- Basic Information
Credits: 3
Lecturer: Feng Qian Email: fengqian (at) indiana.edu
Teaching Assistant: Taslima Akter, Pratish Merchant, and Prerna Preeti
Lecture: 04:00P-05:15P on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Lindley Hall 102
Office Hour: 1:00P-2:00P on Thursday, Lindley Hall 323
Required Textbook: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th edition) Addison-Wesley, 2013 - Email Policy
The instructor and TAs can be reached at p538fall16-l [at] list.indiana.edu. Any course related queries should be sent to this email alias. - Prerequisites
C/C++/Java programming experience and basic knowledge of data structure (C/C++/Java programming will be needed for the course projects). - Grading Policy
Midterm exam: 25%
Homework (3): 10%
Paper Summaries (About 6): 15%
Warm-up Programming: 5%
Mini project: 15%
Team project: 30%
- Late policy
Late submissions of homework or paper summaries receive no credit. Late submissions of projects receive partial credit:
Late for no more than 12 hours: 80% of credit.
Late for more than 12 hours but no more than 24 hours: 70% of credit.
Late for more than 24 hours but no more than 48 hours: 60% of credit.
Late for more than 48 hours: no credit. - Tentative Course Schedule (Subject to Change)
Note: Deadlines of all homework and projects are 23:59:59 local time (EDT or EST).Tue 08/23 Misc Introduction to the course
Warm-up Programming ReleaseThu 08/25 Textbook Chapter 1
Tue 08/30 Textbook Chapter 2
Thu 09/01 Textbook Chapter 2
Tue 09/06 Textbook Chapter 2
Warm-up Programming Due
Thu 09/08 Textbook Chapter 3
Tue 09/13 Textbook Chapter 3
Thu 09/15 Textbook Chapter 3
Mini Project Release
Tue 09/20 Textbook Chapter 3
Thu 09/22 Textbook Chapter 4
Tue 09/27 Textbook Chapter 4
Thu 09/29 Textbook Chapter 4
Tue 10/04 Misc Guest lecture: Network Security (by Xianghang Mi)
Thu 10/06 No Class. Feng is Traveling Tue 10/11 Textbook Chapter 4
Thu 10/13 Project Introduction to Team Project
Team Project ReleaseTue 10/18 Textbook Chapter 5
Mini Project Due
Thu 10/20 Textbook Chapter 5
Tue 10/25 Textbook Chapter 5
Thu 10/27 Exam Midterm Exam
Tue 11/01 Paper Paper Discussion I: emerging web protocols
Thu 11/03 Paper Paper Discussion II: multipath transport
Tue 11/08 Paper Paper Discussion III: wireless networks
Thu 11/10 Paper Paper Discussion IV: wireless networks
Tue 11/15 Paper Paper Discussion V: network measurement
Thu 11/17 Paper Paper Discussion VI: multimedia
Tue 11/22 No Class Thanksgiving break
Thu 11/24 No Class Thanksgiving break
Tue 11/29 Paper Paper Discussion VII: security
Thu 12/01 Summary Course summary
Tue 12/06 Flexible Flexible slot, TBD
Team Project Due
Thu 12/08 Project Team Project Presentation
- Honor Code
Students must follow the IU Honor Code. All projects and homeworks are individual assignments, and no collaboration among students is allowed (except for the team project). Any violations of the honor code will be dealt with strictly.