Time
LH1, Monday 9.30am - 11.00am
LH2, Wednesday 9.30am - 11.00am
Lab
CS 378
Textbook
[KR] Computer Networking: A top-down approach by Kurose and Ross. Download online version
Reference book
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach by Davie and Peterson
Computer Networks by Tanenbaum
Grading Scheme
Quiz 1 (15%), Midsem (30%), Quiz 2 (15%), Endsem (40%)
Course Contents

#	Date	Contents	Source
1	8 Jan, Mon	Introduction, Motivation and History of computer networks	KR 1.1,1.7
2	10 Jan, Wed	Network Topology, Local Area Network (LAN)	NPTEL tutorial , Nicholas Andre video lecture
3	15 Jan, Mon	OSI layered model, Encapsulation, Packet Switching	KR 1.5, 1.3.1, Nicholas Andre video lecture
4	17 Jan, Wed	Delays, Loss and Network Security	KR 1.4, 1.7
5	22 Jan, Mon	Application Layer: Introduction	KR 2.1
6	24 Jan, Wed	Application Layer: Domain Name Service (DNS)	KR 2.5
7	29 Jan, Mon	Application Layer: HTTP	KR 2.2
8	5 Feb, Mon	Socket Programming	KR 2.7, Beej's guide to network programming
9	7 Feb, Wed	Quiz 1	See
10	12 Feb, Mon	Application layer: Peer to Peer Applications, Bit torrent	KR 2.6
11	14 Feb, Wed	SMTP, FTP, Transport Layer: Introduction	KR 2.3,2.4,3.1
12	19 Feb, Mon	UDP, Principles of reliable data transfer	KR 3.3, 3.4
13	21 Feb, Wed	Reliable data transfer, Pipelining	KR 3.4
14	24 Mar, Sat	Mid Sem
15	5 Mar, Mon	GBN/SR protocol, Introduction to TCP	KR 3.4,3.5
16	7 Mar, Wed	TCP: Flow control, Connection	KR 3.5
17	12 Mar, Mon	TCP: Congestion control	KR 3.6
18	14 Mar, Wed	Introduction to Network Layer	KR 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
19	16 Mar, Fri	Mid-sem paper evaluation
20	19 Mar, Mon	Network Layer continued	KR 4.4
21	26 Mar, Mon	Network Layer Routing algorithms	KR 4.5
22	28 Mar, Wed	Network Layer Routing algorithms continued	KR 4.5
23	2 Apr, Mon	Network Layer: Broadcast and Multicast Routing	KR 4.7
24	4 Apr, Wed	Quiz 2
25	9 Apr, Mon	Link Layer: Introduction, Error detection, link access protocols	KR 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
26	11 Apr, Wed	Link Layer: Ethernet, Summary of protocols	KR 5.3,5.4,5.7
27	12 Apr, Thu	Network Security: Introduction to Cryptography	KR 8.1,8.2
28	16 Apr, Mon	Cryptography continued	KR 8.3,8.4
29	28 Apr, Sat	End Sem