The lecture notes are posted here. The project Moodle links are listed here when the projects are assigned.

Week 1

Thursday, 9/10

• Course Overview
• Network Overview
• Project 1

Week 2

Tuesday, 9/15

• Basic Concepts (I): Basic Terms, Network Communication Characteristics, Layer Models, Protocol Hierarchy in a Packet

Thursday, 9/17

• Basic Concepts (II): Common Functions, Basic Devices, Performance Measures, Time-space Diagram

Week 3

Tuesday, 9/22

• Network Layer Fundamentals (I): Address Resolution and ARP, IP prefix and subnet mask, DHCP

Thursday, 9/24

• Network Layer Fundamentals (II): Network Layer Routing, Longest Prefix Match, Bridging
• Project 2

Week 4

Tuesday, 9/29

• Application Layer (I): Client-and-Server, P2P, Point-to-Point Connection, Netcat, Socket API (sample code for socket programming is in this note)

Thursday, 10/1

• Application Layer (II): Domain Name Services, Electronic Mail -- SMTP (example for a SMTP communication is in this note)

Week 5

Tuesday, 10/6

• Application Layer (III): POP3/IMAP, MIME, HTTP, GET and POST Methods (class demonstrations are in this note)

Thursday, 10/8

• Application Layer (IV): Build a Server Using NodeJS; AJAX (NodeJS and AJAX sample programs are in this note)
• Mock Exam 1

Week 6

Tuesday, 10/13

• Fall Break (No Class)

Thursday, 10/15

• Mock Exam 1 Discussion
• Midterm 1

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