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:
Class performance: 10%; Quizzes: 10%;
Exam 1: 20%;
Exam 2: 30%;
term project: 30% including
Proposal presentation: 5%, Project demo and presentation: 10%, and final
project report 15%.
Tentative Course Plan
ELE 543 Computer Networks
Week : Topic
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Overview and introduction
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Principles of application layer, WWW:HTTP and web caching
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Transport Services and principles;
TCP protocol
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Congestion control;
Network layer, forwarding and routing,
network hardware devices: Switching Fabric.
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IP Encapsulation, Fragmenation, and Reassembly;
Network layer routing algorithms,
- Exam. No. 1: 20% of your grade
- March 15: Proposal Presentations
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Link Layer,
Local Area Network, IEEE802.x standards
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Link Layer, error detection and correction
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Network Reliability and Security Issues
- Advanced Topics
- Exam No.2 (Comprehensive): 30% of your grade
- April 26th: Project Demo and Presentations (Your 4-page written project report can be submitted no later than May 4th)
Copyright note: The slides are adopted from the original
slides provided by the authors of our text book: Kurose and Ross,
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