Note: The syllabus might change slightly
All reading assignments are from your textbook.
| Week | Topic | Presentation | Reading Assignment | HW | Project | Deliverables |
| 1 (9/8) | Introduction | lec1, intro | 1.1-1.4 | - | - | - |
| 2 (9/13) | Architecture, Link Layer | lec2, lec3 | 2.1-2.3, 2.4,2.5 | HW1 | - | - |
| 3 (9/22) | MAC Issues | lec4,lec5 | 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 | - | Project 1 | HW1 (9/22) |
| 4 (9/27) | IP Layer | lec6,lec7 | 3.1-3.4 (not 3.3.2, 3.3.5), 4.1 | HW2 | - | - |
| 5 (10/4) | Intra-Domain Routing | lec8-9 | 4.2,4.3 | - | - | HW2 (10/6) |
| 6 (10/11) | Review (Monday off) | review | - | - | - | Project 1 (10/15) |
| 7 (10/18) | Midterm (10/18), BGP, MobileIP, Multicast | lec10, Midterm Solutions | 4.4 | - | - | - |
| 8 (10/25) | Transport Layer | lec11, lec12 | 5.1,5.2 | HW3 | Project 2 | - |
| 9 (11/1) | Congestion Control | lec13, lec14 | 6.1,6.3,6.4 | - | - | HW3 (11/3) |
| 10 (11/8) | QoS | lec15-16(v2) | 6.2,6.5 | - | - | - |
| 11 (11/15) | DNS | lec17, lec18 | 9.1,9.2.1, 9.2.2 | HW4 | - | Project 2 (11/19) |
| 12 (11/22) | HTTP | lec19, lec20 | 9.4.3 | - | Project 3 | HW4 (11/24) |
| 13 (11/29) | P2P, Streaming Media | lec21, lec22 | 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.3 | - | - | - |
| 14 (12/6) | Wrap Up | Final Review | - | - | - | Project 3 (12/13) |
| Final:12/16 9-11am | Sample Final | - | - | - | - | - |