Packet switching

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Routing

Congestion Control

CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking Princeton University Fall 2021 Princeton University's CS 144 is an introductory course teaching core principles of computer networking, including packet switching, layering, encapsulation, and protocols. Students get hands-on experience in building parts of the internet infrastructure, like a router, and a reliable data delivery service. CS144 is an introductory course about computer networks. You will learn about the basic principles of computer networks, for example packet switching, layering, encapsulation and protocols; and you will learn how applications such as the world-wide-web, video streaming (e.g. Netflix and Hulu), video conferencing (e.g. Zoom and Skype) and BitTorrent use the network to communicate. You will spend quite a lot of time learning about the specifics of how the Internet works – which is of course by far the biggest computer network ever built. You will learn how applications communicate reliably over an unreliable Internet. And you will build portions of the Internet yourself! In fact, we believe that in CS144 you build more parts of the Internet infrastructure than in any other undergraduate networking class anywhere. It’s really fun to see how the individual pieces work: You build an Internet router, and a reliable data delivery service, and then you use it to communicate with remote servers.

In addition to lectures, we will also have a few in-class guest lectures by outside speakers. All the guest lecturers are excellent speakers with many years of experience making networks work at huge scale. We will also have one or more in-class exercises, which you will complete during the regular lecture time. These are designed to give you hands-on experience with tools that are useful for your labs.  The formal prerequisite for CS144 is CS110. CS144 is a lab course: 45% of your grade is based on a quarter-long lab assignment implemented in C++, which means you need to be very comfortable with C++ and using standard debugging tools (if you are reading through thousands of lines of printf output you are doing something wrong). CS107 is not sufficient preparation: you need more programming experience. CS144 is offered every year, so please wait until you are ready before taking it. That being said, if you did pretty well in CS110 you should do fine in CS144. **Textbook**: The optional course textbook is: Kurose and Ross, *Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach*, 8th edition (7th edition is fine too). We will not be assigning readings, but it is an excellent reference to supplement the lectures and videos.

CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking

Computer Networks

Addressing

Interdomain Routing

IP Forwarding

Reliable Delivery

DNS (Domain Name System)

Ethernet

End-to-End Operation

Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

Datacenters

Cellular network

CS 168: Introduction to the Internet: Architecture and Protocols UC Berkeley Fall 2022 UC Berkeley's CS 168 is an undergraduate level course presenting a wide range of fundamental concepts related to the internet architecture and protocols. Students partake in several programming projects mostly in Python. Prior programming knowledge is expected.  This is an undergraduate level course covering the fundamental concepts of networking as embodied in the Internet. The course will cover a wide range of topics; see the lecture schedule for more details. While the class has a textbook, we will not follow its order of presentation but will instead use the text as a reference when covering each individual topic. The course will also have several projects that involve programming (mostly in Python).  Required: CS 61A, 61B, Math 53 or 54. Contrary to what the EECS department website says, CS 162 is not a prequisite.

You should know programming, data structures, and software engineering. In terms of mathematics, your algebra should be very solid, you need to know basic probability, and you should be comfortable with thinking abstractly. The TAs will spend very little time reviewing material that is not specific to networking. We assume that you either know the material covered in those courses or are willing to learn the material as necessary. We won’t cover any of this material in lecture. No textbook is required for this class, but we recommend [Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7th edition by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross](http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/index.php) if you would like to dive deeper into the subject.

CS 168: Introduction to the Internet: Architecture and Protocols

Packet switching

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CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking

CS 168: Introduction to the Internet: Architecture and Protocols