application Layer Wrap-Up (notes)	2.7: Socket Programming: Creating Network Applications (pp. 156–168) 2.8: Summary (pp. 168)	Lab: Simple HTTP Server	Lab: Wireshark (by 10:30pm)
Week 11
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	4/18	The Transport Layer (notes)	3.1: Introduction to Transport-Layer Services (pp. 185–191) 3.2: Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (pp. 191–198)	Assignment: Assignment 3
W	4/20	The User Datagram Protocol Reliable Data Transfer (notes)	3.3: Connectionless Transport: UDP (pp. 198–204) 3.4: Principles of Reliable Data Transfer (pp. 204–230)		Quiz 2: The Application Layer
F	4/22	The Transmission Control Protocol	3.5: Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP (pp. 230–258)	Lab: Reliable Transport Protocol	Lab: Simple HTTP Server (by 10:30pm)
Week 12
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	4/25	Congestion Control (notes)	3.6: Principles of Congestion Control (pp. 258–269) 3.7: TCP Congestion Control (pp. 269–283) 3.8: Summary (pp. 283–285)
W	4/27	The Network Layer (notes)	4.1: Introduction (pp. 305–313) 4.2: Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks (pp. 313–320)		Assignment: Assignment 3 (by 1:00pm)
F	4/29	Routing (notes)	4.3: What’s Inside a Router? (pp. 320–331)		Quiz 3: The Transport Layer
Week 13
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	5/2	The Internet Protocol (notes)	4.4: The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet (pp. 331–363)
W	5/4	Routing Algorithms Network Layer Wrap-Up	4.5: Routing Algorithms (pp. 363–383) 4.8: Summmary (pp. 412–413)	Lab: Distance Vector Routing	Lab: Reliable Transport Protocol (by 10:30pm)
F	5/6	The Link Layer (notes)	5.1: Introduction to the Link Layer (pp. 433–438) 5.2: Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques (pp. 438–445)
Week 14
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
M	5/9	Access Links and Protocols (notes)	5.3: Multiple Access Links and Protcols (pp. 445–461)		Quiz 4: The Network Layer
W	5/11	Switching (notes)	5.4: Switched Local Area Networks (pp. 461–486)
F	5/13	Wrap-Up (notes)	5.5: Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer (pp. 486–490) 5.6: Data Center Networking (pp. 490–495) 5.7: Retrospective: A Day in the Life of a Web Page Request (pp. 495–500) 5.8: Summary (pp. 500–502)		Lab: Distance Vector Routing (by 10:30pm)
Finals Week
Day	Date	Topic	Reading	Assigned	Work Due
T	5/17	Final Exam (9:00–11:00am)