- Instructor: Xin Jin
- Teaching assistants: Zhihao Bai
- Course assistants: Ziming Chen, Kun (Ryan) Liu
- Lecture time: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30-2:45pm
- Location: Zoom (please find the Zoom link on Piazza)
- Credits: 3 credits
- Course discussion: Piazza
- Homework submission: Gradescope, join the course with entry code 94BWPW
- Office hours
- Tuesday: 2:45-3:45pm, Zoom, Xin Jin
- Thursday: 2:45-3:45pm, Zoom, Zhihao Bai
- Thursday: 8:00-9:00pm, Zoom, Ziming Chen
- Friday: 9:00-10:00am, Zoom, Kun Liu
Topics covered will include application layer protocols (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP), transport layer protocols (UDP, TCP), network layer protocols (e.g. IP, ICMP), link layer protocols (e.g. Ethernet) and wireless protocols (e.g. IEEE 802.11). The course will also cover routing protocols such as link state and distance vector, multicast routing, and path vector protocols (e.g. BGP). The class will examine security issues such as firewalls and denial of service attacks. We will also study DNS, NAT, Web caching and CDNs, peer to peer, and protocol tunneling. Finally, we will explore security protocols (e.g. TLS, SSH, IPsec), as well as some basic cryptography necessary to understand these. Grading will be based on hands-on programming assignments, homeworks and two exams.
EN.601.220 and EN.601.229 or permission. Students can only receive credits for one of 601.414/614.
- Tuesday, December 8: Assignment 4 is due.
- Tuesday, November 12: Assignment 4 is out.
- Tuesday, November 9: Assignment 3 is due.
- Tuesday, October 27: Assignment 3 is out.
- Sunday, October 11: Assignment 2 is due.
- Thursday, September 24: Assignment 2 is out.
- Sunday, September 20: Assignment 1 is due.
- Monday, September 7: Assignment 1 is out.
- Monday, September 1: First day of class. Join Piazza.
The syllabus and slides will be updated along the way during the semester.
| Date | Topics | Readings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 09/01 | Introduction (ppt, pdf) | ||
| Thu 09/03 | Basic (ppt, pdf) | 1.1, 1.3, 1.4 | |
| Tue 09/08 | Protocol Layering (ppt, pdf) | 1.5 | A1 Out |
| Thu 09/10 | HTTP and the Web (ppt, pdf) | 2.2 | |
| Tue 09/15 | CDN and DNS (ppt, pdf) | 2.4 | |
| Thu 09/17 | Exercise and Lab (ppt, pdf) | A1 Due | |
| Tue 09/22 | Transport Layer (ppt, pdf) | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 | |
| Thu 09/24 | TCP Basics (ppt, pdf) | 3.5 | A2 Out |
| Tue 09/29 | Flow and Congestion Control (ppt, pdf) | 3.6 | |
| Thu 10/01 | More Congestion Control (ppt, pdf) | 3.7 | |
| Tue 10/06 | Network Layer and IP (ppt, pdf) | 4.1, 4.3 | A2 Due |
| Thu 10/08 | IP Routers (ppt, pdf) | 4.2 | |
| Tue 10/13 | Midterm Review (ppt, pdf) | ||
| Thu 10/15 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Tue 10/20 | Routing Fundamentals (ppt, pdf) | 5.1 | |
| Thu 10/22 | Fall Break | ||
| Tue 10/27 | Routing Algorithms (ppt, pdf) | 5.2, 5.3 | A3 Out |
| Thu 10/29 | Midterm Recap (ppt, pdf) | ||
| Tue 11/03 | IP Addressing and Inter-AS Routing (ppt, pdf) | 4.3.3 | |
| Thu 11/05 | BGP (ppt, pdf) | 5.4 | |
| Tue 11/10 | Programmable Networks (ppt, pdf) | TuringAward'17 Lecture | A3 Due |
| Thu 11/12 | Link Layer (ppt, pdf) | 6.1, 6.3 | A4 Out |
| Tue 11/17 | Switched LAN (ppt, pdf) | 6.4 | |
| Thu 11/19 | Wireless (ppt, pdf) | 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | |
| Tue 11/24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Thu 11/26 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue 12/01 | Security (ppt, pdf) | 8.1, 8.3, 8.6 | |
| Thu 12/03 | Misc (ppt, pdf) | ||
| Tue 12/08 | Final Review (ppt, pdf) | A4 Due | |
| Wed 12/16 | Final Exam at 7-9pm (official schedule) |
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th edition), by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross. Earlier editions are fine.
- Assignment 1: Socket programming.
- Assignment 2: Reliable transport.
- Assignment 3: Intra-domain routing algorithms.
- Assignment 4: Programmable networks.
This course strictly enforces the university and department policies on academic integrity. The details can be found on the department website.
- Grace period: 96 hours for the entire semester.
- After the grace period, 25% off for each 24 hours late, rounded up.
- Class participation: 20%
- Programming assignments: 40%
- Midterm exam: 20%
- Final exam: 20%