Instructor: Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis

Lectures: Monday and Wednesday 12:30PM-1:45PM (O'Shaughnessy Hall 109)

Instructor's Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2PM-3PM and by appointment

Location: Fitzpatrick 356C and on zoom

Teaching Assistant (TA): Annapurna Bisalamma Puttaswamy

TA's Office Hours: Thursday 11:30AM-1:30PM and by appointment 

Location: Fitzpatrick 150B and on zoom

Course Overview

Study of the TCP/IP protocol architecture. Students will understand how the Internet operates and what its building blocks are. Future Internet technologies may be covered if time permits.

Grading Scheme

• Final exam (20%)

• Midterm exam (20%)

• Semester project on TCP file transfers in C/C++ (25%)

• Homeworks (30%)

• Participation (5%)

Textbook

James. F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, “Computer Networking: A top-down approach”, 7th edition

Course Schedule 

Week 1 (January 16 - January 22)

• No class on January 16 (Martin Luther King Day) 

• January 18, Lecture 1: Introduction (part 1)

Week 2 (January 23 -January 29) 

• January 23, Lecture 2: Introduction (part 2)

• January 25, Lecture 3: Application Layer (part 1)

Week 3 (January 30 - February 5)

• January 30, Lecture 4: Application Layer (part 2) -- Homework 1 is out (deadline: February 6)

• February 1, Lecture 5: Transport Layer Overview -- Semester project is out (first part deadline: February 28, second part deadline: March 24, third part deadline: April 24) 

Week 4 (February 6 - February 12)

• February 6, Lecture 6: TCP (Part 1)

• February 8, Lecture 7: TCP (part 2) 

Week 5 (February 13 - February 19) 

• February 13, Lecture 8:  UDP -- Homework 2 is out (deadline: February 20)

• February 15, Lecture 9: Socket Programming Overview in C/C++ 

Week 6 (February 20 - February 26)

• February 20, Lecture 10: Semester Project Overview 

• February 22, Lecture 11: Material Recap

Week 7 (February 27 - March 5) 

• February 27, Midterm. The midterm will cover the application and transport layers.

• March 1, Lecture 12: Data plane (part 1)

Week 8 (March 6 - March 12)

• March 6, Lecture 13:  Data plane (part 2)

• March 8, Lecture 14:  Sockets programming and project recap

Week 9 (March 13 - March 19)

• No class, spring break

Week 10 (March 20 - March 26)

• March 20, Lecture 15: Control plane (part 1)

• March 22, Lecture 16: Control plane (part 2) -- Homework 3 is out (deadline: March 29)

Week 11 (March 27 - April 2) 

• March 27, Lecture 17: DNS -- Homework 4 is out (deadline: April 5)

• March 29, Lecture 18: Link Layer (part 1)

Week 12 (April 3 - April 9)

• April 3, Lecture 19: Link Layer (part 2)

• April 5, Lecture 20: Wireless and Mobile Networks (part 1)

Week 13 (April 10 - April 16) 

• No class on April 10 (Easter Holiday)

• April 12, Lecture 21: Wireless and Mobile Networks (part 2) -- Homework 5 is out (deadline: April 19)

Week 14 (April 17 - April 23)

• April 17, Lecture 22: Network security (part 1)

• April 19, Lecture 23: Network security (part 2)

Week 15 (April 24 - April 30)

• April 24, Lecture 24: Multimedia Networking -- Homework 6 is out (deadline: May 2)

• April 26, Lecture 25: Internet -- Current State of Affairs and Future Directions

Week 16 (May 1 - May 7)

• May 1, Lecture 26: Course Summary

• May 3, Lecture 27: Backup lecture (if needed)

Note

The instructor reserves the right to change the course material or dates as necessary during the semester.