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- Credits: 3.0
- Class hours:
Tuesday & Thursday, 9:30 - 10:45am, SEM 261
- Call numbers:
- CS 446: #28036 (max.
enrollment 30)
- CS 646: #32726 (max.
enrollment 10)
- Instructor: Dr.
Murat Yuksel
- E-mail: yuksem@cse.unr.edu
- Phone: (775)
327-2246
- Web page: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~yuksem
- Office: SEM
237 (Scrugham Engineering-Mines)
- Office hours:
- Tuesday,
11am-12:30pm
- Wednesday, 3-5pm
- Thursday,
11am-12:30pm
- or by appointment
Digital modulation, transmission and synchronization, coding, error
detection, interfacing, computer networks, ISO model, circuit/packet
switching, local area networks.
- Introduction to
Computer Engineering (CPE 201).
- C/C++ or Java
programming experience in UNIX-like environment
This is a tentative list of topics, subject to modification and
reorganization.
- Introduction
to Computer Networks
- Internet
- Delay,
Loss, and Throughput
- Protocol
Layers and Service Models
- Application
Layer
- Web:
HTTP
- File
Transfer: FTP
- Electronic
Mail
- Domain
Name Service
- Peer-to-Peer
Applications
- Socket
Programming
- Transport
Layer
- Multiplexing
and Demultiplexing
- Connectionless
Transport: UDP
- Reliable
Data Transfer
- Connection-Oriented
Transport: TCP
- Congestion
Control
- Network
Layer
- Virtual
Circuit and Datagram Networks
- Routers
- Internet
Protocol
- Routing
Algorithms
- Link
Layer
- Error-Detection
and -Correction Techniques
- Multiple
Access Protocols
- Ethernet
- Link-Layer
Switches
- Physical
Layer
- Data
and Signals
- Digital
and Analog Data
- Encoding
- Bandwidth
Utilization
- Transmission
- WebCT
Except this web page, all course materials will be posted at the WebCT.
- Lab Assignments
There will be four network lab assignments where you will have hands-on
experience with protocols. The lowest graded one will not affect your
overall grade. These assignments will require you to use Wireshark
packet sniffing tool to analyze communication between two nodes.
- Project
There will be a project involving quite a bit of programming. It will
require turning in code that compiles and runs properly and a report
documenting the program (specifications, implementation, user manual,
etc.). Note that knowledge of C/C++ or Java is required for the project.
- Quizzes
There will be a few in-class quizzes. Exact date for some of these
quizzes will not be exposed beforehand. These quizzes will be open
book/notes and extremely time-constrained, i.e., 15-30mins. Questions in
these quizzes will be designed to give you an opportunity to test and
affirm your knowledge of the course content.
- Activities
There will be three in-class activities. There will be a quiz associated
with each of these activities. The activities will require participation
from every student.
- Homework
There will be homework assignments approximately one in every month. The
lowest graded one will not affect your overall grade.
- Late policy
Late assignments will be penalized according to the sliding
scale below. If I am not available, ask department secretary to
stamp late assignments and then place them in my mailbox. You are
responsible to make sure the stamp has both the date and the time.
- Exams There will be one midterm exam
and one final exam (see Schedule for tentative
dates). All exams will be open book/notes.
- Academic Integrity
There will be no team projects or reports in this class, therefore all
assignments and exams must be prepared strictly individually. Any
form of cheating such as plagiarism or ghostwriting will incur a severe
penalty, usually failure in the course. Please refer to the UNR policy
on Academic Standards.
- Disability Statement
If you have a disability for which you will need to request
accommodations, please contact the instructor or someone at the Disability Resource Center
(Thompson Student Services - 107) as soon as possible.
Both grading policy and scale are subject to change. Failure in either the programming (i.e., lab
assignments + project) or the tests (i.e., quizzes + homework + midterm exam
+ final exam) will result in failure in the course.
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• Grading Policy
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Lab Assignments
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15%
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Project
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15%
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Quizzes
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10%
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Homework
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10%
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Midterm Exam
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25%
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Final Exam
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25%
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• Late Assignment Policy
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less than 1 day late
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25% deducted
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between 1 and 2 days late
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50% deducted
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between 2 and 3 days late
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75% deducted
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over 3 days late
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100% deducted
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• Grading Scale (Tentative)
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90% - 100%
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A-, A
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80% - 89%
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B-, B, B+
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65% - 79%
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C-, C, C+
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55% - 64%
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D
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0% - 54%
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F
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Note: Saturdays and Sundays do not count toward missed days. For
example, there is 1 "day" between Friday, 2pm and Monday, 2pm.
Similarly, there is 1 day between Monday, 2pm and Tuesday, 2pm.
Important Note: Re-grading
requests can only be made within the first week after the graded
assignments/tests are returned to the students.
This is a tentative schedule including the exam dates. It is subject to
readjustment depending on the time we actually spend in class covering the
topics. Slides presented in class and assignments will be posted at the WebCT. See the acknowledgment for the course materials. Permanent reading assignment: it
is assumed that you are familiar with the contents of the slides of all past
meetings.
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Date
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Lectures
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Assignments & Notes
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Tue, Aug 25
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Lecture #1: Introduction
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 1.1,
1.2
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Thu, Aug 27
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Lecture #2: Network Architecture & History
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 1.3,
1.6, 1.7
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Tue, Sep 1
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Lecture #3: Basic Networking Concepts
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 1.4,
1.5
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Thu, Sep 3
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Lecture #4: Application Layer (1) – Introduction,
HTTP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 2.1,
2.2
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Tue, Sep 8
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Lecture #5: Application Layer (2) – FTP, E-mail,
DNS
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 2.3-2.5
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Thu, Sep 10
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Guest Lecture: Network Measurement
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Tue, Sep 15
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Lecture #6: Application Layer (3) – DNS,
Peer-to-Peer
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 2.6-2.8
• Homework 1 out
• Lab Assignment 1 out
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Thu, Sep 17
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Lecture #7: Application Layer (4) – Socket
Programming
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• Project out
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Tue, Sep 22
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Lecture #8: Transport Layer (1) – Multiplexing,
UDP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 3.1-3.3
• Homework 1 due
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Thu, Sep 24
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Lecture #9: Transport Layer (2) – Reliability
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 3.4
• Lab Assignment 1 due
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Tue, Sep 29
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Lecture #10: Transport Layer (3) – TCP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 3.5
• Homework 2 out
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Thu, Oct 1
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Lecture #11: Transport Layer (4) – Congestion
Control
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 3.6
• Lab Assignment 2 out
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Tue, Oct 6
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Lecture #12: Transport Layer (5) – TCP Congestion
Control
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 3.7
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Thu, Oct 8
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Review
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• Homework 2 due
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Tue, Oct 13
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Midterm Exam (in-class)
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Thu, Oct 15
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Lecture #13: Network Layer (1)
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.1,
4.2
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Tue, Oct 20
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Lecture #14: Network Layer (2) – Virtual
Circuits, Datagrams
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• Lab Assignment 2 due
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Thu, Oct 22
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Lecture #15: Network Layer (3) – Routers, IP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.3
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Tue, Oct 27
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Lecture #16: Network Layer (4) – IP, ICMP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.4
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Thu, Oct 29
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Lecture #17: Network Layer (5) – Routing
Algorithms
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.5
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Tue, Nov 3
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Lecture #18: Network Layer (6) – Routing
Protocols
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• Project, Phase 1 due
• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.6
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Thu, Nov 5
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Lecture #19: Network Layer (7) – Broadcast,
Multicast
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• Lab Assignment 3 out
• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 4.7
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Tue, Nov 10
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Lecture #20: Link Layer (1) – Error Detection and
Correction
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 5.1,
5.2
• Homework 3 out
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Thu, Nov 12
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Lecture #21: Link Layer (2) – MAC, ARP
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 5.3,
5.4
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Tue, Nov 17
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Lecture #22: Link Layer (3) – Ethernet, Switching
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 5.5
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Thu, Nov 19
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Lecture #23: Link Layer (4) – Virtual Link
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• Read Kurose
& Ross,
Ch. 5.8
• Lab Assignment 3 due
• Lab Assignment 4 out
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Tue, Nov 24
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Lecture #24: Physical Layer (1)
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• Homework 3 due
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Thu, Nov 26
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Thanksgiving Break – NO CLASSES
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Tue, Dec 1
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Lecture #25: Physical Layer (2) – Data and Signals
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Thu, Dec 3
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Lecture #26: Physical Layer (3) – Digital
Transmission
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• Lab Assignment 4 due
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Tue, Dec 8
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Lecture #27: Physical Layer (4) – Analog
Transmission
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• Project, Phase 2 due
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Fri, Dec 11 (at 7:30am)
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Final Exam (in-class)
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The slides and other materials
for this course are in-part based upon the materials from a number of
people/sources, including:
·
Official website for the Kurose & Ross
text: Computer Networking: A
Top-Down Approach
·
Mehmet
H. Gunes from UNR: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~mgunes/cpe400
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ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes
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Course Outcomes
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Assessment Methods/Metrics
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c,
e
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Knowledge of the fundamental components of a
computer network.
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Define and explain the followings in written
assignments and exams:
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the origins and challenges of self-configuring
communication network operation,
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strategies and components of modern computer
communication network systems, and
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various
tradeoffs between resource management techniques.
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a,
c, e
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Ability to quantitatively evaluate different network
protocols and applications.
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Solve and model quantitative performance
evaluation methods of a communication network in written assignments and
exams.
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Design and implement resource management and
scheduling algorithms of a computer network in programming assignments.
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ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes:
a) an
ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
b) an
ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and
interpret data
c) an
ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
d) an
ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
e) an
ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
f)
an understanding of professional and ethical
responsibility
g) an
ability to communicate effectively
h) the
broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions
in a global and societal context
i)
a recognition of the need for, and an ability to
engage in life-long learning
j)
a knowledge of contemporary issues
k) an
ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary
for engineering practice
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