This is a working list. Expect changes. A working schedule is in preparation as well.

Preliminary Material and General References

1. Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, Second Edition, by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2000.
2. Computer Networks, Third Edition, by Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.
3. Article on bandwidth vs. latency
4. Tutorial on BSD sockets programming.
5. Powerpoint presentation on client/server programming.

Network Technologies

1. Ethernet
   • Measured Capacity of an Ethernet: Myths and Reality, by David R. Boggs, Jeffrey C. Mogul, and Christopher A. Kent, Digital Western Research Laboratory, Research Report 88/4, September 1988.
   • 100Base-T/IEEE 802.12/Packet Switching, by Mart Molle and Greg Watson, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 8, August, 1996, p. 64-73.
   • Gigabit Ethernet information at the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance home page.
   • More information on gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel at UTexas.
2. Fibre Channel
   • Fibre Channel Overview
3. SCI
   • The Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI), by David B. Gustavson and Qiang Li, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 8, August, 1996, p. 52-63.
   • Performance of the SCI Ring, by Steven L. Scott, James R. Goodman, and Mary K. Vernon, Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Computer Architecture, May 1992. Available here.

4. Myrinet
   • Myrinet: A Gigabit per second Local Area Network, by C. Seitz, IEEE Micro, Feb, 1995. Available here.
   • Congestion Control in Asynchronous, High-Speed Wormhole Routing Networks, by Emilio Leonardi, Fabio Neri, Mario Gerla, and Prasasth Palnati, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 11, November, 1996, p. 58-69. Available from the Research Index.
   • Additional information about Myrinet is also available.

5. ATM
   • High-Speed Networks: TCP/IP and ATM Design Principles, by William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 1998. Chapters 4 and 5.
   • Communication Issues in Parallel Computing Across ATM Networks by Chengchang Huang and Phillip K. McKinley, IEEE Parallel and Distributed Technology, Winter, 1994, p. 73-86, available from the Research Index

6. AmpNet
   • AmpNet Overview, by Larry Wilbur, 1999.

7. FireWire
   • The facts about FireWire, by Ingrid J. Wickelgren, IEEE Spectrum, April, 1997, p. 19-25.

8. cLAN
   • Giganet Home Page

Messaging protocols

1. TCP
   • An Analysis of TCP Processing Overhead, David Clark, V. Jacobson, J. Romkey, and H. Salwen, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 6, June, 1989, p. 23-29.

2. Active Messages
   • HPAM: An Active Message Layer for a Network of HP workstations. Hot Interconnects , 1994. Available at the NOW papers page.
   • Also see Active Messages: Organization and Applications Programming Interface at the same papers page.

IP Multicast

1. Introduction to IP Multicast Routing by Chuck Semeria and Tom Maufer will cover the first five presentations.
2. The Internet Draft at the IETF site for Pragmatic General Multicast, June 24, 1999.
3. Routing in the Internet, 2nd Edition, by Christian Huitema. Prentice Hall, 1999.

Wireless Networking

1. Wireless LAN's, Implementing Interoperable Networks, by Jim Geier. Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1999.
2. Tanenbaum sections 2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 4.2.6, and 4.2.7.
3. Q&A page at Vicomsoft
4. Network Design Manual for Wide Area Networks by Peter Rysavy.

   References on CDMA:

5. http://www.ee.mtu.edu/courses/ee465/groupe/index.html
6. http://www.signal.uu.se/Research/rmultiuser.html
7. http://www.cdg.org/tech/a_ross/Intro.html

   Reference on GSM:

8. http://www.gsmdata.com/overview.htm

   References on wireless WANs and LANs in general:

9. http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/infobrf/ibwire.html
10. http://compnetworking.about.com/compute/compnetworking/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.nwc.com/netdesign/wireless1.html
11. http://sss-mag.com/wlan.html
12. http://isds.bus.lsu.edu/cvoc/projects/techlibrary/WirelessWAN/technology-overview.html
13. http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/wireless1.html
14. http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/nie/overview/network/educate.html

    Survey article on Wireless Personal Communication

15. Donald C. Cox, Wireless Personal Communications: What Is It?, IEEE Personal Communications, April 1995, introduction at IEEE Communication Surveys.