Class Schedule of ELE437,
For Fall, 2007
Each week, there will be two lectures,
two-hour reading and network surfing to
learn tools and languages,
one homework and one term project.
Grading:
Exam 1: 20%,
Exam 2: 20%,
Homework and
term project:
10% each (total 20%), class performance (qizzes) and presentations: 10%, final exam 30%.
Answers to the final exam is here
Grades and Points. Student grades are reported as A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, and F. The unqualified letter grades represent the following standing: A, superior; B, good; C, fair; D, low grade, passing; F, failure.
Grades are given grade point values as follows: A, 4.00 points; A-, 3.70 points; B+, 3.30 points; B, 3.00 points; B-, 2.70 points; C+, 2.30 points; C, 2.00 points; C-, 1.70 points; D+, 1.30 points; D, 1.00 points; F, 0 points.
Requirements for homework and project reports.
Lectures: 9:00AM --- 10:15AM Wed and Fri.
Location: Kirk 212.
Tentative Course Plan for the Fall Semester of 2007
ELE 437 Computer Communications
Weeks and Topics
- Overview, introduction, and basic concepts of networking;
- Principles of application layer, WWW:HTTP, DNS, Networked Data Storage
- Wireless Communication and ZigBee Applications
- Transport Services and principles, TCP protocol
The lecture notes are available online if you have the key from the
book you bought.
- Midterm exam 1 Oct. 5th, between 9:00am and 10:15am:
Exam 1
- TCP Protocol and Congestion control,
- Latency modeling, and coding concepts. Project Proposal Presentations:
Oct. 17th
- Network layer protocol,
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Exam #2: Nov. 2nd, 9:00am to 10:15am.
- Routing, hierarchical routing, IP routing and IP protocol
IP Encapsulation, Fragmenation, and Reassembly
- Routers, switches, and other network hardware devices,
Class Notes
- Local Area Network. IEEE802.x standards, Wireless standards.
- Network Reliability and Security Issues
- Project Presentations.
Final Exam