Introduce typical Network applications

• Request response. e.g. SMTP, HTTP, ftp, Kazaa, ..
• Real time traffic. e.g. RTP, H.323, VOIP

Reference: Chapter 9.2: Traditional applications and Chapter 9.3: Multimedia applications, Chapter 6 (Kurose and Ross)

Develop a simple network programs; client-server and peer-to-peer apps

Reference: Chapter 1.4.2

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P2P applications; Napster, Gnutella, Kazaa, BitTorrent, Oceanstore

Reference: Chapter 9.4

Home work project 1 assigned

Network architecture (layering and protocols)

Reference: Chapter 1, 2.1

Chapter 2: Direct Link Networks (Problem: Physically connecting hosts)
Section: 2.2 - 2.3 (Encoding, Framing)

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Class cancelled

Chapter 2.4: Error detection

Chapter 2.5 Reliable Transmission (Stop-and-wait, Sliding Window)

Home work project 1 due

Home work assignment 1 assigned

Home work project 2 assigned

Chapter 2.6: Ethernet, Chapter 2.8: Wireless (broadcast media networks)

Chapter 2.7: Token Ring, Chapter 3.3: Slotted Access Networks/ATM

ADSL, Cable, Cellular (2G, 2.5G, 3G), Bluetooth etc.

Home work assignent 1 due

Home work assignment 2 assigned

Chapter 3.1: Switching and Forwarding

Out of town. Guest lecture: William Acosta

Sample C code for a simple ARQ

Chapter 3.2: Bridges and LAN switches, Brief look at Sections 3.3-3.4 (Cell switching and Performance)

Home work project 2 due

Home work assignment 2 due

Mid term exam

Chapter 4.1: Internetworking

Home work project 3 assigned

Chapter 4.2.1 & 4.2.2: Routing - Distance Vector

Chapter 4.2.2 Routing - Link state

Home work assignment 3 assigned

Chapter 4.3: Global Internet

Chapter 4.3: Global Internet (cont.)

Home work project 3 due

Chapter 5: End-to-end protocols (Problem: Getting processes to communicate)
Section 5.1 and 5.2: UDP and TCP

Home work project 4 asssigned

Chapter 6: Congestion Control and Resource Location (Problem: Allocating Resources) Section: 6.1-6.2 (Resource Allocation, Queueing)

Home work assignment 3 due

Home work assignment 4 assigned

Chapter 6.3: TCP Congestion Control

Chapter 5.2: TCP (continued) + TCP variants

Chapter 6.4: Congestion avoidance

Chapter 8: Network security (Problem: Securing the data)

Home work assignment 4 due

Chapter 8: Network security (cont.)

Home work project 4 due

Review and final thoughts