CS 447 – Networks & Data Communications

Spring 2007 Tentative Syllabus (Revised 3/13/07)

Class Days & Times: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9:00 – 9:50 AM

Location: Engineering Building 0011

Instructor: Bill White

Office: Engineering Building 3041

Office Hours: MW 10:00AM-12:00PM; 2:00PM-5:00PM; & by appointment.

Telephone: (618)650-3483

E-mail: wwhite@siue.edu

Course Description: Concepts of networks & data communications.

Networking protocols & architecture; data encoding & transmission;

network management; and distributed applications.

Prerequisites: CS 312 and CS 340.

 

 

Mondays

 

Wednesdays

 

Fridays

1/8

Ch. 1: Overview

 

 

1/10

Ch. 2: Protocols

 

 

1/12

Ch. 3: Transmission

 

1/15

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

 

1/17

Ch. 3: Transmission

HW1

 

1/19

Ch. 3: Transmission

 

1/22

Ch. 4: Media

 

 

1/24

Ch. 5: Encoding

HW2

 

1/26

Ch. 6: Error Control

 

1/29

Ch. 6: Error Control

 

 

1/31

Ch. 7: Data Link

HW3

 

2/2

Ch. 8: Multiplexing

 

2/5

Ch. 8: Multiplexing

 

 

2/7

Ch. 9: Spread Spectrum

HW 4

 

2/9

Exam 1 Review

TP1

2/12

Exam 1

 

2/14

Ch. 10: Switching

 

 

2/16

Ch. 10: Switching

 

2/19

Ch. 11: ATM

 

 

2/21

Ch. 12: Routing

HW5

 

2/23

Ch. 12: Routing

 

2/26

Ch. 13: Congestion

 

 

2/28

Ch. 14: Cellular

HW6

 

3/2

Ch. 15: LAN Overview

 

3/5

Spring Break

 

3/7

Spring Break

 

3/9

Spring Break

3/12

Ch. 15: LAN Overview

 

 

3/14

Ch. 16: High-Speed LAN

HW7

 

3/16

Ch. 17: Wireless LAN

 

3/19

Exam 2 Review

 

 

3/21

Exam 2

 

3/23

Ch. 18: IP

 

3/26

Ch. 18: IP

 

 

3/28

Ch. 19: Internetworking

 

 

3/30

Ch. 20: TCP

HW8

4/2

Ch. 20: TCP

 

 

4/4

Ch. 21: Security

 

 

4/6

Ch. 21: Security

TP2

4/9

Ch. 22: E-Mail

HW9

 

4/11

Ch. 23: Web

 

 

4/13

Ch. 24: Multimedia

TP2S

4/16

Ch. 24: Multimedia

HW10

 

4/18

Student Presentations

 

 

4/20

Student Presentations

 

4/23

Exam 3 Review

 

 

4/25

Exam 3

 

4/27

Final Exam Review

 

Grading:

Ten Homework Assignments (25 points)

250

 

Two 100-point Topical Papers

200

 

One 50-point Topical Paper Presentation

50

 

Three 100-point Exams

300

 

One 200-point Comprehensive Final Exam

200

 

Total Points For Course

1000

 

 
4/30

Final Exam (8:00-9:40 AM)