Week |
Date |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
Notes |
Week1 |
1/18 |
Tues |
Introduction
|
Preliminaries
|
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1/20 |
Thur |
Network Design Principles
|
Comer 1-3 [skim Comer 4]; Clark88
|
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Week2 |
1/25 |
Tues |
Network Architecture |
SRC84; CWSB02; abstracts of papers in Arch
|
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1/27 |
Thur |
Network Architecture; Economics of Networks
|
WN05 pp.1-30
|
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Week3 |
2/1 |
Tues |
Economics of Networks
|
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2/3 |
Thur |
Foundations of Communication |
Comer 5-7
|
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Week4 |
2/8 |
Tues |
Physical Layer
|
Comer 8-11 [skim 8.4-8.16, 9]
|
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2/10 |
Thur |
Data Link Layer |
Comer 12-13
|
A1 due
|
Week5 |
2/15 |
Tues |
Data Link Layer
|
Comer 14-16; skim 17-19
|
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2/17 |
Thur |
Network Competition
|
Varian01; Chuang10
|
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Week6 |
2/22 |
Tues |
Network Competition |
|
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2/24 |
Thur |
Network Layer
|
Comer 20, 21
|
A2 due
|
Week7 |
3/1 |
Tues |
Network Layer
|
Comer 22, 23.15-20; skim rest of Comer 23 |
|
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3/3 |
Thur |
Network Layer |
Comer 27 |
|
Week8 |
3/8 |
Tues |
Future of IP |
Comer 24 |
|
|
3/10 |
Thur |
Transport Layer: Reliable Transport |
Comer 25-26 |
A3 due |
Week9 |
3/15 |
Tues |
Transport Layer: Flow and Congestion Control |
|
Proposal due
|
|
3/17 |
Thur |
Midterm
|
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Week10 |
3/22 |
Tues |
Spring Break |
|
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3/24 |
Thur |
Spring Break |
|
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Week11 |
3/29 |
Tues |
Network Regulation and Innovation: Neutrality
|
SF09; Peha06
|
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3/31 |
Thur |
Application Layer |
Comer 28,29 |
|
Week12 |
4/5 |
Tues |
Application
Layer |
|
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4/7 |
Thur |
Network Security
|
Comer 30 |
|
Week13 |
4/12 |
Tues |
Network Security |
Anderson01;
abstracts of papers in Econ of
Info Security
|
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4/14 |
Thur |
No class meeting
|
|
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Week14 |
4/19 |
Tues |
No class meeting
|
|
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4/21 |
Thur |
Incentive-centered design
|
TBD
|
|
Week15 |
4/26 |
Tues |
Project presentations
|
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4/28 |
Thur |
Project presentations; Course Evaluation
|
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Week17 |
5/10 |
Tues |
Final paper due
|
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Paper due
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