CSC 458: Computer Networks
Spring 2006

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    Lectures

    Lecture slides will be posted here as the course progresses.

    Date Lecture Readings Homework Project
    M 1/9 Protocols and layering Chapters 1,2 out: hw 1 out: proj1
    M 1/16 Bits, bandwidth, error detection and correction      
    M 1/23 MAC protocols   due:proj1
    out: proj2
    M 1/30 Bridging LANs and IP Chapters 3, 4 due:hw 1
    out: hw 2
     
    M 2/6 DV and Link-State Routing protocols     due:proj2
    out: proj3
    M 2/13 The BGP Routing Protocol and ARP   due:hw 2
    out: hw 3
    M 2/20
    No class - reading week
    M 2/27 Midterm   due:hw 3
    out: hw 4
     
    M 3/6 Sliding windows, ARQ, TCP connections Chapters 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.3, 6.4 due:proj3
    out: proj4
    M 3/13 TCP congestion control  
    M 3/20 HTTP and the Web Chapter 9.2 due:hw 4  
    M 3/27 DNS and Network Security Chapters 9.1 & 8   due:proj4
    M 4/3 Peer-to-Peer Chapter 9.4    
    M 4/10 Review    
    TBA
    Final Exam

    Math & Computational Sciences
    University of Toronto at Mississauga