CS6250: Computer Networks
3-0-3. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Consent of the Instructor
Course Objective:
Principles and practice of computer networks, including signaling and
framing, error control, medium access, routing, congestion control,
end-to-end
transport, and network APIs.
Instructor: Prof. Jun (Jim) Xu
Other References (many of which are on reserve in the Georgia Tech Library)
[Comer2] Computer Networks and Internets, 2nd ed. by Comer,
Prentice-Hall
1999
[Stallings2] Data and Computer Communications, 6th ed., by
Stallings,
Prentice Hall, 2000
[Ammar] Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks, by Saadavi
and Ammar with El Hakeem, John Wiley, 1994
[Bertsekas] Data Networks, 2nd ed. by Bertsekas & Gallager,
Prentice Hall, 1992
[Spragins] Telecommunications: Protocols and Design by
Spragins,
Hammond, and Pawlikowski, Addison-Wesley, 1991
[Tanenbaum] Computer Networks, 2nd ed. by Tanenbaum, Prentice
Hall, 1989
[Schwartz] Telecommunication Netwokrs: Protocols, Modeling, and
Analysis by Schwartz, Addison-Wesley, 1987
[Hammond] Performance Analysis of Local Computer Networks by
Hammond and O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, 1986
More information may be added as the course progresses.
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Class attendance is encouraged but not mandatory. Should you miss a miss, you are responsible for the material covered in the class and homework assigned.
I am strict on homework and lab deadlines. The exam dates are firm. Only emergency situations may be excused. Formal proof of the situation in the paper may be required.
Assignments will be announced in the class and/or posted on the class homepage. The assignments are open book, but are to be solved without any personal assistance from other individuals. An honor code is implicit with each assignment. Academic dishonesty will be dealt with harshly by the instructor and escalated to the department, college, and/or university, if necessary.
Finally, grades are non-negotiable (i.e., "binding") at 5pm one week after they are returned.
Network architecture: A abstract model of a very complex
communication
network system.
Chapter 2
Physical layer and data link layer
Chapter 3 and Chapter 5
Local area networks and media access control
Chapter 6
Packet switching networks in the context of TCP/IP
Chapter 7 and Chapter 8
Circuit switching in the context of telephony as a case study of
network
architecture
Chapter 4
Circuit switching in the context of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Chapter 9 and Chapter 10
Selected topics such as security and multimedia
Chapter 11 and Chapter 12
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The following schedule and topics are very tentative, and is not
binding.
The dates in the remarks are, however, not tentative.
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