CS 536: Data Communication and Computer Networks
Spring 2006
Syllabus
• Introduction
• Network services: DNS, HTTP, peer-to-peer, SNMP
• Network transport: architecture, TCP, congestion control
• Routing and forwarding: virtual circuit and datagram networks, router design and functionalities, routing models and algorithms
• Link layer and local area networks
• Wireless and mobile networks
• Multimedia communication and quality of service
• Advanced topics (TBA)
Textbooks
• Kurose and Ross, Computer Networking – A Top-down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd ed, Addison-Wesley, ISBM 0-321-22735-2 (required)
• Peterson and Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 3rd ed, Morgan Kaufmann (recommended)
Grading Plan (updated 4/15/06)
Midterm - 25%
Final - 25%
Written homework - 10%
Labs - 20%
Project - 20%
The instructor reserves the right to change the distribution at anytime.