CS340: Lecture Notes

EECS 340: Lecture Notes, Recitations, and Homework Help Sessions

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Lecture Notes

Instructor:

Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Technological Institute, Room - L457, 2145 Sheridan Road, 847-467-5519, akuzma@northwestern.edu

Week	Date	Monday	Wednesday
1	Jan 5 7	Internet, protocols, circuit- and packet switching	Access networks, physical media, delay and loss, layered architecture
2	Jan 12 14	Web, HTTP, FTP	Email, DNS, p2p file sharing
3	Jan 19 21	No class	Socket programming
4	Jan 26 28	Transport Layer (intro, multiplexing/de-multiplexing, UDP)	Principles of reliable data transfer
5	Feb 2 4	Connection-oriented transport and congestion control: TCP	Review for midterm
6	Feb 9 11	Midterm	Midterm grading review
7	Feb 16 18	Network layer (routing principles & algorithms)	Network layer (IP)
8	Feb 23 25	Hierarchical routing, RIP, OSPF, BGP	Data link layer (error detection/correction, multiple access protocols)
9	Mar 2 4	Link-layer addressing, Ethernet, hubs and switches	Wireless and mobile networks (intro, wireless links, 802.11 wireless LANs)
10	Mar 9 11	Networking security	Review for final
11	Mar 16 18	Final

Time/Place:

Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:50pm, Tech M349.

Recitation

TA:

Yu Zhang, Technological Institute, Room - L458, 2145 Sheridan Road, 847-208-5319, yuzhang.nu@gmail.com

Week	Date	Thursday, Monday
1	Jan 8, Jan 12	Introduction to sockets Introduction to Project 1
2	Jan 15, Jan 19	UNIX, emacs, gcc and make
3	Jan 22, Jan 26	Advanced sockets, client.c, selectserver.c
4	Jan 29, Feb 2	Introduction to Project 2 Useful Project 2 - related links
5	Feb 5, Feb 9
6	Feb 12, Feb 16
7	Feb 19, Feb 23
8	Feb 26, Mar 2	Routing
9	Mar 5, Mar 9
10	Mar 12, Mar 16
11	Mar 19

Time/Place:

Thursday, 5:30-6:30pm, Room Tech M345

Monday, 11am-12, Room Tech L324