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CS 168 Fall 2024

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Announcements

Week 15 Announcements

Dec 2

Final Exam

• The final exam is Wednesday, December 18 from 8-11 AM.
• See the final exam logistics post for more details.
• If you have any requests, such as an alternate time, DSP accommodations, left-handed desk, please fill out the final exam logistics form before Monday, December 9.

Course Evaluations

• Course Evaluations have been released! Please fill them out so that our course can keep on improving!
• If more than 50% of the class fills it out by the deadline, we’ll offer up to 1 course point of extra credit.
• For your submission to count towards the extra credit threshold, you must fill out the evaluation by the official deadline (Sunday, December 15).

Homework

• Homework 6: Special Topics is due Friday, December 6.

Office Hours

• Check out the calendar for Office Hour times.
• There will be office hours during RRR Week.

Discussion

• This week is the final week for discussions!

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Wk.	Date	Lecture (Playlist, Zoom)	Readings	Discussion	Homework	Project
1	Thu Aug 29	1. Intro 1: Architecture and Protocols Slides / Recording / Logistics Slides	Intro	No discussion		Project 1A (Traceroute) (due Tue Sep 10)
2	Tue Sep 03	2. Intro 2: Links and Resource Sharing Slides / Recording	Links, Multiplexing	1. Intro I Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Thu Sep 05	3. Intro 3: Queuing, Internet Layers Slides / Recording	Layers, Headers
3	Tue Sep 10	4. Intro 4: Network Architecture Slides / Recording	Architecture	2. Intro II Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Thu Sep 12	5. Ethernet Slides / Recording	Ethernet			Project 1B (Traceroute) (due Fri Sep 20)
4	Tue Sep 17	6. Routing 1: Principles Slides / Recording	Intro, Model, States	3. Ethernet Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Thu Sep 19	7. Routing 2: Distance-Vector Slides / Recording	Distance-Vector
5	Tue Sep 24	8. Routing 3: Link-State, Addressing Slides / Recording	Link-State, Addressing	4. Routing I Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW1: Architecture (due Mon Sep 30)	Project 2 (Routing) (due Fri Oct 04)
	Thu Sep 26	9. Routing 4: Routers Slides / Recording	Routers
6	Tue Oct 01	10. Routing 5: BGP I Slides / Recording	Model, Design	5. Routing II Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Thu Oct 03	11. Routing 6: BGP II Slides / Recording	Implementation, IP Header
7	Tue Oct 08	12. Transport 1: Reliability Principles Slides / Recording	Principles	6. BGP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW2: Routing (due Mon Oct 14)
	Thu Oct 10	13. Transport 2: TCP Slides / Recording	Design, Implementation
8	Tue Oct 15	No Lecture (Midterm, 8–10pm)		7. No Discussion
	Thu Oct 17	14. Transport 3: Congestion Control I Slides / Recording	Principles, Design, Implementation
9	Tue Oct 22	15. Transport 4: Congestion Control II Slides / Recording	Throughput, Issues, Router-Assisted	8. TCP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW3: Transport (due Mon Oct 28)	Project 3A (Transport) (due Fri Nov 01)
	Thu Oct 24	16. Applications 1: DNS Slides / Recording	DNS
10	Tue Oct 29	17. Applications 2: HTTP Slides / Recording	HTTP	9. Congestion Control Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Thu Oct 31	18. ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS, End-to-End Slides / Recording	ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS, End-to-End
11	Tue Nov 05	19. Datacenters 1: Topology Slides / Recording	Topology, Congestion	10. DNS, HTTP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides		Project 3B (Transport) (due Tue Nov 12)
	Thu Nov 07	20. Datacenters 2: Routing, Congestion Control Slides / Recording	Routing, Addressing, Virtualization
12	Tue Nov 12	21. Datacenters 3: Host Networking Slides / Recording	Host Networking	11. End-to-End Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW4: Applications, End-to-End (due Mon Nov 18)
	Thu Nov 14	22. Datacenters 4: WANs, SDN Slides / Recording	SDN
13	Tue Nov 19	23. Special Topics: Beyond Client-Server I Slides / Recording	None	12. Datacenters Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW5: Datacenters (due Mon Nov 25)
	Thu Nov 21	24. Special Topics: Beyond Client-Server II Slides / Recording	None
14	Tue Nov 26	25. Guest Lecture: Paul Vixie  / Recording	None	13. No Discussion
	Thu Nov 28	No Lecture (Thanksgiving)
15	Tue Dec 03	26. Special Topics: Wireless Slides / Recording	Wireless	14. Special Topics Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW6: Special Topics (due Fri Dec 06)
	Thu Dec 05	27. Special Topics: Cellular Slides / Recording	Cellular
16	Wed Dec 18	Final Exam (8–11am)