One possible way to organize the course is to break it down into a collection of modules of about a week. Each module will some number of the following associated with it * A set of learning outcomes * Readings/videos * Class activities * Assignments, homework * Assessment mechanisms

A list of possible modules (sub-bullets are hints at what the main bullet might cover) :

• Bandwidth and Latency
• The Networking API
• Making something reliable
  • timeouts
  • recovery mechanisms
  • protocol levels where this could be done
    • TCP/IP
    • Application level
• Ordering
  • Bare wire
  • Reordering
  • Role/use of UDP
  • How is ordering achieved,
• Internet Structure
  • IPv6
  • network of networks
  • DNS
  • ping
  • traceroute
  • wireshark
  • ARP/MAC addresses
• Naming/Discovery
• Stream vs Messages
• P2P
• Pipelining to improve BW utilization over stop and go