Lecture Schedule - CS 168 / Fall 2014

Last updated: Aug 28, 2014; Schedule for dates in future is only TENTATIVE.

# Date Lecturer Topic Readings Assignments Slides
0 Sept 1 Academic Holiday
1 Sept 3 Sylvia Introduction [.ppt] [.pdf]
2 Sept 8 Sylvia Overview K&R 1.1 and 1.3 [.ppt] [.pdf]
3 Sept 10 Sylvia Protocol Layering K&R 1.4 and 1.5 (with 1.7 optional) HW1 out [.pdf] [ans] Part(a) [.ppt] [.pdf]
Part(b) [.ppt] [.pdf]
4 Sept 15 Sylvia IP: Routing Concepts K&R 4.1 and 4.2 Part(a) [.ppt] [.pdf]
Part(b) [.ppt] [.pdf]
5 Sept 17 Sylvia Routing Algorithms K&R 4.5 [.ppt] [.pdf]
6 Sept 22 Sylvia Interdomain Routing and IP Addressing K&R 4.6.1, 4.6.2, and 4.4.2 HW1 due @midnight, Project1 out (intro, code, spec, guide) [.ppt] [.pdf]
7 Sept 24 Sylvia BGP K&R 4.6.3; highly recommended optional reading [.pdf] [.ppt] [.pdf]
8 Sept 29 Sylvia IP Protocol K&R 4.4.1 [.ppt] [.pdf]
9 Oct 1 Kay Ousterhout IP Routers K&R 4.3 [.ppt] [.pdf]
Oct 2 HW2 out [.pdf] [ans]
10 Oct 6 Scott Shenker Transport Layer and Reliable Transfer K&R 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 Project1 due @noon [.ppt] [.pdf]
11 Oct 8 Scott Shenker TCP Basics K&R 3.5 [.ppt] [.pdf]
12 Oct 13 Sylvia Congestion Control K&R 3.6 Project2 out (topic: reliable transport) [intro] [spec] [code] [.ppt] [.pdf]
13 Oct 15 Sylvia Midterm Review [.ppt] [.pdf]
Oct 16 HW2 due @midnight
Oct 20 Midterm Midterm Solutions
14 Oct 22 Sylvia Advanced Congestion Control K&R 3.7 [.ppt] [.pdf]
15 Oct 27 Sylvia DNS K&R 2.1, 2.2, and 2.5 Project1 regrade requests due @ noon
Project3a out (spec, supplement, VM)
[.ppt] [.pdf]
16 Oct 29 Scott Shenker HTTP and Broadcast links (Ethernet) K&R 5.1, 5.3 [.ppt] [.pdf]
Nov 2 Project2 due @noon
17 Nov 3 Sylvia Switched Ethernet K&R 5.4 [.ppt] [.pdf]
18 Nov 5 Sylvia E2E: DHCP and ARP K&R 5.7 [.ppt] [.pdf]
Nov 8 HW3 out on Piazza
19 Nov 10 Yahel Ben-David Wireless K&R 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 [.ppt] [.pdf]
20 Nov 12 Sylvia Datacenter 1 K&R 5.6 [.ppt] [.pdf]
21 Nov 17 Sylvia Datacenter 2 Project3a due @noon, Project3b out (spec) [.ppt] [.pdf]
22 Nov 19 Stephen Strowes IPv6 K&R 4.4.4 [.pdf]
23 Nov 24 Scott Shenker Management / SDN [.ppt] [.pdf]
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Holiday
24 Dec 1 Sylvia Final Review [.ppt] [.pdf]
Dec 2 HW3 due @noon
25 Dec 3 No Class. Attend EECS Colloquium with Prof. Nick McKeown instead. Project3b due @noon [more info]
Dec 18 Final [Practice] [Ans]