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Notes & Assignments

Week 1
8/20 (1)

Course syllabus, conduct, and outline (syllabus) (notes.chap0)

Review of probability

Reading HR 1, 5, 10

HW1 out (due 8/27)

Week 2
8/25 (1)

8/27 no lecture

Introduction to networks (notes.chap1)

Protocols and network architecture (notes.chap2)

Introduction to local area networks (notes.chap3) 

HW1 due 8/27 (solution)

Week 3
9/1, 3 (2)

Probability quiz

integration by parts (notes)

Probability quiz in class 9/1

HW2 out (due 9/17)

Week 4
9/8, 10 (2)

Data flow in networks and queues (notes.chap4) (notes.chap5)

memoryless distribution == exponential distribution (proof)

Reading HR 3 (640 students read HR 4.4 also)

Week 5
9/15, 17 (2)

Data flow in networks and queues

Principles of media access control (notes.chap6)

HW2 due 9/17 (solution)

HW3 out (due 9/24)

Week 6
9/22, 24 (2) 

Reading HR 6

HW3 due 9/24 (solution)

Week 7
9/29 1^st midterm exam

10/1 (1)

1st midterm exam

Token passing methods (notes.chap7)

9/29 Exam 1 in class
practice

(cover: notes.chap0-5, corresponding textbook chapters, hw1-3)

HW4 out (due 10/15)

Week 8
10/6, 8 (2)

Reading HR 7, 8

Week 9

10/13 Fall break

10/15 (1)

IBM Token Ring (notes.chap8), FDDI Token Ring (notes.chap9)

HW4 due 10/15 (solution)

HW5 out (due 10/29)

Week 10

10/20, 22 No lecture

Week 11
10/27, 29 (2)

Random access techniques (notes.chap10)

HW5 due 10/29 (solution)

Week 12
11/3 (1)

11/5 2^nd midterm exam

2nd midterm exam

11/5 Exam 2 in class

practice

Week 13
11/10, 12 (2)

HW6 out (due 12/1) 

Week 14
11/17, 19 (2)

Week 15
11/24 (1)

11/26 Thanksgiving holiday

Implementation issues and recent developments in LAN technology (notes.chap11)

Week 16
12/1, 3 (2)

HW6 due 12/1

Final Exam
12/7, Monday, 3:00-5:30pm

12/7, Monday, 3:00-5:30pm

Final exam