CSE 461: Introduction to Computer-Communication Networks  Winter 2000

Assigned Readings

The readings below reference the textbook:
An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet and the Telephone Networks, by Srinivasan Keshav (Addison-Wesley, 1997).

We also recommend the following books:

• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 2nd edition, by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie (Morgan Kaufmann, 1999).
• Computer Networks, 3rd edition, by Andrew S Tannenbaum (Prentice-Hall, 1996).

Readings by date:

M 1/3    Chapter 5

W 1/5    Chapter 12, Section 2.3, Section 15.2

M 1/10   Chapter 8, Chapter 4

W 1/12   Chapter 7

M 1/17    Holiday

W 1/19    No assigned reading. Peterson on bridges/spanning trees handed out.

M 1/24    Chapter 10, Sections 3.1 to 3.3, Section 15.3

W 1/26    Sections 11.1 to 11.5

M 1/31    Sections 11.6 to 11.14

W 2/2    No assigned reading

M 2/7    Midterm

W 2/9    Section 12.4

M 2/14    Section 15.3

W 2/16    Chapter 13, especially 13.4

W 2/23    No assigned reading

M 2/28    Review section 10.8

W 3/1    Handout from Peterson on security

M 3/6    Review section 11.11

W 3/8    Chapter 9, review Chapter 13. Peterson on TCP handout