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Wk.	Date	Lecture (Playlist, Zoom)	Readings	Discussion	Homework	Project
1	Wed Jan 22	1. Intro 1: Layers of the Internet Slides / Recording	Intro, Layers, Headers	No discussion		Project 1A (Traceroute) (due Tue Feb 4)
2	Mon Jan 27	2. Intro 2: Design Principles Slides / Recording	Architecture, Design	1. Intro I Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Wed Jan 29	3. Intro 3: Links Slides / Recording	Links, Multiplexing
3	Mon Feb 03	4. Routing 1: Principles Slides / Recording	Intro, Model, States	2. Intro II Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW1: Architecture (due Mon Feb 24)
	Wed Feb 05	5. Routing 2: Distance-Vector Slides / Recording	Distance-Vector			Project 1B (Traceroute) (due Fri Feb 14)
4	Mon Feb 10	6. Routing 2: Distance-Vector (continued) Slides / Recording	Distance-Vector	3. Routing I Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Wed Feb 12	7. Routing 3: Link-State, Addressing Slides / Recording	Link-State, Addressing
5	Mon Feb 17	No Lecture (Presidents’ Day)		4. Routing II Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW2: Routing (due Mon Mar 17)	Project 2 (Routing) (due Fri Feb 28)
	Wed Feb 19	8. Routing 4: Routers Slides / Recording	Routers
6	Mon Feb 24	9. Routing 5: BGP I Slides / Recording	Model, Design	5. BGP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Wed Feb 26	10. Routing 6: BGP II Slides / Recording	Implementation, IP Header
7	Mon Mar 03	11. Transport 1: TCP I Slides / Recording	Principles	6. TCP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW3: Transport (due Mon Mar 31)
	Wed Mar 05	12. Transport 2: TCP II Slides / Recording	Design, Implementation
8	Mon Mar 10	13. Transport 3: Congestion Control I Slides / Recording	Principles, Design, Implementation	No Discussion (Midterm)
	Tue Mar 11	Midterm (Tue Mar 11, 7–9pm)
	Wed Mar 12	14. Transport 4: Congestion Control II Slides / Recording	Throughput, Issues, Router-Assisted			Project 3A (Transport) (due Fri Mar 21)
9	Mon Mar 17	15. Transport 4: Congestion Control II (continued) Slides / Recording	Throughput, Issues, Router-Assisted	7. Congestion Control Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Wed Mar 19	16. Applications 1: DNS Slides / Recording	DNS
10	Mon Mar 24	No Lecture (Spring Break)		No Discussion (Spring Break)
	Wed Mar 26	No Lecture (Spring Break)
11	Mon Mar 31	17. Applications 2: HTTP Slides / Recording	HTTP	8. DNS, HTTP, Ethernet, STP Worksheet / Solutions / Slides		Project 3B (Transport) (due Tue Apr 8)
	Wed Apr 02	18. End-to-End 1: Ethernet, STP Slides / Recording	Ethernet, STP
12	Mon Apr 07	19. End-to-End 2: ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS Slides / Recording	ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS, End-to-End	9. ARP, DHCP, NAT Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW4: Applications, End-to-End (due Mon Apr 14)
	Wed Apr 09	20. End-to-End 2: ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS (continued) Slides / Recording	ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS, End-to-End
13	Mon Apr 14	21. Datacenters 1: Topology Slides / Recording	Topology, Congestion	10. Datacenters & SDN Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW5: Datacenters (due Mon Apr 21)
	Wed Apr 16	22. Datacenters 2: Routing Slides / Recording	Routing, Addressing, Virtualization
14	Mon Apr 21	23. Datacenters 3-4: SDN and Host Networking Slides / Recording / Slides Part 2	SDN, Host Networking	11. Host Networking Worksheet / Solutions / Slides	HW6: Special Topics (due Fri May 09)
	Wed Apr 23	24. Beyond Client-Server 1: Multicast Slides / Recording	Multicast
15	Mon Apr 28	25. Beyond Client-Server 2: Collectives Slides / Recording	Operations, Implementation	12. Multicast and Collectives Worksheet / Solutions / Slides
	Wed Apr 30	26. Special Topics 1: Wireless Slides / Recording	Wireless
16	Mon May 05	27. Special Topics 2: Cellular Slides / Recording	Cellular
	Wed May 07
17	Fri May 16	Final Exam (Fri May 16, 3–6pm)