(Revised 3-13-04)
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Topics
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Reading*
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Course Introduction
Overview of Networking Strategies |
HB/Chap. 1 and Sects. 11.1-11.5
AT/Sect. 1.1-1.4, 1.6, 1.8
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Probability Models, Network Traffic,
Multiaccess Network Strategies |
Class Notes,
AT/Sect. 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2 |
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LAN Technology (esp. Ethernet)
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AT/Sect. 1.5.3, 4.3 |
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LAN
Technology (Wireless Ethernet)
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AT/ Sect. 1.5.4, 4.2.6, 4.4 |
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LAN Bridges and LAN Switching | AT/Sect. 4.7 |
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Network Layer, Routing Algorithms
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See Agts. on Blackboard |
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Spring Break
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8 |
3/25 | Internetworking and IPv4 | See Agts. on Blackboard |
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Transport
Layer and TCP/UDP
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Network Security, BNF and DNS
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Network Programming (Sockets API) |
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Applications (TBA)
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Presentations
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Final Exam
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HB - H. Blum, Introduction to Data Communications and Networking
AT - A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks (4th ed.)