IS250 Fall 2002 Tentative Schedule

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)
28 Communication Fundamentals;
Physical media
Chapter 4 pdf (6)
pdf (6)
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
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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
Dec 2 Course Review pdf (6)
4 Exam 2