CIS 617 - NETWORKS & COMMUNICATION

Spring 2004
Thursday, 4:40 PM - 7:10 PM
Tuttleman Learning Center - Room 305A

Instructors

Longin Jan Latecki and Jaiwant Mulik (TA)
Emails	latecki@temple.edu jmulik@temple.edu
Phone	(215) 204-5781 and (215) 204-3197
Office	Room 510 and 1043/1044, Wachman Hall
Office hours	Longin Jan Latecki: Wednesday and Thursday: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Jaiwant Mulik: Monday 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and Wednesday: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. For all other times you must make a prior appointment by email or calling.

Prerequisite

(CIS 511 and CIS 512) or permission of instructor.

Scope

This is an "advanced" introductory course in computer networking. While we will take a high level view of all the elements that go into reliably transferring digital information from one computer to another, we will delve into details for a few. Material from the textbook will be supplemented with papers and web links. This course will require both reading as well as network programming. Depending on interest we might convert assignments into term (or half-term) projects.

Textbook

Computer Networks, Fourth Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 4th edition (August 9, 2002)
ISBN: 0130661023
[Available at Temple bookstore]

Testing

Assignments/Quizes	-	40%
Midterm	Mar 25	30%
Final	May 6	30%

If there is a marked lack of participation in class, there will be quizzes. That is the only way I can continually test if you are following the class. There is no fixed schedule but you will get a weeks notice before the quiz. The frequency will be inversely proportional to overall class participation.

Policies

Cheating/Plagiarism is a very strict no-no. If you are caught, you will fail. Simple. Read Temple's Policy on Academic Dishonesty. If you do not understand a topic, ask your instructor in class. Don't be shy, it is likely that others are having difficulty too. If you are not satisfied that you understand the topic, talk to me after class. If after you go home and re-read the notes, but are still have difficulties, try to narrow in on the the specific area where you are having trouble, then come during office hours with a clear question. If the topic is still not clear (and there are more than one such student) we will go over it in class. Under no circumstances cheat or plagiarise, it is just not worth it.

Assignment submission and checking grades is through Blackboard in PDF or postscript only. (Specifically, no MS Word documents please.) You should be enrolled in this Blackboard class already.

Lecture Schedule

Since each lecture 2.5 hours, we have a 10 min break.

Assignments are due before next class. Upload your assignments (as PDF or Postscript files) on Blackboard or hand it to me at the beginning of class.

Date Teaching Assignments given Slides
Jan 22 Introduction. Basics, Physical layer Reading: Chapter 1 Why?, Physical layer

Jan 29 Physical Layer. Network programming. Physical Layer (contd), Unix Network Programming

Feb 5 Data Link Layer Reading: Chapter 3
Homework: Chapter 3: 10 and 15; (Solutions)
Assignment: Stop-n-Wait Noisy protocol Data Link Layer

Feb 12 Medium Access Control sublayer MAC sublayer

Feb 19 Data link layer switching Reading: Chapter 4
Homework: Chapter 4: 21, 37, 39 (Solutions) Data link layer switching

Feb 26 Network layer: Routing Network Layer

Mar 4 Network layer: Congestion Control, QoS Assignment: Distance Vector protocol
Homework: 5 exam questions with answers Node lookup in Peer to Peer Networks
Network Layer (Congestion and QoS)

Mar 18 Network Layer: QoS, IP Link to exam questions Network Layer (IP)

Mar 25 Midterm Link to questions and answers

Apr 1 IP: Network Layer in the Internet,
Transport layer Homework: Chapter 5: 35, 36, 39, 41, 43 (Solutions) IP (contd)
Transport Layer-1

Apr 8 Building your own LAN Deadline for the assignment on Distance Vector protocol

Apr 15 TCP Reading: Ch. 6
Homework: Ch. 6: 14, 18, 32 (Solutions) Transport Layer-2

Apr 22 TCP continued,
Applications Homework: 5 exam questions with answers. Link to final exam questions Transport Layer-2 (contd)

Apr 29 Security Applications, Security

May 6 Final

Date	Teaching	Assignments given	Slides
Jan 22	Introduction. Basics, Physical layer	Reading: Chapter 1	Why?, Physical layer
Jan 29	Physical Layer. Network programming.		Physical Layer (contd), Unix Network Programming
Feb 5	Data Link Layer	Reading: Chapter 3 Homework: Chapter 3: 10 and 15; (Solutions) Assignment: Stop-n-Wait Noisy protocol	Data Link Layer
Feb 12	Medium Access Control sublayer		MAC sublayer
Feb 19	Data link layer switching	Reading: Chapter 4 Homework: Chapter 4: 21, 37, 39 (Solutions)	Data link layer switching
Feb 26	Network layer: Routing		Network Layer
Mar 4	Network layer: Congestion Control, QoS	Assignment: Distance Vector protocol Homework: 5 exam questions with answers	Node lookup in Peer to Peer Networks Network Layer (Congestion and QoS)
Mar 18	Network Layer: QoS, IP	Link to exam questions	Network Layer (IP)
Mar 25	Midterm	Link to questions and answers
Apr 1	IP: Network Layer in the Internet, Transport layer	Homework: Chapter 5: 35, 36, 39, 41, 43 (Solutions)	IP (contd) Transport Layer-1
Apr 8	Building your own LAN	Deadline for the assignment on Distance Vector protocol
Apr 15	TCP	Reading: Ch. 6 Homework: Ch. 6: 14, 18, 32 (Solutions)	Transport Layer-2
Apr 22	TCP continued, Applications	Homework: 5 exam questions with answers. Link to final exam questions	Transport Layer-2 (contd)
Apr 29	Security		Applications, Security
May 6	Final