CS 6390 - Advanced Computer Networks

Tentative Course Schedule

Week

Date

Description

Notes

Reading/Resources

1

8/19

Intro
IP addressing and forwarding
Network Address Translation

 

Textbook: 3.1, 3.2

1

8/21


IP addressing and forwarding
Network Address Translation

 




2

8/26

IPv6

HW1 out 
(IP assignment)

Textbook: 4.1.3

2

8/28

Intra-domain routing
(RIP & OSPF)

 

Textbook: 3.3

3

9/2

Labor Day - no class

 

3

9/4

Intra-domain routing issues
(TE & MPLS)

 

Textbook: 4.3
[1][2, 3][4]

4

9/9

TCP

Textbook: 5.2

4

9/11

TCP congestion control

HW2 out (Troubleshooting)

 Textbook: 6.1 - 6.3

5

9/16

Inter-domain routing with BGP

 

1

5

9/18

BGP limitations
(stability)

Project Description Out

 

1, 2, 3 

6

9/23

BGP limitations
(security)

 

1, 2 (Optional: 3)

6

9/25

Internet architecture design

 

1, 2, (Optional 3)

7

9/30

Internet Connectivity and IXPs

 

1, 2, (Optional 3, 4)

7

10/2

Alternative Internet Architecture
(XIA, CCN)

HW3 out
(IGP routing)
 

1, 2

8

10/7

IP Multicast

 

Multicast Basics
PIM
SSM Overview

8

10/9

Project Discussion

 

9

10/14

Exam 1

 

9

10/16

IP Multicast (cont’d)

 

 

10

10/21

CDNs

 

1 (Chp 7; Sec: 6-8)

10

10/23

QoS with IntServ and DiffServ

 HW4
(BGP routing)

Textbook: 6.5

11

10/28

Congestion Control Revisited
AQM – (FQ, RED, XCP)
(Multipath TCP)

 

Textbook: 6.4
XCP, 
(MP-TCP 1 2)

11

10/30

Congestion Control Revisited
TCP Cubic and Compound TCP
 (QUIC, BBR, PCC)

 

CUBIC, C-TCP
QUIC, BBR, PCC

12

11/4

Congestion Control, cont’d

 

(HotNets’17 Debate on CC)

12

11/6

Data Center Networking
(DC network design)

 

1, 2

13

11/11

Data Center Networking
(Transport issues in DCNs)

 

1

13

11/13

Overlay Networks and P2P
(Chord)

 

Chord 

 

11/18

No class
(CAE PIs meeting @ NICE Conf)

 

 

11/20

IP Mobility and Ad Hoc NWs
(Mobile IP and AODV)

AODV

14

11/25

Fall Break – No Class

 

 

14

11/27

Fall Break – No Class

 

 

15

12/2

Network Security

 

15

12/4

Multimedia Networking
(VoIP)

 

VoIP Survey

 

12/11

Exam 2 at 2pm in ECSS 4.910