CS447/CS642 Class
Schedule - Winter 2001
| Tue Jan. 2 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2 |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 1, 2.1-2.2.1, 3.1, 3.2 |
Network design
issues; layered reference model; bandwidth; Nyquist & Shannon
theorems; baud rate; signal-to-noise ratio and decibels; modems
and modulation; satellites; optical fibers; (Differential)
Manchester encoding; 4B/5B encoding; baseband/broadband
signalling; multiplexing/concentrating.
Homework 1;
Review of probability: discrete probability (conditional probability,
permutations and combinations), continuous probability (Poisson
distributed events and the Exponential distribution); bit/frame
error rate; Elementary Queuing Theory; statistical
multiplexing.
| Tue Jan. 16 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1-2.5.2 |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 3.3, 3.4, 3.5.1-3.5.2 |
Homework 2; Bit/character stuffing;
error detection/correction; RS232C standard;
asynchronous/BISYNC formats; Centronics interface;
Point-to-point data link protocols-
stop & wait, sliding window; Review for Exam 1.
| Tue Jan. 23 |
EXAM 1 (Covers topics from Jan. 2 through Jan. 9) |
| Tue Jan. 30 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 2.6 |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 3.6 |
Exam 1 Reprise;
Homework 3; broadcast networks;
carrier sense (CSMA) network protocols.
| Tue Feb 6 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 2.7-2.10 |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 3.7-3.9 (omit 3.8.3) |
Homework 4; Token ring; CMSA/Token Ring comparison.
| Tue Feb. 13 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 3-3.5 |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 4-4.5 |
Homework 5; Packet/circuit switching;
virtual circuits vs. datagrams; Dijkstra's shortest
path algorithm; routing tables and algorithms; Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) switching; Review for Exam 2.
| Tue Feb. 20 |
EXAM 2 (Covers topics from Jan. 16
through Feb. 6) |
| Tue Feb. 27 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 4 (omit 4.3.2-4.5.2) |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 5 (omit 5.3.2-5.5.2) |
Exam 2 Reprise;
Bridges; spanning trees; sink trees.
| Tue Mar. 13 |
P.D. Ed.2: Ch. 5 (omit 5.3) |
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P.D. Ed.1: Ch. 6 (omit 6.3) |
Homework 6; DNS, UDP, TCP,
sockets.
| Tue Mar. 20 |
Discussion Notes |
Homework 7;
Setting up a home network:Dynamic IP; NAT Router;
Web Server; FTP Server. Course Review
| Fri Mar. 23 |
ALL (Snow makeup class) |
Course Review: Come prepared to ask questions!
| Tue Mar. 27 |
FINAL EXAM (Cumulative, Covers all
topics from Jan. 2 through Mar. 20) |
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