Lecture Schedule

CSCI 4273/5273: Network Systems, Spring 2002

(under construction)

• Jan. 15: Course Introduction, Syllabus, Chapter One, Layered Protocol Stack

• Jan. 17: Chapters 1 and 2: Physical Layer Signalling, Link Layer Framing, Error Detection
• Jan. 22: Chapter 2: Designing Reliable Protocols
• Jan. 24: Chapter 2: Multiple Access Protocols
• Jan. 29: Chapter 2: More on 802.11, Direct Sequence, Token Ring, FDDI

• Jan. 31: Chapters 2 and 3: Extending Ethernet LANs via Repeaters, Hubs, and Bridges
• Feb. 5: Chapter 3: Ethernet Bridges, Switches, Spanning Trees, and ATM Virtual Circuits

• Feb. 7: Chapter 4: Introduction to the Internet Protocol (IP)
• Feb. 12: Chapter 4: IP Routing, Distance Vector
• Feb. 14: Chapter 4: Distributed Bellman-Ford Routing
• Feb. 19: Chapter 4: Distance Vector Problems, Link-State Routing
• Feb. 21: Chapter 4: Link-State Routing, Hierarchical BGP Routing
• Feb. 26: Chapter 4: More on Hierarchy, DHCP, ICMP
• Feb. 28: Chapter 4: IP Multicast

• Mar. 5: Chapter 5: Transport Layer, UDP, TCP
• Mar. 7: Chapter 5: TCP Handshakes, Flow Control, and Adaptive Retransmission

• Mar. 19: Chapter 6: TCP Congestion Control
• Mar. 21: Chapter 6: SACK-TCP, TCP Extensions, Wireless TCP

• Apr. 2: Chapter 9: Domain Name System (DNS)
• Apr. 4: Chapter 9: HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Apr. 9: Chapter 9: More on DNS and HTTP
• Apr. 11: Chapter 9: Caching Proxies, NAT

• Apr. 16: Chapters 9 and 8: SMB/SAMBA and Security
• Apr. 18: no class
• Apr. 23: Chapter 8: Symmetric Key Cryptography, Block/Stream Ciphers, Public Key Cryptography
• Apr. 25: Chapter 8: Authentication, Integrity, Non-Repudiation, SSL
• Apr. 30: Chapter 8: IPSec, Firewalls