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CS 6250 Fall 2009

Computer Networks

"You're caught up in the Internet
You think it's such a great asset
But you're wrong, wrong, wrong.
All that fiber-optic gear
Still cannot take away the fear
Like an Island song."
----- "Holiday" by Jimmy Buffet

Note: This is still somewhat tentative and will be finalized next week as enrollment settles down

Important Links

A link to the course READING MATERIAL

Instructor

Mostafa Ammar, KACB 3344,
ammar AT cc dot gatech dot edu
Office Hours: MW at 1pm or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

TBA Office Hours: TBA

ESSENTIAL Prerequisites

A previous introductory networking course (e.g., CS3251)
Knowledge of Sockets programming (for some HWs)

Course Meeting Time

MWF 12:05-12:55pm, CCB 17

Course Information

This is a "second" advanced course in networking. We will cover a broad spectrum of topics in networking building on basic knowledge you already have.

While we will cover some basic "textbook" topics, the course will be primarily based on paper readings.

This course is an advanced graduate course and you will be expected to do a significant amount of readings on your own.

Readings

We will not follow any particular text but these should give you some good background material.

L.L.Petterson and B.S.Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (second edition)
Leon-Garcia, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, McGraw-Hill (second edition)
J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking, A top down approach featuring the Internet
Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, volume 1", Addison Wesley.
Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP, volumes 1 and 3", Prentice Hall.

A link to the course READING MATERIAL

(This list will always be under construction so check it often for new material)

Class Outline

Assignments, and Tests

There will be

4 HW assignments,
Two Tests (given at the 3/4 term point),

The last assignment will be a "mini-project" and may require you to do some programming and/or data collection.

All assignments will be submitted electronically using t-square There will be a very strict late policy.

Schedule of HW, and Tests (subject to adjustment)

Grading

HW: HW1-HW3: 10% each, HW4("mini-project"): 20%

Tests: 50% (25% each)

Important Notes About Grading

I can only give out a grade of I for non-academic reasons.
If you end up doing poorly in the class please don't ask for "extra work" to raise your grade. This would not be fair to other students.
For those registered as P/F. A Pass requires that you earn a"C" or better and that you submit all work items and take the exam.

The HWs are to be done individually . You are strongly urged to familiarize yourselves with the GT Student Honor Code rules. Specifically, the following is not allowed:

Copying, with or without modification, someone else's work when this work is not meant to be publicly accessible (e.g., a classmate's program or solution).
Submission of material that is wholly or substantially identical to that created or published by another person or persons, without adequate credit notations indicating authorship (plagiarism).

You are encouraged to discuss problems and papers with others as long as this does not involve copying of code or solutions. Any public material that you use (open-source software, help from a text, material you find on the web, material from a paper, substantial help from a friend, etc...) should be acknowledged explicitly in anything you submit to us.

If you have any doubt about whether something is legal or not please do check with the class Instructor.