CPE648 - Computer Networks

Description: This class will concentrate on principles and concepts of general-purpose computer networks, with a special emphasis to internetworking and Internet. Advanced topics such as high-speed networking, congestion control, data compression, security, and distributed processing will be covered. Programming projects should provide practical experience with network programming.

Text book: Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, "Computer Networks, A Systems Approach," Second Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, Inc., 2000.

Course Outline:

• Introduction and Review (3)
• Direct Link Networks (3)
• Packet Switching (3)
• Internetworking (3)
• End-to-End Protocols (4)
• End-to-End Data (4)
• Congestion Control (3)
• Distributed Processing (2)
• Midterm Exam (1)
• Project presentations (2)

Tentative grading:

• Homework assignments - 10%
• Programming assignments - 20% (Prog#1 - 5%, Prog#2 - 10%, Prog#3 - 5%)
• Assay - 5%
• Midterm exam - 25%
• Final exam - 35%
• Discretion (class participation) - 5%

Program #1 - Socket Communication and performance measurement. Program #1 solution

Program #2 - Credit Card Transaction System, Program#2 grading sheet

Program #3 - MPI Communication and performance measurement

1. Homework #1, Due: February 21, 2000, Homework #1 solution

2. Homework #2, Due: April 12, 2000.

List of tentative CPE648 projects and essays

Other useful books:

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", Prentice Hall, 1996, http://www.prenhall.com
• Srinivasan Keshav, "An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking, ", Addison-Wesley, 1998, http://www.aw.com
• W. Richard Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, ", Addison-Wesley, http://www.aw.com
• Craig Partridge, "Gigabit networking, ", Addison-Wesley, http://www.aw.com
• Christian Huitema, "IPv6 The New Internet Protocol, ", Prentice Hall, http://www.prenhall.com
• Leonard Kleinrock, "Queuing Systems, Volume I: Theory, ", John Wiley and Sons, http://www.wiley.com

WWW sites:

• Morgan Kaufman Publishers
• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, textbook's main site.
• The x-kernel Protocol Framework
• The Internet Engineering Task Force
• The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR)