| Letter Grade | A+ | A | B+ | B | C+ | C | D+ | D | F |
| Range | 95-100 | 90-94 | 85-89 | 80-84 | 75-79 | 70-74 | 65-69 | 60-64 | 0-59 |
| WK | Title | Topics |
| 1 | Introduction (Chapter 1) |
What is the Internet, What is a protocol? Network Edge, Network Core, and Network Access & Physical Media Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks Protocol Layers and Their Service Models Internet Backbones, NAPs and ISPs Brief History of Computer Networking and the Internet |
| 2 | Application Layer (Chapter 2) |
Principles of Application Layer Protocols The World Wide Web: HTTP File Transfer: FTP |
| 3 | Electronic Mail in the Internet The Internet's Directory Service: DNS |
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| 4 | P2P File Sharing | 5 | Transport Layer (Chapter 3) |
Transport-Layer Services and Principles Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Applications |
| 6 | Connectionless Transport: UDP Principles of Reliable of Data Transfer: TCP case study |
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| 7 | Principles of Congestion Control | 8 | Network Layer (Chapter 4) |
Introduction and Network Service Models What is Inside a Router? IP: the Internet Protocol |
| 9 | Routing Algorithms Hierarchical Routing Routing in the Internet |
10 | Link Layer (Chapter 5) |
Link Layer: Introduction & Services Multiple Access Protocols and LANs |
| 11 | LAN Addresses and ARP Ethernet Hubs, Bridges and Switches |
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| 12 | PPP: the Point-to-Point Protocol Link Virtualization: ATM |
13 | Wireless and Mobile Networks (Chapter 6) |
Wireless Links & Network Characteristics, CDMA Wireless LANs: IEEE 802.11 WPAN & Bluetooth Mobile networking (introduction) |
14 | Multimedia Networking (Chapter 7) |
Multimedia Networking Applications Streaming Stored Audio and Video |
| 15 | Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An Internet Phone Example Protocols for Real-Time Interactive applications |