| Mth | Day | Topic | Read before class | Slides | Events |
| Aug | 26 | Course overview and logistics;
Introduction to networking (206 review) |
Chapters 1-3, 16 | pdf
(6)
pdf (6) |
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| 28 | Communication Fundamentals;
Physical media |
Chapter 4 | pdf
(6)
pdf (6) |
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| Sep | 2 | Labor Day -- No Class | |||
| 4 | Physical media; Data encoding | Chapter 5 | pdf (6) | ||
| 9 | Data transmission: encoding, capacity | Chapter 6 | pdf (6) | ||
| 11 | Data transmission: multiplexing, info theory | H1 due | |||
| 16 | Packets and frames | Chapter 7 | pdf (6) | ||
| 18 | Local area networks | Chapters 8-9 | pdf (6) | H2 due | |
| 23 | Local area networks | Chapters 10-11 | Project
Sign-up |
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| 25 | Local loop technologies | Chapter 12 | pdf (6) | ||
| 30 | Wide area networks; Routing | Chapter 13 | pdf; ppt | ||
| Oct | 2 | Routing; Internet Routing | Chapter 25 | pdf (6) | H3 due |
| 7 | Internet Protocol: Introduction | Chapter 17 | pdf (6) | ||
| 9 | Exam 1 Review (Rosa) | H4 due | |||
| 14 | Exam 1 | ||||
| 16 | IP: subnetting; GEOS, GPS | Chapter 18 | |||
| 21 | IP: CIDR & NAT; software radio, rf-id | Chapter 19 | pdf (6) | ||
| 23 | IP datagram; smart dust | Chapters 20-21 | pdf (6) | ||
| 28 | Address Resolution, ICMP;
MANET; optical switches |
Chapter 23 | pdf (6) | ||
| 30 | IPv6; smart dust programming | Chapter 22 | pdf (6) | ||
| Nov | 4 | TCP; IP traceback, Magic Lantern | Chapter 24 | pdf (6) | |
| 6 | TCP; Freehaven, Semantic Web | H5 due | |||
| 11 | Veterans Day -- No Class | ||||
| 13 | Network Economics; RED, IPN | pdf (6) | |||
| 18 | Network Economics | ||||
| 20 | Guest Lecture (Jimmy Shih): Pricing | Estrin90, Mackie-Mason95 | pdf (6) | H6 due | |
| 25 | Network Security | Chapter 37 | pdf (6) | ||
| 27 | Networked Applications | Chapters 26-27 | pdf
(6)
ppt |
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| Dec | 2 | Course Review | pdf (6) | ||
| 4 | Exam 2 |