Course Outline: Introduction to Networking (CMPE-080N)

• Description:
  Introduction to computer networks, network layered architecture, Internet Protocols and Applications.
• Class Schedule & Location:
  MW 5:00-6:45pm Jack Baskin Engineering Auditorium. Office Hours: BE-157 MW 4:00-5:00pm
• School Schedule:
  Schedule of Classes
• Instructor:
  Juan Carlos Gomez, PhD (gomez@soe.ucsc.edu / http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/cmpe080n/Fall05).
• Textbooks:
  
  The Internet Book, by Douglas E. Comer, Third Edition Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-030852-8)
  How Networks Works, by Derfler & Freed, Seventh Edition QUE (ISBN 0-7897-3232-7)
• References:
  Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, by Larry L. Peterson & Bruce S. Davie, 3rd Edition Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (ISBN 1-55860-832-X)

  Data and Computer Communications, by William Stallings, 6th Edition Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-084370-9)

  Computer Networks, by Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, Third Edition.

  Communication Networks: A First Course, by Jean Walrand, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill 1998.

  An Engineering Approach to Computer Networks, by S. Keshav, 3rd Ed., Addison-Wesley 1998.

  Power Programming with RPC, by John Bloomer, O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.

  Data Networks, by Bertsekas and Gallager, Prentice Hall. (Queueing Theory, MAC Protocols)

  Data and Computer Communications, by Stallings, Macmillian. (Encoding/Decoding)

  The Pocket Guide to TCP/IP Sockets: C Version, by M. Donahoo and K. Calvert, Morgan Kaufman Publishers. (Socket Programming)

  Unix Network Programming, by R. Stevens, Prentice Hall. (Socket Programming)

• Topics:
  
  1. Introduction.
  2. Analog vs Digital Communication.
  3. Point-to-Point Links.
  4. Shared Media Networks (LANs).
  5. Switched Networks: Packet Switching vs Circuit Switching.
  6. IP and The Internet.
  7. IP Addressing.
  8. TCP and UDP.
  9. Congestion Control.
  10. Distributed Computing.
  11. Naming.
  12. Security.
  13. Internet Applications.
• Evaluation:
  
  1. Final Exam (12/07/05 7:30-10:30pm) 25%
  2. Homeworks: 15%(3 out of 4; if you turn in all homeworks you receive extra credit, i.e +{1/4}*15% of the achieved grade. Last Homework is mandatory!)
  3. Quizes: 60%(6 out of 8; if you take all quizes you receive extra credit, i.e +{2/8}*60% of the achieved grade)
  4. Class Paricipation: 5% (Extra-Credit)
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