Tentative schedule for Fall 2009. Slides will be put up just before the class meets. These slides are modified versions of the slides provided by Kurose and Ross.

Aug 24: Introduction to the course (Handout)
Aug 26: Chapter 1 Overview, Circuit/packet switching
Aug 31: Contd....
Sep 2: Transport; HW 1 assigned
Sep 7: Holiday (Labor Day)
Sep 9: HW 1 hints
Sep 14: Transport Contd....
Sep 16: HW 1 due; TCP
Sep 21: TCP Contd.... (Congestion control)
Sep 23: Congestion Window; TCP Contd.... (Delay modeling)
Sep 28: Topologies; Notes
Sep 30: HW 2 assigned; Network layer
Oct 5: Contd....(Distance vector); IP     Watch video
Oct 7: HW 2 due; Solution to HW 2; IP Contd....
Oct 12: Review for Mid term exam
Oct 14: Mid term exam
Oct 19: Exam grades/stats; Random variables, pdf, cdf. Notes
Oct 21: Queueing models, Little's law. Notes Chapter 3 of Data Networks
Oct 26: Proof of Little's law, M/M/1 Notes
Oct 28: M/M/1 contd... Notes
Nov 2: HW 3 assigned; Markov Chains Notes
Nov 4: Problem solving Notes
Nov 9: HW 3 due; Solutions to HW 3; M/M/m Notes
Nov 11: Holiday (Veteran's Day)
Nov 16: MAC Protocols Notes
Nov 18: HW 4 assigned; Content distribution networks, P2P networks Notes
Nov 23: Wireless networks;
Nov 25: HW 4 due; Wireless networks contd.... Solution to HW 4
Nov 30: TCP over wireless (No live class; please watch Tegrity) Notes
Dec 2: Ad hoc and sensor networks (No live class; please watch Tegrity)
Dec 7: Review for final exam
Dec 9: Final exam (4:00 - 6:50 PM); Open book/notes. Laptops allowed but WITHOUT Internet connectivity.