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CS 168 Fall 2026
Instructors: Ion Stoica, Sylvia Ratnasamy / Lecture: TuTh, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM, Dwinelle 155 [Zoom, Playlist]
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Readings | Discussion | Project |
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| 1 |
Thu Aug 27 | 1. Intro 1: Architecture and Protocols | Intro | No discussion | Project 1A (Traceroute)
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| 2 |
Tue Sep 01 | 2. Intro 2: Architectural Overview: Bottom-up | Links / Multiplexing | ||
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Thu Sep 03 | 3. Intro 3: Architectural Overview: Top-Down | Layers / Headers | 1. Intro I | ||
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Tue Sep 08 | 4. Intro 4: Architectural Principles | Architecture / Design | ||
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Thu Sep 10 | 5. Routing 1: Principles | Intro / Model / States | 2. Intro II | Project 1B (Traceroute)
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| 4 |
Tue Sep 15 | 6. Routing 2: Distance-Vector | Distance-Vector | ||
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Thu Sep 17 | 7. Routing 3: Link-State, Addressing Video |
Link-State / Addressing | 3. Routing I | ||
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Tue Sep 22 | 8. Routing 4: Routers Video |
Routers | ||
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Thu Sep 24 | 9. Routing 5: BGP I | Model / Design | 4. Routing II | Project 2 (Routing)
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| 6 |
Tue Sep 29 | 10. Routing 6: BGP II | Implementation / IP Header | ||
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Thu Oct 01 | 11. Transport 1: TCP I | Principles | 5. BGP | ||
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Tue Oct 06 | 12. Transport 2: TCP II | Design / Implementation | ||
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Thu Oct 08 | 13. Transport 3: Congestion Control I | Principles / Design / Implementation | 6. TCP | ||
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Tue Oct 13 | 14. Transport 4: Congestion Control II | Throughput / Issues / Router-Assisted | ||
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Thu Oct 15 | 15. Applications 1: DNS | DNS | 7. Congestion Control | ||
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Tue Oct 20 | 16. Applications 2: HTTP and CDNs | HTTP | ||
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Thu Oct 22 | 17. End-to-End 1: Ethernet, STP | Ethernet / STP | 8. DNS, HTTP |
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| 10 |
Tue Oct 27 | No Lecture (Midterm) |
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Thu Oct 29 | Midterm (Thu Oct 29) |
9. ARP, DHCP, NAT | |||
| 11 |
Tue Nov 03 | 18. End-to-End 2: ARP, DHCP, NAT, TLS | NAT / TLS / ARP / DHCP / End-to-End | ||
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Thu Nov 05 | 19. Datacenters 1: Topology | Topology / Congestion | 10. Datacenters |
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| 12 |
Tue Nov 10 | 20. Datacenters 2: Routing | Routing / Addressing / Virtualization | ||
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Thu Nov 12 | 21. Datacenters 3: SDN | SDN | 11. Host Networking and SDN | ||
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Tue Nov 17 | 22. Datacenters 4: Host Networking | Host Networking | ||
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Thu Nov 19 | 23. Beyond Client-Server 1: Overlays | Multicast | 12. Multicast and Collectives | ||
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Tue Nov 24 | 24. Beyond Client-Server 2: AI (Collectives) | Operations / Implementation | ||
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Thu Nov 26 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving) |
13. Wireless and Cellular |
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Tue Dec 01 | 25. Wireless 1: Wireless Links Video |
Wireless | ||
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Thu Dec 03 | 26. Wireless 2: Cellular | Cellular | 14. | ||