COS-561, Fall 2018: Advanced Computer Networks

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Overview

COS 561 provides a research survey on network protocols---the rules and conventions that communicating end-points follow to exchange data over a computer network. The course covers both classic papers about the Internet protocols and recent research results, and will consider protocol design and analysis, as well as simulation and measurement studies of new and existing protocols.

Prerequisite: While the course has no formal prerequisites, some background in computer networking (e.g., COS 461 or the equivalent) is useful. See the COS 461 course for an overview of the material in COS 461. The course assignments will assume a basic familiarity with programming in languages like C, Python, or Go.

Information

• Instructor: Jennifer Rexford
• Teaching assistants: Xiaoqi Chen (xiaoqic@cs.princeton.edu) and Zhuqi Li (zhuqil@cs.princeton.edu)
• Lecture time: 1:30-2:50pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Location: Friend 006
• Grading: The final grades will depend on class participation (30%), homework assignments (30%), and the final project report and presentation (40%).
• Office hours: Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm (Zhuqi, CS 103B), Wednesday 10-11am (Zhuqi, CS 103B), Wednesday 3-4pm (Xiaoqi, Friend 010), Thursday 3-4pm (Xiaoqi, Friend 010), and by appointment (Jen Rexford, CS 222)