You have completed 4 weeks of the term. Congratulations!
In week-4, we spent a fair bit of time learning the required design constructs and concepts to build a reliable communication system over an unreliable network. Next week (Week-5) we shall study in detail how TCP implements them in practice. We shall also learn a number of other useful functions executed by TCP such as congestion control, without which the Internet would collapse.
There will be no lecture or labs in Week-6.
Your Mid-term Exam will take place in Week 7, Tuesday (31 March) starting 9:05am on Inspera, which you can take from anywhere with good Internet connectivity. More details about the mid-term exam, including a practice test on Inspera will be released in Week 5. There will be no lecture on 31 March due to the mid-term exam.
Have a great weekend, but don't forget to keep yourself up-to-date with the course contents.
We have completed Application Layer, the top layer of the Internet protocol stack, in Week-3. Congratulations!
In Week-4, we shall begin our journey into the Transport Layer of the Internet. As discussed in the first lecture, Transport Layer is the interface for the application developers and supports the end-to-end data delivery over the vast Internet.
Here is a poll on the pace of the lectures . Let me know your thoughts so I can make adjustments as necessary.
Labs have started in full swing. Make sure you always submit your lab report by the report submission deadline without any penalty. Enjoy the rest of your weekend but don't forget to work hard as always.
See you in the lecture next week.
Congratulations! You have completed TWO weeks!
You should have now attended your first lab session during Week-2. Don't forget to submit your lab report by its due date to avoid late submission penalty. Note that the lab marks are only awarded when you submit the lab report.
We shall cover the remaining contents of Application Layer (DNS, P2P, CDN) this week (Week 3).
See you in the lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 9am.