The Internet and Public Policy (4). How the Internet works. Current public policy issues concerning the Internet. Introductory economics. Communications law. Interactions between information technology, economics, and law. Case studies about Internet and communications policy. (II or III)
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Regarding problem sets: Instructions for uploading problem sets
Date |
Topic |
Reading (Kurose refers to the 6th or 7th editions; page numbers for Schiller refer to green reader page numbers) |
Lecture Slides |
Problem Set Due Dates |
4/2 |
course intro
telephone networks |
Tanenbaum 2.5
Leon-Garcia 1.1.2 |
introduction, telephone networks |
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4/4 |
Internet: terminology, topology, packet switching, delay |
Kurose 1.1, 1.3-1.4.1, 1.7
Leon-Garcia 1.1.3 |
telephone networks, Internet architecture |
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4/9 |
Internet: delay, speed, packet loss, layers, applications |
Kurose 1.4.2-1.5, 2.1-2.2 |
Internet architecture, Internet applications |
discussion section slides about unit conversions |
4/11 |
Internet: applications, TCP |
Kurose 6th edition 2.4 or 7th edition 2.3
Kurose 6th edition 2.6 or 7th edition 2.5
Kurose 3.1, 3.3, 3.7 |
Internet applications, TCP |
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4/16 |
no lecture |
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PS1 due 4/16
(discussion section slides)
(solutions) |
4/18 |
Internet: TCP, hostnames, DNS, IP addresses, MAC addresses |
Kurose 6th edition 4.4.2 or 7th edition 4.3.3
Kurose 6th edition 2.5 or 7th edition 2.4
Kurose 6th edition 5.4.1 or 7th edition 6.4.1
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TCP, IP |
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4/23 |
economics: utility, demand, production, supply |
Schiller pages 40-44, 46-50, 62-69, 86-101 |
demand, supply |
PS2 due 4/23
(discussion section slides)
(solutions) |
4/25 |
economics: supply, equilibrium |
Schiller pages 37-40, 44-46, 50-56 |
copyright case study, supply, equilibrium |
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4/30 |
economics: public goods, externalities, market power
law: public policy, lobbying |
Schiller pages 112-119
Benjamin pages 5-11, 16, 25-36 |
market failure, law |
PS3 due 4/30
(discussion section slides)
(solutions) |
5/2 |
economics/law: costs, monopoly, regulation, subsidies, anti-trust |
Sterling 1.3
Schiller pages 133-155, 160-176 |
monopoly, regulation |
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5/7 |
copyright case study |
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5/9 |
copyright case study |
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5/14 |
Internet: routing, local area networks |
Kurose 4.1.1
Kurose 6th edition 4.6.2-4.6.3 or 7th edition 5.3-5.4
Kurose 6th edition 5.3.2 or 7th edition 6.3.2 |
IP, privacy case study, LANs |
PS4 due 5/14
(discussion section slides)
(solutions) |
5/16 |
Internet: local area networks
cable tv networks, cell phone networks |
Kurose 6th edition 5.3.2 or 7th edition 6.3.2
Kurose 6th edition 5.4.2 or 7th edition 6.4.2
Kurose 6th edition 5.3.4 or 7th edition 6.3.4
Tanenbaum 2.8
Tanenbaum 2.7 (part1) |
LANs, convergence |
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5/21 |
privacy case study |
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5/23 |
privacy case study |
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5/28 |
Internet: multimedia |
Tanenbaum 2.7 (part2)
Kurose 6th edition 6.4 or 7th edition 7.4
Kurose 6th edition 7.1 or 7th edition 9.1
Kurose 6th edition 7.5-7.6 or 7th edition 9.5-9.6
Leon-Garcia 1.3 |
convergence |
PS5 due 5/28
(discussion section slides)
(solutions) |
5/30 |
law: telecommunications law |
Black 2.5.5 |
communications law |
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6/4 |
net neutrality case study |
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(networking review session slides) |
6/6 |
net neutrality case study |
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Final (6/11 4:00-6:00pm) |
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(economics review session slides) |
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