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Tentative schedule. Subject to change as we progress through the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day<\/strong><\/th>Day of the week<\/strong><\/th>Topics to be covered<\/strong><\/th>Chapter in the book<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>
25 August <\/td>Monday<\/td>Administrivia. Basic concepts – Network, Internet, Protocol, hosts, access network, media<\/td>Chapter 1<\/td><\/tr>
27 August<\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Packet switching versus circuit switching<\/td>Chapter 1<\/td><\/tr>
29 August<\/td>Friday<\/td>Loss, delay, throughput<\/td>Chapter 1<\/td><\/tr>
1-September <\/td>Monday<\/td>Labor Day, No Classes<\/td>Chapter 1<\/td><\/tr>
3-September <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Protocols, layers, service models<\/td>Chapter 1<\/td><\/tr>
5-September <\/td>Friday<\/td>Overflow \/ Chapter 2<\/td>Chapter 1\/2<\/td><\/tr>
8-September <\/td>Monday<\/td>Principles of network applications, Web \/ HTTP<\/td>Chapter 2<\/td><\/tr>
10-September <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Web \/ HTTP, Cookies, Web caches<\/td>Chapter 2<\/td><\/tr>
12-September <\/td>Friday<\/td>Email, SMTP, IMAP<\/td>Chapter 2<\/td><\/tr>
15-September <\/td>Monday<\/td>DNS<\/td>Chapter 2<\/td><\/tr>
17-September <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Application layer wrap-up<\/td>Chapter 2<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Self Study: Socket Programming with UDP and TCP<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
19-September <\/td>Friday<\/td>Transport layer: Intro, multiplexing \/ demultiplexing<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
22-September <\/td>Monday<\/td>Exam on Chapters 1 and 2<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
24-September <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Connectionless service (UDP), Internet checksum, Intro to reliable data transfer<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
26-September <\/td>Friday<\/td>Reliable data transfer<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
29-September <\/td>Monday<\/td>Reliable data transfer<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
1-October <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>TCP, segment structure, flow control<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
3-October <\/td>Friday<\/td>TCP congestion control and fairness<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
6-October <\/td>Monday<\/td>Transport layer wrap-up<\/td>Chapter 3<\/td><\/tr>
8-October <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Exam on Chapter 3<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10-October <\/td>Friday<\/td>Network layer: Data plane intro, routers, buffering, forwarding<\/td>Chapter 4<\/td><\/tr>
13-October <\/td>Monday<\/td>Internetworking, addressing, subnetting, NAT<\/td>Chapter 4<\/td><\/tr>
15-October <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Internetworking, addressing, subnetting, NAT<\/td>Chapter 4<\/td><\/tr>
17-October <\/td>Friday<\/td>Forwarding, IPv6, OpenFlow, Middleboxes<\/td>Chapter 4<\/td><\/tr>
20-October <\/td>Monday<\/td>Forwarding, IPv6, OpenFlow, Middleboxes<\/td>Chapter 4<\/td><\/tr>
22-October <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Network layer: Control plane intro, routing protocols<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
24-October<\/td>Friday<\/td>Exam on Chapter 4<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
27-October <\/td>Monday<\/td>Routing: Distance vector and link-state routing<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
29-October <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Routing: Distance vector and link-state routing<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
31-October <\/td>Friday<\/td>Intra-ISP routing. OSPF, BGP<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
3-November <\/td>Monday<\/td>SDN Control plane, traffic management<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
5-November <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Network Management<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
7-November <\/td>Friday<\/td>Network layer wrap up<\/td>Chapter 5<\/td><\/tr>
10-November <\/td>Monday<\/td>Exam on Chapter 5<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
12-November <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Link layer: Intro, Error detection and correction<\/td>Chapter 6<\/td><\/tr>
14-November<\/td>Friday<\/td>Multi-access protocols, TDMA, FDMA, Slotted Aloha<\/td>Chapter 6<\/td><\/tr>
17-November <\/td>Monday<\/td>CDMA, CDMA\/CD, CDMA\/CA<\/td>Chapter 6<\/td><\/tr>
19-November <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>ARP, LAN, Switches, self learning switches, VLAN<\/td>Chapter 6<\/td><\/tr>
21-November <\/td>Friday<\/td>VLANs, MPLS, Data center networks<\/td>Chapter 6<\/td><\/tr>
24-November <\/td>Monday<\/td>Thanksgiving Recess; No Classes<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
26-November <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Thanksgiving Recess; No Classes<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
28-November<\/td>Friday<\/td>Thanksgiving Recess; No Classes<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1-December <\/td>Monday<\/td>Wireless Networks (selected topics)<\/td>Chapter 7<\/td><\/tr>
3-December <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Wireless Networks (selected topics)<\/td>Chapter 7<\/td><\/tr>
5-December<\/td>Friday<\/td>Exam on Chapters 6 and 7 (selected topics)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
8-December <\/td>Monday<\/td>Network security<\/td>Chapter 8<\/td><\/tr>
10-December <\/td>Wednesday<\/td>Network security<\/td>Chapter 8<\/td><\/tr>
12-December <\/td>Friday<\/td>Network security<\/td>Chapter 8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Instructor: Indrajit Ray
Email: Indrajit.Ray\uff20colostate.edu
Phone: (970) 491-7097
Communication Policy: I use email for all communication such as meeting and regrade requests. I will respond as quickly as I can, usually within 48 hours. Never contact me via direct message on Canvas, Teams, or Slack. You might be waiting a while for a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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