Make every effort to form your team before September 16, 2011 and notify the instructor/TA by email, listing the team members and their emails.
After this date, the students without a team will be randomly assigned
a team.
Students will not be allowed to switch the team after September
20, 2011.
| Project Deliverables | |
|---|---|
| Item | Due date |
| 1. Software design | October 7 |
| 2. Software demo | November 18 |
| 3. Final report | December 2 |
Note 1: The section numbers marked in red letterfont are referring to the course textbook — Lecture Notes. These are the reading assignments for each lecture.
Note 2: Some materials in the textbook will not be reviewed in the class, but are important for understanding other materials and may appear in the exams.
They are indicated in the syllabus below for the student to read on their own.
Sep
2 (F) Introduction (Section 1.1)
6 (T) Communication Protocols (Section 1.1.4)
Read on your own: Sections 1.3.1 (Stop-and-Wait) and 1.3.2 (Sliding-Window Protocols)
9 (F) Broadcast Links and ALOHA (Section 1.3.3 - Part 1)
13 (T) CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA (Section 1.3.3 - Part 2)
16 (F) Internetworking and IP (Section 1.4.1)
Read on your own: Sections 1.4.2 (Link State Routing) and 1.4.3 (Distance Vector Routing)
20 (T) Addressing and CIDR (Section 1.4.4)
23 (F) Autonomous Systems (Section 1.4.5)
27 (T) TCP Intro (Section 2.1)
30 (F) Congestion Control in TCP (Section 2.2 up to 2.2.2 included)
Oct
4 (T) TCP NewReno (Section 2.2.3)
7 (F) TCP in Wireless Networks (Section 2.5)
Read on your own: Section 1.5.1 (Point-to-Point Protocol - PPP)
11 (T) Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) (Section 1.5.2)
14 (F) Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) (Section 1.5.3)
18 (T) Multimedia Networking (Section 3.1 and 3.3.1 up to RTP)
21 (F) ******* MIDTERM EXAM #1 *******
25 (T) RTP and RTCP (Section 3.3.1 remainder)
28 (F) Multicast Routing (Section 3.3.2)
Nov
1 (T) Integrated and Differentiated Services (Sections 3.3.4 and 3.3.5)
4 (F) Packet Switching in Routers (Section 4.1 to 4.1.5)
8 (T) Queuing Intro (Section 4.1.5 up to 4.2.1 included)
11 (F) Scheduling (Sections 5.1 and 5.2)
15 (T) Active Queue Management (Section 5.3)
18 (F) ******* PROJECT PRESENTATION *******
(Changes in Designation of Class Days: Mon Nov 21 <- Wed Classes; Tue Nov 22 <- Thurs Classes)
(Thanksgiving Recess: Wed Nov 23 - Sun Nov 27)
29 (T) ******* MIDTERM EXAM #2 ******* download example exam here
Sample Fall 2004 final exam
Dec
2 (F) MPLS #1 (Section 5.4 up to 5.4.2)
6 (T) MPLS #2 (Section 5.4 remainder)
9 (F) Routing Protocols for Mesh Networks (Section 6.2)
13 (T) RFID Wireless Networks
(Regular Classes End: Tue Dec 13 || Fall Exams End: Fri Dec 23)
23 (F) ******* FINAL EXAM *******
Time 8 - 11 a.m.
Location BME-116
Ivan Marsic
Created: August 27, 1997
Modified: Wed Aug 31 19:31:44 EDT 2011