RU ENG ECE 16:332:543: Communication Networks I


Make every effort to form your project team (3 students) before September 8, 2014 and notify the instructor by email, listing the team members and their emails. After this date, the students without a team will be randomly assigned a team.

           
Wireshark Projects
ItemDue date
    1.   WS Project 1       September 18  
    2.   WS Project 2       October 2
    3.   WS Project 3       October 26
    4.   WS Project 4       November 23
               
TCP Project Deliverables
ItemDue date
  1.   Software design     October 19
  2.   Software demo   December 2  
  3.   Final report   December 8
 

Lecture Schedule -- subject to change

Sep
    2 (Tue)   Overview of computer networking   (Lecture notes: Ch. 1)
    9 (Tue)   Overview of TCP   (Lecture notes: Ch. 2)
   16 (Tue)   Network Traffic   (Lecture notes: Sec. 3.1, 3.2)
   23 (Tue)   Integrated and Differentiated Services   (Lecture notes: Sec. 3.3)
   30 (Tue)   Media Transport Protocols   (Lecture notes, Sec. 3.4)

Oct
    7 (Tue)   Packet Switching and Queuing in Routers   (Lecture notes: Sec. 4.1, 4.2)
   14 (Tue)   Network Measurement
   21 (Tue)   
   28 (Tue)   Probability Theory Refresher;  Markov Chain Theory   (Bertsekas & Gallager: Appendix A, page 259 )

Nov
    4 (Tue)   M/M/1 Queues;  M/G/1 Queues   (Bertsekas & Gallager: Sec. 3.3 – 3.5)
   11 (Tue)   Networks of Queues   (Bertsekas & Gallager: Sec. 3.6 – 3.8)
   18 (Tue)   ******* Wireshark project presentations   (in regular classroom SEC-117) *******
   25 (Tue)   Changes in Designation:  Tues Nov 25 ← Thursday Classes
          (Thanksgiving Recess: Thurs Nov 27 — Sun Nov 30)

Dec
    2 (Tue)   ******* TCP project presentations   (in regular classroom SEC-117) *******
    9 (Tue)   Aloha Protocol Analysis   (Bertsekas & Gallager: Sec. 4.2)
        (Regular Classes End: Wed Dec 10 || Fall Exams End: Mon Dec 22)

   T.B.D. ******* FINAL EXAM *******
                Time      T.B.D.
                Location  T.B.D.
                Please bring calculator and the textbook to the exams.


Ivan Marsic
Created: August 25, 2000
Modified: Wed Sep 3 15:08:48 EDT 2014