News

• [Oct 22] NEW  Homework 4. (Due date: Email by Oct 28 Friday 11:59pm or hardcopy by Oct 26 Wednesday in class.)
• [Sep 29] Sliding window note (incomplete) + Homework 2. This note covers the sliding window protocol material in the last class. It also contains Homework 2, which is due at the start of the next class (Mon Oct 3). No late submission accepted.
• [Sep 13]
  • Piazza page for this class: http://piazza.com/class#fall2011/cmsc4170201
  • Homework 1 posted: due Mon Sep 19; problems 5, 18, 25(a,b,c).
  • Project 1 posted.
  • New posts will be on Piazza (at least for now).
• The fourth edition of the book is more than adequate. The third edition is most likely adequate.

Overview

This course will cover the basic principles of networking with a focus on protocols, implementations, and issues specific to the Internet. We will study how routing, transport, and internetworking protocols work using the Internet family of protocols as examples. There will be a substantial programming component. We will cover chapters 1-6 in the text essentially in order, except for brief detours to cover stuff needed for the programming projects.

Required text:

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach. by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie, Morgan Kaufmann. The fourth edition is more than adequate and cheaper than the fifth edition. The third edition is most likely adequate.

Class notes:

Programming projects

Programming projects will be in C. The cs submit server will be used for submissions/testing.

Homeworks

Homeworks are due in class. Late homework submitted within one day of deadline will be graded out of 80%. No submissions accepted after one day of deadline. Submissions that are not neat and easily legible may get zero marks.

Regrade requests

Any regrade request (for exams, homeworks, projects) must be submitted within a week of the grade being posted.

Grading

• Midterm -------- approx 25%     (Date: TBD)
• Final ------------ approx 25%     (Date: TBD)
• Homeworks/projects ---- approx  45%    
• Class participation --------- approx  5%    

Class attendance

If you miss a midterm exam, the weight of the exam will be moved to the final exam.

Academic Integrity

Homeworks and projects are to be done individually. You may consult outside references when doing the homework, as long as these sources are properly referenced, you write up the solution yourself, and you understand the answer. For example, you can not look at other's source code or show others your source code, but you can discuss your program with others.

Academic dishonesty.