CS 536 - Data Communication and Computer Networks - (Park, Fall '96)

Syllabus

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• ps

Lecture Notes

• Introduction (ps)
• Fundamentals of Information Transmission and Coding (ps)
• Direct Link Communication (ps)
• UNIX System Programming Tester: Mid (example.c); Fin
• End-to-End Communication (ps)
• Socket programming (see class notes)
• Structure of TCP (see class notes)
• Queueing theory (see class notes)
• Congestion Control (see class notes)
• Routing (see class notes)
• QoS and ATM networks (see class notes)
• High-level services and miscellaneous networking issues (see class notes)
• Auxiliary lecture slides on self-similar traffic, theory and implementation of congestion control (on reserve at MATH library)

Homework Assignments

• hw1.ps
• hw2.ps
• hw3.ps
• hw4.ps (server.c, client.c)
• hw5.ps
• hw6.ps (talk-like program example: t-server.c, t-client.c, t-sigio.c)
• hw7.ps
• hw8.ps (cpu-limit.c, timer.c; use alarm and catch the SIGALRM signal for the HW.)
• hw9.ps
• hw10.ps ( exponential_dist.c)
• hw11 (see class notes)
• hw12.ps
• hw13.ps

Exams

• Midterm (mid.ps)
• Final (fin.ps)

Project Topics

On Reserve at MATH Library

• Text Books and References
  • Computer Networks. Peterson & Davie.
  • Data Networks. Bertsekas & Gallager.
  • Internetworking with TCP/IP. Comer & Stevens.
  • UNIX Network Programming. Stevens.
  • UNIX System V Network Programming. Rago.
  • Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment. Stevens.
  • Other non-CS 536 specific networking books.
• Reading Material
• Homework Solutions
• Auxiliary lecture slides on self-similar traffic, theory and implementation of congestion control