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This calendar contains links to lecture and tutorial notes, reading assignments, and key project and quiz dates.

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This course is structured in three modules: Internetworking and routing; Resource management; and Network services. The modules are inter-related.
Lecture numbers (L1, L2, etc.) are linked to corresponding lecture notes. Generally, these will appear on this page soon after the lecture. Not all notes are in flowing text; usually they are in bullet form and highlight things I consider important about each paper or the area being discussed.
For all lectures, you MUST try and read the assigned papers BEFORE lecture. I will not repeat a lot of detail of what's in the paper, but instead focus only on a few important pieces, and give you a flavor of other work in the area as well. You're likely to get the most out of each lecture if you read the material beforehand.
Pay attention to the due dates for problem sets, project proposal, project interim status, and other deadlines. All deadlines are hard.
The paper codes refer to papers found on the course-reading list.
Paper codes in parentheses (e.g., (RJ90)) are optional reading. Read some of these if you have time, or are especially interested in the corresponding material. You'll learn a great deal and may find it useful for your project. We won't hand these papers out in class; in most cases, Web links are available.


LEC # / TUT #	TOPICS	READINGS	OPTIONAL READINGS; REMARKS


L1	L0 for background (PDF) Part I: Internetworking and Routing Packet Switching (PDF) A Simple Network	L0 for background


L2	The Internetworking Problem (PDF) The IP/TCP Split Connections Scaling IP	CK74, Cla88


L3	Scaling IP (cont.) (PDF) Routers: Forwarding and Routing The IP Forwarding Path	Hin96, BCDP97


T1	Tutorial on useful tools (PDF)


L4	Unicast Internet Routing: Intra- and Inter-Domain Routing (PDF) Project suggestions handed out; proposals due 1 day after T3	L4 notes	(Nor00) For intra-domain routing background, see any undergraduate text's routing chapter. You should be familiar with distance-vector and link-state routing.


L5	Internet Routing-in-the-Wild	Pax97


T2	Intro to the ns2 Network Simulator (PDF)


L6	Router Design and Implementation	P+98, McK96


L7 [Lecturer: Nick Feamster]	Security Problems with the Internet Architecture (PDF)	Bel89, Sno+01	IPSec (RFC1825)


T3	Tutorial on IPv6 (PDF)


	Project Proposals Due (3 days after T3). Three hard copies.


L8	Part II: Resource Management End-to-End Congestion Control (PDF)	JK88, CJ89


L9	Router-Assisted Congestion Control: Active Queue Management (PDF)	FJ93, KHR02


L10	Fair Queuing and Variants (PDF)	DKS90, SSZ98


L11 [Lecturer: Jacob Strauss]	Modeling and Measurement-I: Packet Trains Slides (PDF)	DJ02	(Bol93)


T5	TCP Congestion Control Impediments


L12	Adaptive Network Applications Nick's CM slides (PDF) Xiaowei's ALF slides (PDF)	CT90, BSR99


T6	Quiz 1 Review


	Quiz 1: In Class (4 days after T6)	All material covered so far.


	Project Meetings (2 days after Quiz 1)


T7	Tutorial: Project Office Hours


L13	QoS-I: Why QoS; Basic Models and Architecture (PDF)	She95, CSZ92


L14	QoS-II: Mechanisms and Properties	CF98	RSVP (Z+95) (RFC 2205-2209)


T8	Tutorial: Project Office Hours


L15 (Notes from Fall 01)	Modeling and Measurement-II: Traffic Self-Similarity; Virus Propagation (PDF)	WGJPS01, SPW02


L16	Part III: Communication and Network Services P2P Networks Distributed Hash Table (DHT) Abstraction and Algorithms	SMKKB01, BKKMS03	(Cla00)


T9


L17 [Lecturer: Nick Feamster]	Routing in Overlay Networks (PDF)	ABKM01, Sto+02


L18	DNS (PDF) Resource Discovery Other Examples of Lookups Project write-up (checkpoint) due in class	JSBM01	Include outline of final paper, progress so far, related work section.


T10


L19	Wireless and Mobility: MAC Protocols, Routing	BDSZ94, BMJ+98


L20	Wireless Protocols: Data Transport and Sensor Data Dissemination (Cross-Layer Protocols)	BSK95, IGE00


T11	Anonymity (PDF)


L21	Group Communication: Multicast Routing and Transport	MS97, Flo+97


L22	Multicast (cont.); Scalability and Robustness in Networks (PDF)	ASSW02


	Project Presentations (2 days after L22)		All Day


	Project Presentations (3 days after L22)		All Day


	Quiz 2: In class (7 days after L22)


	Project Papers Due (3 days after Quiz 2) (Two copies of 8-10 page conference-style paper, 10-point font, single-spaced, double-column. Page count includes figures, tables, etc.)		No extensions!

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