CS 447: Data and Network Communication

Course Overview

  • Course Title: CS 447 Computer Networking and Communication (3 Credits)
  • Location: EB 0140 EB 1150
  • Time: M & W 12:00 – 01:15 p.m.
  • Course Web Site: (archived)
  • Assignment Dropbox: (archived)

Syllabus

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Tentative Schedule

The following schedule is tentative and is subject to adjustments and change. I reserve the right to change topics or add items of related interest. All changes will be announced in class.
Week Dates Topics Slides
01 Jan. 13, 15 Introduction and Course Overview
Fundamentals of Network Communication
02 Jan. 20, 22 MLK Day
Foundationals ctd.
03 Jan. 27, 29 Network Performance Measurement
Application Layer: HTTP, FTP
04 Feb. 03, 05 DNS, SMTP, P2P
Introduction to Socket Programming
05 Feb. 10, 12 Transport Layer: Mux/Demux
Reliable Data Transfer Principles
06 Feb. 17, 19 Reliable Data Transfer Principles
07 Feb. 24, 26 UDP, TCP: Flow Control, Congestion Control
Network Layer: Routing vs. Forwarding, Router Internals
08 Mar. 02, 04 IPv4 Addressing, DHCP
MID TERM EXAM (ME)
09 Mar. 09, 11 Spring BREAK
10 Mar. 16, 18 Mid Term Review
Routing Protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP
11 Mar. 23, 25 Mid Term Exam Review
Data Link Layer: Error Detection and Correction
12 Mar. 30, Apr. 01 ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA
CSMA/CD
13 Apr. 06, 08 Link Layer Addressing, ARP
Ethernet, VLAN
14 Apr. 13, 15 Network Security: Application Layer Security
Transport Layer Security
15 Apr. 20, 22 Network Layer Security
Wireless Networks: CDMA, WiFi
16 Apr. 27, 29 Topics to be Announced 1
17 May. 07 FINAL EXAM (FE)

Course Assignments

Wireshark Assignments

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
WS00 | Wednesday, January 22 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
WS01 | Monday, February 03 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
WS02 | Monday, March 02 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
WS03 | Monday, April 13 @ 11:59:59 a.m.

Programming Assignments

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
PR01 | Wednesday, February 19 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
PR02 | Wednesday, April 01 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
PR03 | Wednesday, April 29 @ 11:59:59 a.m.

Graduate Project

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
Project Proposal (M1) Wednesday, January 29 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
Project Progress Report (M2) Wednesday, March 04 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
Presentation Slides (M3) Wednesday, April 15 @ 11:59:59 a.m.
Final Report (M4) Wednesday, April 29 @ 11:59:59 a.m.

CS 447 In a Nutshell

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  1. Graduate Project Presentations ↩︎

Last updated on Dec 16, 2019