Course Description

Focus on networking and web technologies used in the Internet. The class covers socket programming and web-based techniques that are used to build distributed applications.

Course Objectives

• Internet operation, characteristics, and study
  
• Socket programming and application layer protocols.
  
• Advanced topics in networking (CDN, P2P, Gaming, VoIP, etc.)

Course Objectives and Department Mission

Because the Internet is such an important part of the communications infrastructure, understanding how it works is of benefit to everyone. Understanding the Internet in detail is especially critical for Computer Science students. Not only do students learn how communication takes place, but the Internet serves as an excellent example of a highly distributed and complex computer system. As a consequence, understanding the Internet fits well with the CS Department's Mission.

Course Information

• Lecture Time/Place
  • Mon/Wed from 11:00am to 12:15pm (HSSB 1173)

• Discussion Times/Places
  • Thur at 8:00am (Trailer 387, Rm #104) or Thur at 9:00am (Trailer 387, Rm #101)
    
    • First discussions are January 8
      
    • Last discussions are March 12
      

• Course WWW Site: there is a Moodle Web Site on GauchoSpace. The link is: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu/courses/course/view.php?id=6030.
  
  
• Course Material
  • Much of the material we will use for this course will be information published on web pages or in research papers. Links and papers will all be posted on GauchoSpace. That said, the book from CS176A and others will be a good source for some of the topics.
  • [Recommended Textbook] J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition (July 2002), 3rd edition (May 2004), 4th edition (April 2007), 5th edition (March 2009), or 6th edition (March 2012).
    

• Required Prerequisites: CS176A, CS176A, CS176A.

Instructor Information

Kevin Almeroth (almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu)
Office Location: 2113, Harold Frank Hall (Engineering I)
Office Hours: 9:00am-10:45am on Mon/Wed; by appt, or open door.

Teaching Assistants

Daniel (Michael) Agun (dagun@cs.ucsb.edu)

• Michael will handle all things related to the programming project
Office Location: CSIL, Phelps
Office Hours: 1:30pm-3:00pm on Wed and Thu

Da Zhang (dazhang@cs.ucsb.edu)

• Da will handle homeworks and the exam
Office Location: Rm 103-104, Trailer #936
Office Hours: 9:00am-12:00pm on Friday

Student Evaluation

• 20%: Homeworks
  
  • 10%: Homework #1--Internet Tools [Jan 22--11:59pm]
  • 10%: Homework #2--Streaming Audio [Feb 12--11:59pm]
• 30%: Project
  
  • 05%: Deliverable #A--Project Description [Jan 29--11:59pm]
  • 08%: Deliverable #B--Project Description [Feb 26--11:59pm]
  • 17%: Deliverable #C--Project Final Report (and Demo) [Mar 15--11:59pm]
• 35%: Exam [Available Feb 18--8:00am; Due Feb 19--11:59pm]
• 15%: Final[Available Mar 16--8:00am; Due Mar 19--11:59pm]
  
• Notes
  • Due dates MAY change. If there are updates, they will be posted.
  • There is no late homework/exam make-up. All missed homeworks/exams earn a 0.

Course Outline

1. Performance Evaluation
2. Internet Latency and Bufferbloat
3. Internet Analysis Tools
4. Routing Studies
5. VLANs and MPLS
6. Multimedia
7. Network Security
8. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
9. Anycast
10. Multicast
11. Disruption Tolerant Networks (DTNs)