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CS471/EE471/CS573: Computer Networks

Instructor’s Name: Year:

Office Ext. & Email: 8202, [email protected] Semester:

Office Hours: Tuesday, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Category:

TAs for the Course:

Course Info Code: CS471/EE471/CS573Credit Hours: 3Course website: http://chand.lums.edu.pk/cs471

CourseDescription This course introduces the principles and practices of Computer Networking, specificallyfocusing on the Internet.

Core/Elective Elective (recommended for EE and CS undergrads in junior and senior years)

Pre-requisites Basic knowledge of Probability, Digital Logic, Signals and Systems, ComputerOrganization.

CS-200: Problem Solving and Computer Programming (C and C++)

Goals Understand the anatomy of the Internet

Understand the design of networking stack Be able to write simple applications/protocols(real and simulated) in C/C++

Create foundation for taking more advanced courses in computer networks

Zartash Afzal Uzmi2011-2012

Fall

Senior /

Graduate

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Year:

Semester:

Textbooks,ProgrammingEnvironment

REQUIRED TEXTS:Computer Networking: A Top Down approach

by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross(edition: announced in class)

References:1)

Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols byRadia Perlman

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Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice (open source)http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/cnp3

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Communication Networking: An Analytical Approach by Anurag Kumar, D.Manjunath and Joy Kuri

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Data and Computer Communications, 9th

Edition by William Stallings5)

Computer Networks by Andrew Tanenbaum6)

Communication Networks: A Concise Introduction (Synthesis Lectures onCommunication Networks) by Jean Walrand and Shyam Parekh

Solaris programming environment will be used in this course. All registered students will geta limited-quota account on a Solaris machine. Students are expected to use a telnet clientsuch as putty or secure CRT to login to their accounts on that machine

Lectures,Tutorials &Attendance

Policy

There will be 28 sessions

28: 75 minutes each on Tuesdays and Thursdays (5:00pm – 6:15pm)

Recitation and Tutorial schedule as announced by Registrar’s office

Some lectures will be lab-like for which twice the scheduled time should be allocated. Extrasessions on Saturdays will make up for that.

Attendance is very strongly recommended.

Grading Homework/Quizzes/Programming 35%Midterm 30% Final Exam 35%

Contests and grading revisions:After grades are reported, you can contest with following timelines:Homework, Quizzes, Programming: 2 days

Midterm and Final: 3 days

2011-2012

Fall


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Module Topics Sessions Readings*

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Introduction and OverviewBasic Concepts of NetworkingCircuit switchingMultiplexing (TDM, FDM)Packet switching (Statistical Multiplexing)Throughput and delayInternet ArchitectureProtocol Layering

Application LayerNetwork application architectures

HTTP, FTP, Email, DNSDistributed Hash Tables (DHT)P2P applications (file sharing and VoIP)Writing network applicationsThe C socket API

Transport LayerMultiplexing in UDP and TCPConnectionless Transport: UDPReliable data transfer and TCPCongestion avoidance and control

Network LayerThe Internet ProtocolRouting algorithmsRouting protocols overviewX.25, Frame relay and ATMIntro to MPLS

Physical & Link Layer FunctionalitiesError Detection & Control, ARQLink layer addressingBridges and HubsLAN Multicast and VLANsMultiple Access

Selected Topics in Networking SystemsInter-domain Internet RoutingWireless, Sensor, and Mobile NetworksPrivacy and Network Security (VPN)Multimedia Networking

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Ch. 1

Ch. 2

Ch. 3

Ch. 4

Ch. 5

* The readings are approximate and material from other sources wil l also be covered

and announced in the class.

2011-2012

Fall

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