CS U640: Network Fundamentals

Fall 2004

Instructor: Rajmohan Rajaraman

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Class meeting times/location: MWTh 4:35-5:40, 220 SH

Office Hours: Mondays 12:30-1:30 and Thursdays 1:30-2:30

Teaching Assistant/Grader: Shweta Jain (shweta AT ccs)

URL: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/rraj/Courses/U640/F04/www/

Course Description Textbook Grading Exams

Calendar (includes lecture slides)

Acknowledgments

Handouts

Practice exercises for the midterm Solution Sketch for Midterm Practice Exercises

Practice exercises for the final

Problem Sets: PS1 PS2 PS3 PS4

Programming Assignments: PA1 PA2

Sample Solutions: SS1 SS2 Figure for SS2 Excel sheet for SS2 SS3 SS4

Sample solution to PA1

Announcements

October 14: Today's class and office hour are canceled and the midterm has been postponed to Monday, October 25. Also PS2 is due on Wednesday, October 20.

September 30: The midterm will held in class on Thursday, October 21.

September 17: The office hour on Monday September 20, 12:30-1:30 has been moved to Tuesday, September 21, 12:30-1:30.

Course Description

Introduces the fundamental concepts of network protocols and network architectures. Presents the different harmonizing functions needed for the communication and efficient operation of computer networks. Provides an in depth coverage of data link control, medium access control, routing, end-to-end transport protocols, congestion and flow control, multicasting, naming, auto-configuration, quality of service, and network management. The abstract mechanisms and algorithms are studied as implemented in real world Internet protocols. The most common application protocols (email, web, and ftp) are also covered. The course has network programming assignments.

Textbook

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, by J. Kurose and K. Ross, Addison Wesley, 2004, 3rd edition

Grading

The course grade will be based on 4-5 problem sets (total 20%), 2-3 programming assignments (total 25%), a midterm (20%), and a final exam (35%). No late homework will be accepted!

Exams

The midterm exam is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, October 21, in class. The final will take place during final exams week.

Acknowledgments

The slides used for teaching are adapted from the ones offered by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, as instructor resources with the textbook. They hold the copyright for the original slides. Many thanks to them! Thanks are also due to Guevara Noubir, who has developed a lot of material for previous versions of this course.