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Lectures
CptS/EE 455 - Computer Communication Networks
Washington State University
Week Date Topic Book Chapter(s) Assignments
1 Mon 08/25 Course Introduction Info assigned
Wed 08/27 Introduction - Ch 1 Ch 1 Info due
Fri 08/29 Intro -cont., Link Layer Ch1 and Ch3 Ch1 assigned
2 Mon 09/01 Labor Day Holiday - no class
Wed 09/03 Link Layer
Fri 09/05 Link Layer Ch1 due
3 Mon 09/08 Link Layer
Wed 09/10 Link Layer--slides annotated, PPP Ch3 assigned
Fri 09/12 MAC Layer Ch 4 through 4.2.2
4 Mon 09/15 Socket Programming Intro, slides TCP/IP Sockets in C, Ch 1 & 2 Ch3 due
Wed 09/17 Socket Intro continues Donahoo Ch3
Fri 09/19 Socket patterns Donahoo Ch4
5 Mon 09/22 Forking and Select Patterns, Exam Review, Old Exam Donahoo Ch 5
Wed 09/24 Exam 1
Fri 09/26 Class dismissed to attend entrepreneurship talk Project1 assigned
6 Mon 09/29 Go over exam, Project discussion
Wed 10/01 Contention-free MACs and Ethernet Tanenbaum 4.2.3, 4.2.6, 4.3
Fri 10/03 Bridging, switching and VLANs Tanenbaum 4.7
7 Mon 10/06 Network Layer Tanenbaum Ch 5
Wed 10/08 Routing Ch4and5 assigned
Fri 10/10 Network Layer - slides annotated Project1 due
8 Mon 10/13 Network Layer
Wed 10/15 Network Layer
Fri 10/17 Network Layer
9 Mon 10/20 Network Layer
Wed 10/22 Network Layer Ch4and5 due, Ch5StudyProblems assigned
Fri 10/24 Exam review
10 Mon 10/27 Exam 2 Ch5StudyProblems due
Wed 10/29 Project2 Project2 assigned
Fri 10/31 Programming with select
11 Mon 11/03 Select programming pattern
Wed 11/05 Transport Layer
Fri 11/07 Transport Layer
12 Mon 11/10 Transport Layer
Wed 11/12 Transport Layer
Fri 11/14 Transport Layer
13 Mon 11/17 Congestion Project2 due
Wed 11/19 More congestion Project3 assigned
Fri 11/21 Project 3 Introduction/Discussion
Thanksgiving Mon 11/24 Thanksgiving Break
14 Mon 12/01 Application Layer - DNS
Wed 12/03 Application Layer - Email
Fri 12/05 Exam 3
15 Mon 12/08 Security
Wed 12/10 Security
Fri 12/12 Security Project3 due
Finals week Mon 12/15 Wed., Dec 17, Final Exam 8AM-10AM - regular room
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