CSC 397	Grinnell College	Spring, 2005

Group Independent Study: Topics in Computer Networks

Tentative Schedule

Notes:

All reading assignments in the following schedule refer to sections in Computer Networking, Third Edition by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2005.
Readings should be completed in time for discussion and use on the day specified.

Week	Monday	Friday
1	January 24 no class	January 28 Outline of semester schedule Possible approaches for Chapter 1 labs
2	January 31 Reading: Section 1.1-1.4 Report on attempts to install Ethereal from Parks' Lab 0: Getting Started	February 4 Reading: Section 1.5-1.9 Report results from Parks' Lab 0: Getting Started
3	February 7 Clarify questions related to Chapter 1 of textbook Report on preliminary experiences from Parks' Lab 1: Network Delay	February 11 Report results from Parks' Lab 1: Network Delay
4	February 14 Reading: Section 2.1-2.3 Labs: Read possible labs for Chapter 2: Determine preliminary lab assignments: Lab: Application Layer by Max Hailperin, Gustavus Adolphus College. Lab: Application Protocols by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.	February 18 Reading: Section 2.4-2.6 Labs: Report progress on lab work
5	February 21 Reading: Section 2.7-2.10 Clarify questions related to Chapter 2 of textbook Lab: UDP Client/Server by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.	February 25 no class today
6	February 28 Reading: Section 3.1-3.4 Report results on Chapter 2 labs Labs: Determine preliminary lab assignments: Lab: Transport Layer by Max Hailperin, Gustavus Adolphus College. Lab: Reliable Data Transfer by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.	March 4 Reading: Section 3.5-3.6 Labs: Reports on first labs for Chapter 3: Lab: Transport Layer by Max Hailperin, Gustavus Adolphus College. Lab: Reliable Data Transfer by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.
7	March 7 Reading: Section 3.7-3.8	March 11 Report results on Chapter 3 labs Lab: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.
8	March 14 Reading: Section 4.1-4.3 Labs: Reports on labs for Chapter 4: Lab: Fragmentation by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004. Lab: Routing by Thomas Parks, Colgate University, 2004.	March 18 Reading: Section 4.4-4.8
Spring Break
9	April 4 Reading: Chapter 5	April 8 Lab: Reports on lab for Chapter 5: Lab: Link Layer by Max Hailperin, Gustavus Adolphus College.
10	April 11 Decide upon Student Projects	April 16 no class today
11	April 18 Project Status Reports: for the assignment from Stanford's networking class	April 22 work on project; no class meeting
12	April 25 Project Status Reports: for the assignment from Stanford's networking class	April 29 work on project; no class meeting
13	May 2 Project Status Reports: for the assignment from Stanford's networking class	May 6 Target Deadline: Project Presentations:
14	May 9 Wrap up End-of-course Evaluations	May 13 no class scheduled
Week	Monday	Friday

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created January 27, 2005 last revised April 11, 2005
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