3035/GZ01: Calendar

Detailed Class Calendar

Below follows a day-by-day calendar for the class, including reading assignments, lecture topics, courseworks, and the mid-term exam. Lecture notes will be posted immediately after each lecture.

The lecture on a given day assumes that students will have completed any reading assignment marked Pre-Reading (shown in the same day on the calendar) before lecture. Note that the reading assignments in P & D are from the fifth edition of the text.

N.B. that all assigned readings are examinable.

Tuesday Thursday

4th Oct 2011

Introduction to Networking and Network Architecture (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 1 up to and including Section 1.3

Lecture Notes: pdf

6th Oct

Information, Error Control Coding, and Compression (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 2.4

Pre-Reading: Penfield, Chapter 5 (pdf)

Lecture Notes: pdf

11th Oct

Medium Access Control: CDMA, ALOHA, and Ethernet (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Sections 2.6, 2.7

Pre-Reading: Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks

Lecture Notes: pdf

13th Oct

Forwarding and Addressing in the Link Layer (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Sections 3.1 and 4.3

Pre-Reading: Excerpt from Perlman: Interconnections (pdf, UCL only)

Lecture Notes: pdf

Optional Python programming exercise: TubeLab

18th Oct

Multi-hop Networks and End-to-End Arguments (BK)

Pre-Reading: S & K, Chapter 7, Section 7.1

Pre-Reading: End-to-End Arguments in System Design

Lecture Notes: pdf

20th Oct

Wireless Networks: 802.11 MAC (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 2, Section 2.7, only through and including 2.7.1

Lecture Notes: pdf

25th Oct

Primitives for Achieving Reliability (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 2.5

Lecture Notes: pdf, ppt

27th Oct

Introduction to Internetworking (KJ)

Reading: P & D, Sections 3.2 and 4.1

Coursework 1 out (pdf); due 11:00 AM 3rd November

Lecture Notes: pdf, ppt

1st Nov

Inside Internet Routers (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 3.4

Pre-Reading: Small Forwarding Tables for Fast Routing Lookups

Lecture Notes: pdf

3rd Nov

Internetworking II: Virtual Networks, MPLS, and Traffic Engineering (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 4.3

Lecture Notes: pdf

The Domain Name System (KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 9.3.1

Pre-Reading: S & K, DNS case study (pdf, UCL only)

Coursework 1 due

Coursework 2 out: Ben's Local DNS Server (pdf); due 9:00 AM 24th November

Lecture Notes: pdf CW2 Introduction: pdf

8th Nov

Reading week; no lecture today!

10th Nov

Reading week; no lecture today!

15th Nov

Midterm review session: bring your questions!

17th Nov

Midterm exam (first hour)

22nd Nov

Reliable Transport and TCP Introduction (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 5, Section 5.2

Optional Reading: S & K, Chapter 7, Section 7.5

Lecture Notes: pdf




6:00 PM: "Marathon" office hours for Coursework 2, MPEB 4.06 Computer Lab

24th Nov

TCP and Congestion Control (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 6, Section 6.3

Pre-Reading: Congestion Avoidance and Control

Optional Reading: S & K, Chapter 7, Section 7.6

Lecture Notes: pdf

Coursework 2 due

Coursework 3 out: TCP problem set (pdf); due 9:05 AM 2nd December

29th Nov

Intra-Domain Routing: Introduction and Distance-Vector (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 3, Section 3.3, only through end of 3.3.2

Lecture Notes: pdf

1st Dec

Intra-Domain Routing: Link-State (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 3, Section 3.3.3

Lecture Notes: pdf

Coursework 3 due tomorrow, 2nd Dec, 9:05 AM (MPEB 5th floor reception)

Coursework 4 out: DV Routing (pdf); due 9:05 AM 16th December

6th Dec

Inter-Domain Routing: BGP (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 4, Section 4.1.2

Pre-Reading: Balakrishnan, Lecture 4 Notes

Optional Reading: S & K, Chapter 7, Section 7.4

Lecture Notes: pdf

Coursework 4 Question and Answer Session: pdf

8th Dec

Inter-Domain Routing: BGP (cont'd) (BK)

Lecture Notes: pdf

13th Dec

Content Delivery:
HTTP, Web Caching, and Content Distribution Networks
(KJ)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Section 9.4.3

Lecture Notes: pdf

15th Dec

Security: Firewalls, Worms, and IDSes (BK)

Pre-Reading: P & D, Chapter 8, Section 8.5

Lecture Notes: pdf

Coursework 4 due tomorrow, 16th Dec, 9:05 AM (submit via Moodle)