Lecture Notes

Week # Topics Slides Notes
1 Introduction (PDF - 5.2 MB) (PDF)
2 Routing Algorithms (PDF) (PDF)
3 Routing Algorithms (cont.) (PDF) (PDF)
4 DNS (PDF)
5 Client-Server DNS (PDF)
6 Load Balancing Problems (Regional) (PDF) (PDF)
7 Load Balancing Problems (Global) (PDF)
8 Spring Break
9 Overlay Routing Networks (PDF - 1.9 MB) (PDF)
10 Streaming Content Delivery
11 TCP Load Assignment (PDF), Student Presentation
12 Congestion Control
13 Coding, Compression, and Overlay Network (PDF) (PDF)
14 Geographically Distributed Applications (PDF)
15 Visualization Tools (PDF)