CS447: Data and Network Communication (sec. 02)

Course Overview

  • Course Title: CS447 Data and Network Communication (3 Credits)
  • Location: Online thru Microsoft Teams
  • Time: M & W 01:00 – 02:45 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. 20 Introduction and Course Overview
02 Jan. 25, 27 Fundamentals of Network Communication
03 Feb. 01, 03 Network Performance Measurement
Application Layer: HTTP, FTP
04 Feb. 08, 10 DNS, SMTP, P2P
Socket Programming Tutorial
05 Feb. 15, 17 Transport Layer: Mux/Demux
Reliable Data Transfer Principles
06 Feb. 22, 24 Reliable Data Transfer Principles, UDP
07 Mar. 01, 03 TCP: Flow Control, Congestion Control
Network Layer: Routing vs. Forwarding, Routers
08 Mar. 08, 10 IPv4 Addressing, DHCP
MID TERM EXAM (E1)
09 Mar. 15, 17 tentative exam review
Routing Protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP
10 Mar. 22, 24 ICMP, IPv6, Broadcast and Muticast Routing
Data Link Layer: Error Detection and Correction
11 Mar. 29, 31 ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA
CSMA/CD, Taking Turns Protocols
12 Apr. 05, 07 ARP, Link Layer Addressing, Ethernet
VLANs
13 Apr. 12, 14 Network Security: Application Layer Security
Transport Layer Security
14 Apr. 19, 21 Network Layer Protocol
Wireless Networks: CDMA, WiFi
15 Apr. 26, 28 Topics to be Announced 1
16 May 04 FINAL EXAM (FE) @12:00 - 01:40 p.m.

Course Assignments

Wireshark Assignments

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
WS00 | Wednesday, January 25 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
WS01 | Monday, February 08 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
WS02 | Monday, March 08 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
WS03 | Monday, April 12 @ 01:29:59 p.m.

Programming Assignments

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
PR01 | Wednesday, February 24 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
PR02 | Wednesday, March 31 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
PR03 | Wednesday, April 28 @ 01:29:59 p.m.

Graduate Project

Assignment Due Date Dropbox
Project Proposal (M1) Wednesday, February 03 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
Project Progress Report (M2) Monday, March 15 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
Presentation Slides (M3) Wednesday, April 21 @ 01:29:59 p.m.
Final Report (M4) Wednesday, April 28 @ 01:29:59 p.m.

CS447 In a Nutshell

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  1. Graduate Project Presentations ↩︎

Last updated on Jan 7, 2021