====== Course Outline ====== ===== Weeks 1-2 ===== Course overview and introduction to computer networks and the Internet (Chapter 1) ===== Weeks 3-5 ===== Application layer: HTTP, FTP, email, DNS, Socket programming (Chapter 2) ===== Week 6 ===== Transport layer: UDP, TCP, congestion control (Chapter 3) ===== Midterm ===== Feb 14 (confirmed) during lecture time slot ===== Reading Week ====== ===== Week 7-8 ===== Transport layer: UDP, TCP, congestion control (continue) ===== Weeks 9-12 ===== The network layer: IP protocol, routing algorithm (Chapter 4) ===== Week 13 ===== ===== Final Exam ===== April 25, 2013, 9:00am-12:00noon, TEL1004