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Computer Science 401
Networks and Beyond

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CS401 Schedule

Week Day Topic Reading
Due 		Exercises
HW Due
1
8/28
to
9/1 		M Introduction and Course Overview Syllabus  
T Practicum on Sockets Programming    
W TCP & UDP over IP PD Chapter 1  
F Client/Server, Sockets data structures and library calls    
2
9/4
to
9/8 		M Errors, Blocking/nonblocking, and synchronous multiplexing through select Beej's Guide to Network Prog  
T Lab day    
W Requirements of a Computer Network and Protocol Stacks    
F Lab day   Prog1: Chat Client/Server
3
9/11
to
9/15 		M Performance    
T      
W Data Link Layer PD Chapter 2  
F      
4
9/18
to
9/22 		M      
T      
W     Prog2: Layered Communication
F Midterm 1    
5
9/25
to
9/29 		M      
T      
W      
F      
6
10/2
to
10/6 		M      
T --    
W Bridge Spanning Tree Algorithm; Signal Processing    
F Internetworking    
7
10/9
to
10/13 		M IP Addressing and IP Packet Format    
T --    
W IP Routing    
F TCP  

Prog3: Reliable Communication
signal example

8
10/16
to
10/20 		M Midterm 2    
T      
W      
F      
9
10/23
to
10/27 		M      
T      
W      
F      
10
10/30
to
11/3 		M      
T      
W      
F      
11
11/6
to
11/10 		M      
T      
W      
F      
12
11/13
to
11/17 		M      
T      
W      
F      
Thanksgiving Break 11/18 to 11/26
13
11/27
to
12/1 		M      
T      
W      
F      
14
12/4
to
12/8 		M      
T      
W      
F      



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