Class Schedule of ELE543,
Each week, there will be 2.5 hours lectures,
at least 2 hours of computer programming,
two-hour reading and network surfing to
learn tools and languages, and one
term project.
Grading:
Exam 1: 20%,
Exam 2: 30%,
term project: 50% including
Proposal presentation: 10%, Project demo and presentation: 20%, and final
project report 20%.
Tentative Course Plan
ELE 543 Computer Networks
Week : Topic
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Overview and introduction
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Basic concepts of networking
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Principles of application layer, WWW:HTTP and telnet
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Transport Services and principles
TCP protocol
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Congestion control and latency modeling
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Network layer, forwarding and routing, IP routing and IP protocol
IP Encapsulation, Fragmenation, and Reassembly
- Exam. No. 1: 20% of your grade
- Spring Break, no class
- Proposal Presentations
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Routers, switches, and other network hardware devices,
Network layer routing algorithms
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Local Area Network, IEEE802.x standards
Network Reliability and Security Issues
- Exam No.2 (Comprehensive): 30% of your grade
- Advanced Topics
- Project Demo and Presentations;
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slides provided by the authors of our text book: Kurose and Ross,
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