CS 168 Fall 2024

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Announcements

Week 12 Announcements

Nov 13

Project

• Project 3B was due on Tuesday, November 12th.
• Remember that you can fill out an extension if needed!

Homework

• Homework 4: Applications, End-to-End has been released!
• The due date is Monday, November 18th.

Office Hours

• Check out the calendar on the website for office hour times this week.
• Starting next week we will have reduced office hours, from 3 hours a day to 2 hours a day on Monday Wednesday and Friday, since we won’t have any more projects after Project 3B.
• Check out the calendar on the website for specific times.

~ CS168 Course Staff 🐢

Past announcements

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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 / Slides	HW5: Datacenters (due Mon Nov 25)
	Thu Nov 21	24. Special Topics: Beyond Client-Server II	None
14	Tue Nov 26	25. Guest Lecture	None	13. No Discussion
	Thu Nov 28	No Lecture (Thanksgiving)
15	Tue Dec 03	26. Special Topics: Wireless	Wireless	14. Special Topics	HW6: Special Topics (due Fri Dec 06)
	Thu Dec 05	27. Special Topics: Cellular	Cellular
16	Wed Dec 18	Final Exam (8–11am)