Date	Comment	Topic	Reading,  Garcia	Reading, Freeman (chapter.section)	Supplementary reading	Opnet IT Guru assigments	Problem sets, Garcia
8/27 Mon	First day of class	Communication networks and servies	Chapter 1.1	1.1, 1.2, 1.4.1.5
8/29 Wed		Network architecture and services	Chapter 1.2
8/31 Fri		Layered architectures, OSI model	Chapter 2.1, 2.2	10.1
9/3 Mon	Labor Day, no class
9/5 Wed		TCP/IP archirecture	Chapter 2.3				1.5,9,13,14,15,16
9/7 Fri		TCP/IP archirecture	Chapter 2.4		Garcia 2.5
9/10 Mon		Digital representation of informatation	Chapter 3.1, 3.2	2.3 - 2.5, 6.1-6.4
9/12 Wed		Digital representation of analog signals	Chapter 3.3	6.5
9/14 Fri		No lecture: Intro lab				Introduction_lab
9/17 Mon		No lecture: Intro lab				Introduction_lab_due
9/19 Wed		Characterization of communication channels	Chapter 3.4	10.1 - 10.5			2.3, 2.6, 2.11, 2.12, 2.18, 2.192.32, 2.41, 2.47
9/21 Fri		Fundamental limits in digital transmission, line coding	Chapter 3.5, 3.6	10.6 - 10.8
9/24 Mon		Modems and digital modulation	Chapter 3.7	10.9
9/26 Wed		No lecture: Lab assignment				Small Internetworks lab
9/28 Fri		No lecture: lab assignment				Small Internetworks lab_due
10/1 Mon		Properties of media and digital transmission systems	Chapter 3.8
10/3 Wed		Error detection and correction	Chapter 3.9
10/5 Fri		Circuit networks: multiplexing	Chapter 4.1				3.3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 27,30, 38, 43, 45, 50, 56
10/8 Mon		SONET, Transport networks
10/10 Wed		Circuit switches	Chapter 4.2, 4.3	19.1, 19.2, 19.3
10/12 Fri		The telephone network: architecture and services	Chapter 4.4			Network Design Lab_due
10/15 Mon		midterm	Chapter 4.5
10/17 Wed		Telephone network signaling and control	Chapter 4.6, 4.7	7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,  7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8,  14.1-14.12
10/19 Fri		Peer-to-peer protocols	Chapter 5.1	10.1
10/22 Mon		ARQ protocols	Chapter 5.2	10.5.3.3
10/24 Wed		TCP	Chapter 5.3	12.2, 12.3			4.3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14,17, 20, 25
10/26 Fri		Framing, PPP	Chapter 5.4, 5.5	6.2.3.1, 10.10,3,
10/29 Mon		Multiple access communications, random access	Chapter 6.1, 6.2	11.5		Switched LANs lab_due
10/31 Wed		Scheduling approaches	Chapter 6.3	11.6
11/2 Fri		Channelization techniques	Chapter 6.4	18.6	Garcia, 6.5
11/5 Mon		LAN protocols	Chapter 6.6	11.1- 11.6		Queuing_lab_due
11/7 Wed		Ethernet	Chapter 6.7	11.6	Garcia 6.8-10		4.37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 52, 57, 61
11/9 Fri		LAN bridges and Ethernet switches	Chapter 6.11	11.7
11/12 Mon	Veteran's Day No class
11/14 Wed		TCP	Chapter 8.5	12.1,12.2		Ethernet_Lab_due
11/16 Fri		TCP	Chapter 8.5	12.2
11/19 Mon		Ethernet	Chapter 6.6, 6.7	11.7			5.3,.5,.9, 11, 15, 18, 22, 29, 33, 36
11/21 Wed	No class
11/23 Fri	Thanksgiving holiday, no class
11/26 Mon	No class: lab assignments					TCP Lab
11/28 Wed	No class: lab assignments					TCP Lab
11/30 Fri	No class: lab assignments			20.1-20.12	Garcia 9.3-9.6	TCP Lab
12/3 Mon		ATM networks	Chapter 9.3	12.3		TCP Lab due
12/5 Wed		ATM networks	Chapter 9.4	12.3	Garcia 8.3	ATM_lab
12/7 Fri	Last day of class	ATM networks	Chapter 9.5	12.3	Garcia 8.6-8.8	ATM_lab_due	6.34,6.35, 6.26, 6.37, 9.4, 9.5, 9.15, 9.19
12/10 Mon	First day of finals