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CSCE
463-500/612-600: Networks and Distributed Processing
TR 11:10-12:25pm
(Fall 2025) in HRBB 113
Syllabus
PDF
Lectures (* marks homework due dates)
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Date |
File |
Lecture |
Topic |
| 8/26 |
PDF |
Preliminaries
I |
Syllabus,
Visual Studio |
| 8/28 |
PDF |
Preliminaries
II |
URL parsing, sockets, HTTP |
| 9/2 |
PDF |
Introduction
I * |
Terminology and overview |
| 9/4 |
PDF |
Introduction
II |
Delay and loss |
| 9/9 |
PDF |
Application layer
I * |
Application types,
HTTP |
| 9/11 |
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Quiz 1 |
Chapter 1 |
| 9/16 |
PDF |
Application layer
II |
Caching,
cookies, FTP, email |
| 9/18 |
PDF |
Application layer
III |
DNS
basics |
| 9/23 |
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Application layer
IV * |
DNS
vulnerabilities |
| 9/25 |
|
Midterm 1 |
Chapters 1-2, homework #1 |
| 9/30 |
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Application layer
V |
Other DNS uses, P2P |
| 10/2 |
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Transport layer
I |
Multiplexing, UDP |
| 10/7 |
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Transport Layer
II |
Reliable data transfer, stop &
wait |
| 10/9 |
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Quiz 2 |
Chapter 2 |
| 10/14 |
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Fall Break |
Fall Break |
| 10/16 |
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Transport Layer III * |
Go-back-N, Selective Repeat |
| 10/21 |
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Transport Layer
IV |
Timeouts, flow control, fast retx |
| 10/23 |
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Transport Layer V |
Congestion control |
| 10/28 |
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Midterm 2 |
Chapters 2-3, homework #2 |
| 10/30 |
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Transport Layer VI * |
TCP modeling, fairness |
| 11/4 |
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Network Layer I |
Introduction |
| 11/6 |
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Network Layer II |
Switching, IP header |
| 11/11 |
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Quiz 3 |
Chapters 3-4 |
| 11/13 |
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Network Layer III * |
NAT, link-state routing |
| 11/18 |
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Network Layer IV |
Distance vector, RIP, OSPF |
| 11/20 |
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Network Layer V |
BGP, multicast |
| 11/25 |
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Data-link Layer I * |
Error detection/correction, CSMA |
| 11/27 |
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Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving |
| 12/2 |
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Data-link Layer II |
Ethernet, hubs/switches |
| 12/4 |
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Midterm 3 |
Chapters 3-5, homework
#3-4 |
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Class Materials
Useful Links
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Setting up
Azure
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Starting with Visual Studio (creating
a project,
precompiled headers, basic
debugging)
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The C language, arrays, pointers,
functions, strings, I/O, data structures (beginner
C, K&R,
C FAQs)
Homework
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# |
File(s) |
Topic |
Due |
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1 |
p1,
p2, p3 |
Web client
(3 parts) |
9/2, 9/9, 9/23 |
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2 |
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Native DNS resolver |
10/16 |
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3 |
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Reliable data transfer
(3 parts) |
10/30, 11/13, 11/25 |
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4 |
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Parallel
traceroute |
12/14 |
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