Computer Networks II Spring 2013
Schedule and readings
The readings column refer to material you should have studied before the lecture.
"Book" readings refer to latest edition of Computer Networking - A Top-down Approach by Kurose/Ross (course litterature for Computer networks I). Corresponding sections may be available in older versions of the book.
Some of the articles may only be available from within the University network.
(**) Slides or text available in Student Portal
The table below is the tentative schedule. The official schedule can be located here.
Date | Time | Subject | Readings before the lecture |
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Jan 21 | 10 | Course introduction(**) | Course homepage, in particular the course information |
Internet history | History of the Internet (video), A brief history of the Internet | ||
Jan 22 | 10 | Guest lecture: The future web(**) | Tim Bernes-Lee on the next web (video) |
Jan 23 | 13 | Real time services, Network programming | Book: Ch 2.7, Ch 7, |
Jan 24 | 13 | Lab 1 | Instructions on labs page |
Jan 28 | 15 | Opportunistic networks, DTNs | Delay- and disruption-tolerant networking (**) |
Jan 29 | 10 | Transport protocols | Book: Ch 3.5-3.7, TCP Congestion Control (**) |
Jan 29 | Deadline for signing up to seminar on February 4:th | ||
Jan 30 | 13 | Guest lecture: Simulating and modeling computer networks(**) | Why we don't know how to simulate the Internet (**) |
Jan 31 | 10 | Lab 1 | Instructions on labs page |
Feb 1 | 16:00 | Deadline for forming a presentation group and picking a subject | |
Feb 3 | midnight | Deadline for lab 1 | |
Feb 4 | Seminar 1 Sign up before January 29:th! | All readings above | |
Feb 5 | 10 | Wireless commmunication and MAC(**) | Schiller: p31-61, p69-72 |
Feb 6 | 13 | Guest lecture: Cellular networks(**) | Schiller: p93-108 |
Feb 7 | 13 | Wifi, Short-distance communication | Schiller: p201-234, p269-276 |
Feb 8 | 8 | Lab 2 | Instructions on labs page |
Feb 11 | 13 | Guest lecture: Energy aspects in wireless networks | Energy concerns in wireless networks (**) |
Feb 11 | midnight | Deadline for lab 2 | |
Feb 13 | 13 | Internet of things, participatory sensing | When Sensor and Actuator Networks Cover the World (**) |
Feb 13 | Deadline for signing up to seminar on February 18:th | ||
Feb 14 | 10 | IPv6 in wired and wireless networks | Book: Ch 4.4.4, IPv6 (Wikipedia), IP is Dead, Long Live IP for Wireless Sensor Networks (**) |
Feb 15 | 16:00 | Deadline for presenting chosen readings for video presentation | |
Feb 18 | Seminar 2 Sign up before February 13:th! | All readings above since last seminar | |
Feb 19 | 10 | Network science | Introduction to Graph Theory |
Feb 20 | 13 | spare time | |
Feb 21 | 10 | Guest lecture: Networking in rural and disaster scenarios | Communication Challenges in Emergency Response (**) |
Feb 25 | 10 | Anonymity, privacy and integrity | Three types of online attacks (video) |
Feb 25 | Deadline for signing up to seminar on February 28:th | ||
Feb 26 | 15 | Guest lecture: Information-centric networking | A Survey of Information-Centric Networking (**) |
Feb 27 | 13 | Datacenters and green networking | A survey of green networking research (**) |
Feb 28 | Seminar 3 Sign up before February 25:th! | All readings above since last seminar | |
Mar 8 | 16:00 | Deadline for submitting video presentation to student portal | |
Mar 15 | 16:00 | Deadline for giving feedback on video presentations | |
Mar 20 | 9 | Pre-release of written exam | All readings above |
Mar 20 | 14 | Written exam | All readings above |