Digital Communication Networks, Fall 2006

EE 673: Digital Communication Networks, Fall 2006

Instructor

Kameswari Chebrolu

Assistant Professor
Room 305-B, ACES
Teaching Assistant: Anupam Gupta

Lecture Slides
Announcements
Course Description
Text Books
Course Evaluation
Honor Code

Announcements:

Socket Programming Slides

Lecture Time & Location:

Mon 11am - 12noon CS101
Fri 5pm - 6.30pm CS101

Tutorial Time & Location:

Tue 4.30pm - 6pm CS101
Wed 11am - 12.30pm (to be decided)
Thu 5.30pm - 7pm CS101

Office Hours:

Thu 11am - 12pm, ACES 305-B

Course Description:

The aims of this course are:

To provide the basics of the underlying concepts in networking
Discuss specifics of underlying technologies such as Ethernet, Switches, Routers
To provide an overview of the various protocol design aspects
Evaluate the performance of the protocols

Topics covered in this course will include: Design principles of Internet, layering, encoding, framing, error detection/correction, media access, addressing, routing, congestion/flow control, application protocols, network security, socket programming, network simulator (NS2).

Text Books:

There is no one source of material for this course. The material will be drawn from a few seminal papers in networking, the following textbooks and web. I will post the links to the papers/web material used as and when needed.

Computer Networks - A Systems Approach by Peterson and Davie, 3rd Edition, published by Morgan Kaufmann.
Data Networks by Bertsekas and Gallager, 2nd Edition, published by Prentice Hall

Course Evaluation:

Class participation	5%
Quizzes (2 * 5%)	10%
Mid-semester exam	20%
Project	20%
End-semester exam	45%

Class participation involves asking relevant/interesting questions and participating in any discussions that ensue. Please tell your name before you speak.

There will be one project based on Socket Programming and/or NS2 (Network Simulator Version2). The project can be done in groups of three and will be assigned before mid-semester break. It will be due in one month.

Honor Code:

Solutions to assignments must be an individual effort. If you are serious about learning you will think twice before cheating. Discussion with friends are fine and even encouraged as long as you realize for yourself that you are not crossing the line between learning and dishonesty. If you find yourself in a situation where you want to cheat, be it no time, not being able to follow the material, fear of lower grades etc, approach me, we can work something out but please do not cheat . I strongly urge you to read the following article by Bhaskar: Think on These Things and reflect on the implications of cheating. I personally view cheating as a very serious offense. If caught, you can expect a failing grade.

Last modified: Fri Aug 04 13:29:49 IST 2006