Lectures will be given twice each week. Students are required to attend all the lectures and to be responsible for all the materials covered in class. Classes missed due to reasons other than medical conditions may not be made up. After most lectures are covered, an exam will be given to evaluate the progress of the class.

Students will be required to read technical materials, such as technical summary and research papers. Each student is required to write four summary reports (each at least 4 pages) of the readings. At the end of each month, there will be a deadline for submitting one of the summary reports.

There will be semester long project. During the first a few weeks of the semester, a topic for the project will be decided. The project can be any in computer networks, but preference will be on network layer and transport layer protocol design. The students are also required to present their project in the end of the semester. Finally a report will be submitted to fullfil the requirements.

A few lectures will be reserved for student presentations. Each student is also required to present a research paper during the semester. The topic should be close to that of the project. Student presentations will evaluated by the instructor and by other students in the class.

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