Reading Review for Class 6
This class’s readings are:
Optional:
Your review should include both a summary of these papers, which
discusses
- the problem the paper addresses
- the paper’s solution
- the evidence the paper provides that the solution was
correct. Remember to keep in mind the historical context the
papers discuss.
Your review should also discuss, after the summary:
- whether the problem the paper solved is an important
one
- whether the solution was a good one
- whether the paper was fun or enjoyable to read.
- what questions you have about the paper, or which parts of the paper
(if any) you found hard to understand.
You should answer the above questions in about one sentence each. The
remainder of your review (about the below questions) should be about a
page (~500 words) long.
Finally, for this week’s papers, please reflect on the following
questions:
- Does the Internet today provide flow-rate fairness? Does it provide
cost-rate fairness? If yes to either or both of those, explain why. If
no to both, explain what kind of bandwidth allocation the Internet does
provide.
- Do you agree or disagree with Briscoe’s argument? Which Internet
actors might agree or disagree with it, and what might their reasoning
be?