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COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS (COMN) - 2019/20, Semester 2

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Schedule

Recorded lectures available via the Learn instance of the course (course materials>Lecture Recordings)

#	Date	Topic	Required Readings	Additional Readings
1	Jan 14	Course Overview Introduction: Internet, protocol, access networks	[KR7e] Sections 1.1 and 1.2.1	[TW5e] Sections 2.6 and 2.8
2	Jan 15	Introduction: physical media and network core	[KR7e] Sections 1.2.1 and 1.3	[TW5e] Section 2.2
3	Jan 21	Introduction: Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks; Protocol layering and encapsulation	[KR7e] Sections 1.4 and 1.5	[PD5e] Section 1.5; [KR7e] Sections 1.6-8
4	Jan 22	Application Layer: Principles of network applications, Socket programming and multiplexing/demultiplexing with UDP	[KR7e] Sections 2.1, 2.7.1 and 3.2;
5	Jan 28	Application Layer: Socket programming and multiplexing/demultiplexing with TCP; Web/HTTP	[KR7e] Sections 2.7.2, 2.2 and 3.2;
6	Jan 29	In-class tutorial for coursework
7	Feb 4	Transport Layer: Overview, UDP and Principles of Reliable Data Transfer (Stop-and-Wait Protocol)	[KR7e] Sections 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4
8	Feb 5	Transport Layer: Principles of Reliable Data Transfer (Pipelined Protocols)	[KR7e] Section 3.4
9	Feb 11	Transport Layer: TCP (contd.) and Intro to Congestion Control	[KR7e] Sections 3.5 and 3.6
10	Feb 12	Transport Layer: Congestion Control Approaches and TCP Congestion Control	[KR7e] Sections 3.6-7
11	Feb 25	Tutorial for coursework part 2: Multithreading
12	Feb 26	Application Layer: DNS Network Layer: Overview and Router Internals	[KR7e] Sections 2.4, 4.1-2
13	Mar 3	Network Layer: Router Internals (contd.), the Internet Protocol (IP) and Addressing	[KR7e] Sections 4.2-3
14	Mar 4	Network Layer: IP (contd.) Network Layer Control Plane: Intro and Routing Algorithms	[KR7e] Sections 4.3 and 5.1-2
15	Mar 10	Network Layer Control Plane: Routing Algorithms (contd.), Intra-Domain Routing with OSPF	[KR7e] Sections 5.2-3
16	Mar 11	Network Layer Control Plane: Inter-Domain Routing with BGP; ICMP Link Layer: Intro and Error Detection & Correction	[KR7e] Sections 5.4, 5.6 and 6.1-2
17		Link Layer: CRC and Multiple Access Protocols	[KR7e] Sections 6.2.3 and 6.3
18		Link Layer: Switched Local Area Networks	[KR7e] Section 6.4
19		Multimedia Networking: Apps, Streaming Stored Video and VoIP	[KR7e] Sections 9.1-3 and 2.6
20		Multimedia Networking: RTP, SIP and Network Support for Multimedia	[KR7e] Sections 9.4-5
21		Software-Defined Networking	[KR7e] Sections 4.4 and 5.5

Books and References:

• [KR7e] J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition), Pearson Education, 2017.
• [KR6e] J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th Edition), Pearson Education, 2013.
• [PD5e] L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (5th Edition), Morgan Kaufmann, 2012.
• [TW5e] A. S. Tanenbaum and D. J. Wetherall, Computer Networks (5th Edition), Pearson Education, 2011.