COS-461, Spring 2009: Computer Networks

Latest Announcements

5/28: Final grades available on SCORE and exams in room 210. Have a great summer!
5/13: Final will be comprehensive and two hours long (1:30-3:30pm) on May 21st. Practice exams are posted.

Overview

This course studies computer networks and the services built on top of them. Topics include packet-switch and multi-access networks, routing and flow control, congestion control and quality-of-service, Internet protocols (IP, TCP, BGP), the client-server model and RPC, elements of distributed systems (naming, security, caching) and the design of network services (multimedia, peer-to-peer networks, file and web servers, content distribution networks).

Prerequisite: COS 217. Although not required, taking either COS 318 or 333 before COS 461 is helpful for the programming assignments.

Information

Lecture time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30pm - 2:50pm
Location: CS building, Room 105
Grading: Grading is based on two exams (a midterm and a final exam, 20% each), five programming assignments (10% each), and class participation (10%).

Instructors

Role	Name	Email (@cs.princeton.edu)	Office	Office Hours
Lecturer	Mike Freedman	mfreed+cos461	208	Mon and Wed, 2:50-3:30pm
TA	Wyatt Lloyd	wlloyd+cos461	003	Mon 3-4pm, Tue 4-5pm
TA	Jeff Terrace	jterrace+cos461	001B	Wed 3-4pm, Fri 1:30-2:30pm

Role

Name

Email (@cs.princeton.edu)

Office

Office Hours

Lecturer

Mike Freedman

mfreed+cos461

208

Mon and Wed, 2:50-3:30pm

Wyatt Lloyd

wlloyd+cos461

003

Mon 3-4pm, Tue 4-5pm

Jeff Terrace

jterrace+cos461

001B

Wed 3-4pm, Fri 1:30-2:30pm

For questions about the course, please email us at cos461-staff (at) lists.cs.princeton.edu.

COS-461, Spring 2009: Computer Networks

Latest Announcements

Overview

Information

Instructors

Textbooks