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

    1. Overview, introduction, and basic concepts of networking;
    2. Principles of application layer, WWW:HTTP, DNS, Networked Data Storage
    3. Wireless Communication and ZigBee Applications
    4. Transport Services and principles, TCP protocol
      The lecture notes are available online if you have the key from the book you bought.
    5. Midterm exam 1 Oct. 5th, between 9:00am and 10:15am: Exam 1
    6. TCP Protocol and Congestion control,
    7. Latency modeling, and coding concepts. Project Proposal Presentations: Oct. 17th
    8. Network layer protocol,
    9. Exam #2: Nov. 2nd, 9:00am to 10:15am.
    10. Routing, hierarchical routing, IP routing and IP protocol IP Encapsulation, Fragmenation, and Reassembly
    11. Routers, switches, and other network hardware devices,

      Class Notes
    12. Local Area Network. IEEE802.x standards, Wireless standards.
    13. Network Reliability and Security Issues
    14. Project Presentations.

      Final Exam