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Feb. 13, 2014
Here's a list of what is valid material for the midterm (along with relevant textbook sections)
L1: Overview
L2: Basic Networking Principles
Capacity, bandwidth, sinc pulses: 3.2.2, 3.4.1, 3.5.1
Queues: A.3.1 (although we used a much much shorter derivation of the M/M/1 queue - which we didn’t even refer to as an M/M/1 when discussing queue delay estimation in class)
Little’s Formula: A.1.2 (although we just stated Little’s formula and did not derive it, nor will we)
L3: Internet Structure and Addressing
IP Addressing: 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.5
DNS: 2.1.1
L4: Internet Routing and Controls
General routing: 7.4
Bellman-Ford (Distance-Vector Routing): 7.5.1
Dijkstra’s (Link-State Routing): 7.5.2
Distance vs. Link: 7.5.4
L5: Internet Application Topology
More applied stuff not directly in textbook.
Basically discussed how queries can be distributed in server farms, the idea of the cache, leveraging DNS to efficiently deliver content, high-level mechanics of peer-to-peer networks
L6: Protocols, Services, Layers
2.1.1, 2.1.2
L7: OSI Reference Model
2.2
L8: TCP/IP Overview (up to and including slide 13)
2.3, 2.5.3
Midterm will be a combination of short answer written (and maybe draw) questions and quantitative stuff. 6-7 multi-part questions.
You guys seem especially worried about some of the signalling stuff in Lecture 2 and 4 so here are some notes on those topics:
Feb. 12, 2014
Feb. 10, 2014
Assignment 1 solutions posted (in Assignments folder of wiki).
Quiz at the end of class on Wed. Feb. 12 (20 mins.). It will be on Assignment 1.
In the Assignments folder I have also posted a bunch of questions (and solutions) for you to practice on (you don't have to worry about this stuff for the quiz, but its good practice for the midterm).
Jan. 25, 2014
Assignment 1 posted in Assignments directory (of Wiki). Due. Wed. Feb. 10 by end of class.
Jan. 6, 2014
Welcome to 3213. Course wiki updated for 2014.