CS204: Syllabus

Spring Quarter 2019

Calendar

Subject to change, please check back for updates. Last updated 5/13/19.

Date	Lecture	Assigned Reading (write a critique)	Optional Reading	Assignment
Mon 4/1	Intro and Review [pdf]
Wed 4/3	Design principles	Design philosophy [pdf], How to read [pdf] *	Hourglass architecture [pdf]
Fri 4/5	Link layer: Scheduling
Mon 4/8	Link layer: Scheduling (cont'd)		Generalized processor sharing [pdf]
Wed 4/10	Network layer: BGP	Stable BGP [pdf]
Fri 4/12	Network layer: BGP
Mon 4/15	Transport layer: Multicast
Wed 4/17	Network layer: TCP CUBIC	End-to-end multicast [pdf]	CUBIC [pdf]
Fri 4/19	Network layer: TCP CUBIC
Mon 4/22	Network layer: MPTCP	MPTCP [pdf]
Wed 4/24	Network layer: MPTCP congestion control		MPTCP congestion control [pdf]
Fri 4/26	Network layer: TCP at the network edge		DCTCP [pdf]
Mon 4/29	Network layer: TCP at the network edge
Wed 5/1	App layer: Names, places, and time
Fri 5/3	App layer: HTTP2	SPDY [pdf]	mobile SPDY [pdf]
Mon 5/6	App layer: HTTP2
Wed 5/8	App layer: REST
Fri 5/10	Project proposals			project proposal slides
Mon 5/13	Project proposals
Wed 5/15	Abstractions: Software-defined networking
Fri 5/17	No class (travel)
Mon 5/20	No class (travel)
Wed 5/22	Abstractions: Network function virtualization	OpenFlow [pdf]	NetVM [pdf]
Fri 5/24	Abstractions: Edge computing	fog [pdf]
Mon 5/27	No class (University holiday)
Wed 5/29	Content: P2P	Chord [pdf]
Fri 5/27	Content: Video streaming		FESTIVE [pdf]
Mon 6/3	Content: Content distribution networks		measure CDN [pdf]
Wed 6/5	Misc: Topology weaknesses		topology weaknesses [pdf]
Fri 6/7	Overflow
Thurs 6/13	Project presentations (during final exam slot 3-6pm)

* No critique needed this week