EE456

Spring 2008

ECE456 Computer Networks

Syllabus

Topics/ Readings
Homework/Exams

Topics and Readings:

Topic	Reading Material	Homework	HO	Homework Solutions
Introduction	Ch. 1 LG&W	Lab 1 Lab 2
Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching Layered Architectures OSI, TCP/IP	Cisco Handbook Ch 2 LG&W		1 2 3
Physical Layer Link Technologies, Encoding	Ch 3 LG&W Ch 2 Tanenbaum	HW 1 2/19	1 2	HW 1
Data Link Layer LLC Sublayer Error detection and correction Polynomial codes Linear codes, Hamming code Framing ARQ protocols	Ch 3 LG&W Ch 5 LG&W	HW 2 2/28 HW3 3/13	1 2 3	HW 2 HW 3
Network Programming UDP Sockets TCP Sockets	Ch 2 LG&W	Lab 3 Lab 4	1
MAC Protocols	Ch 6 LG&W	HW 4 4/10	1 2	HW 4
Transport Layer UDP and TCP	Ch 8 LG&W		1
Internet Layer ARP, ICMP, DHCP, DNS Routing and Forwarding	Ch 8 LG&W	HW 5 4/29	1 2 3	HW 5

Presentation proposal - Due April 12

         Presentations and schedule:

          Please prepare a presentation of 20 mins. Send me the slides by noon the
           previous day so I can make copies for distribution. The slides have to be of
          your own creation. You may use figures, tables, etc. from other sources
          provided the source is identified in that slide.

          The grade will be based on the quality of presentation, the quality of slides,
          understanding (based on how questions were handled, etc.), and time duration.

           The following is the schedule for presentations.

   April 22
           Ryan Swing   - WiFi
           Kevin Todd   - HTTP

        April 24
   Kyle Von Koepping - WiMax
       Michael Cieslak - How does a Search Engines Work?
          Chris Zeh - Interplanetary Communications

        April 29
           Christine Schraeder Smart Grid on BPL (broadband over power line) or TCP
           Nicholas Dang - Bluetooth Technology
           Daniel Michaud   - USB History Technology and the Future

        May 1
           Exam (Topics - Updated)

        May 6, 8
           Sensor Networks
           Future Trends