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CMPE 080N - Introduction to Networking and the Internet - Winter 2004
News 
Mar/17/2004
        Your Quiz #5 grades has been emailed to you. You can collect your paper during today's review session.
Mar/16/2004
         Quiz #5 solution
Mar/12/2004
         Final exam is on Thursday, 18th March, from 12noon-3pm.
Mar/12/2004
         practice quiz #5 solution
Mar/11/2004
         practice quiz #5
Mar/10/2004
         Update on project 2.
Mar/08/2004
  1. Review session for Quiz 5 will be held on Thursday Mar 11, 2004 at BE 354I from 3-4 p.m.
  2. There will be two review sessions for the final. The first session will be held on Friday Mar 12, 2004 at Jack's Lounge/White boards in JBE first floor and will start at 4:45 p.m. The second review session will be held at Jack's Lounge on Wednesday Mar 17, 2004 and will start at 12 noon.
Mar/05/2004
  1. Quiz 4 solution is up. Your grades have been mailed to your CATS accounts.
  2. Last day for project 2 submission is Mar 12, 2004. Email your webpage link to one of the TAs and cc to the other TA. Do not send separate emails to both the TAs. The subject of the email has to be "CMPE 80N project2 submission".
Feb/28/2004
        Second review session for Quiz4 will be held on Monday from 2-3 p.m. at BE 354I by Debasree.
Feb/25/2004
         practice quiz # 4 solutions Ignore questions related to topics not covered by Friday's class.
Feb/25/2004
         Summary of hands-on sessions of project2 is added to project2 webpage.
Feb/23/2004
  1.  Review session for quiz4 will be held after class on Friday from 4.45-5.45pm in JBE 354-I (grad discussion room/grad mailbox room) by Kiran. Practice quiz will be discussed and also posted online after the class.
  2. Final discussion session on project2 will be held on Thursday between 3-4pm in JBE 109 by Debasree.
  3. Slides of lectures 17 and 18 are updated.
Feb/22/2004
         Another discussion session on Project2 will be held from 2:00-3:00pm at BE109 on Monday, Feb 23.
Feb/18/2004
Thursday's discussion session on Project2 will be held from 4:00-5:00pm instead of 3:00-4:00pm at BE109.
         Quiz3 solution is up. Your grades have been emailed to you.
Feb/16/2004
1)Discussion sessions for Project2 will be held in CATS lab with Windows m/c (second/third room on the left) on the first floor of Baskin. The editor will be Dreamweaver.
   1. Wednesday, Feb 18th, between 2:30-3:30pm by Kiran 
   2. Thursday, Feb 19th, between 3:00-4:00pm by Debasree 
2)Project2 webpage is updated.
Feb/12/2004
        1) Practice quiz-3 and solutions are here. practice quiz solutions
2) Lecture15 slides are updated with summary of topics to be covered in quiz3.
3) TA hours will be held by Kiran between 2:15-3:15pm at Baskin 399C on Friday before quiz3.

Feb/11/2004
         Lecture #14 slides are updated.
Feb/09/2004
         Quiz2 solution is up. Your grades have been sent to your CATS account.
Feb/04/2004
         Lecture #12 slides were updated at 3.25pm.
Feb/02/2004 
Debasree's presentation on HTML PPT PDF
Jan/28/2004
1) The deadline for subscribing to the class newsgroup is Friday, 1/30.
Please note that you should send atleast one mail to the newsgroup by this date but you will be evaluated for project1 at the end of the quarter for all your postings throughout the quarter. You can send a test mail to check if you subscribed properly. If you subscribed properly, you should be able to see your mail a few minutes after you sent it, you need not ask anyone to reply to the test mail.
2) A presentation on project-2 will be given by Debasree during class on Friday,1/30
3) Review session for Quiz-2 will be held by Kiran on Friday 1/30 at JBE354I between 4:45-6pm. 
4) Lecture10 slides are updated! slides 17-22 have been added.
Jan/21/2004
         Quiz1 solution is up.
Jan/15/2004
         Lecture #5 slides are updated.
Jan/12/2004 
Project1 description has been updated with more detailed instruction for accessing the class newsgroup. If you are still unable to access the newsgroup after following the steps mentioned, please contact the TAs.
The review session for the first quiz will be held by Debasree during her office hours on Jan 15th. If you want any specific topic to be discussed during the review session please post it on the class newsgroup. 
Jan/08/2004 
Web page up
Class Time & Location  MWF 3.30-4:40 pm in BE 152
Class Description  This class covers the fundamentals of data communication networks, including basic concepts associated with physical data transmission, medium access, routing, internetworking, end-to-end communication, and applications such as e-mail, file transfer, and the Web. 
The course's main goal is to provide a broad understanding of data communication networks, including the TCP/IP protocol architecture, local- and wide-area networks, internetworks (in particular the Internet).
Prerequisites 
There are no prerequisites to this course but sophomore standing is recommended. All students MUST have access to a computer and obtain an account at CATS. Students who do not yet have a CATS account should check the CATS web page.


Students who have already taken CMPE 150 should not be taking this class.

Textbook  There is no required textbook for this class. Lecture notes, which will be posted on the class web page before each lecture, will contain all the material covered in class. However, a list of suggested texts is provided below.
Suggested texts:
    "Computer Networks and Internets with Internet Applications", D.E. Comer, 3rd. Edition. 
    "The Internet Book", D.E. Comer, 3rd. Edition. 
    "Computer Networks", A. Tanenbaum, 4th. Edition. 
    "Data and Computer Communications", W. Stallings, 6th. Edition. 
Newsgroup  ucsc.class.cmpe80n
Grading 
    Quizzes: 50% (5 quizzes) 
    Final exam: 30% 
    Projects: 20%
Student Responsibilities Students are responsible for checking this web page periodically for updates and announcements.
Academic Integrity Academic integrity policies will be strictly enforced. Students are advised to talk to the instructor and/or TAs should any questions on what constitutes academic integrity policy violations arise.
Syllabus Note: This is a tentative schedule. The dates below are subject to change and it is the student's responsibility to check for updates to the schedule.
 
  • Mon Jan 05  Introduction: terminology, basic concepts, etc. PPTPDF
  • Wed Jan 07  More concepts: protocols, layered design, etc. PPTPDF
  • Fri Jan 09  Some Internet history; physical layer: transmitting data. PPT  PDF
  • Mon Jan 12  Physical layer. PPTPDF
  • Wed Jan 14  Physical layer. PPTPDF
  • Fri Jan 16  First Quiz.
  • Mon Jan 19  Holiday.
  • Wed Jan 21  Data Link Layer and Medium Access Control. PPTPDF
  • Fri Jan 23  Medium Access Control. PPTPDF
  • Mon Jan 26  Medium Access Control. PPTPDF
  • Wed Jan 28  Local Area Networks. PPTPDF
  • Fri Jan 30  HTML presentation. 
  • Mon Feb 02  Second Quiz.
  • Wed Feb 04  Network Layer. PPTPDF
  • Fri Feb 06  Network Layer. PPTPDF
  • Mon Feb 09  Network Layer. PPTPDF 
  • Wed Feb 11  Internetworking. PPTPDF 
  • Fri Feb 13  Third Quiz.
  • Mon Feb 16  Holiday.
  • Wed Feb 18  Internetworking. PPTPDF 
  • Fri Feb 20  Internetworking. PPT  PDF
  • Mon Feb 23  Internetworking. PPT PDF 
  • Wed Feb 25  Transport Layer. PPT PDF
  • Fri Feb 27  Transport Layer. PPT PDF
  • Mon Mar 01  Fourth Quiz.
  • Wed Mar 03  Library presentation
  • Fri Mar 05  Transport Layer, Applications. PPT PDF
  • Mon Mar 08  Transport Layer, Applications. PPT PDF
  • Wed Mar 10  "The Internet Behind the Web" video.
  • Fri Mar 12  Fifth Quiz.
  • Thu Mar 18  Final exam 12-3pm.
Projects  Projects will be due the last day of class. Please read the projects as soon as possible. You will be informed of updates.
Project 1
Project 2 updated Mar/03/2004
Instructor 
Name: Katia Obraczka (katia@cse.ucsc.edu
Office: BE 329
Office Hours: Monday 4:45-6pm
Teaching Assistants 
Name: Debasree Banerjee (dbanerje@cse.ucsc.edu
Office: BE 354I
Office hours: Thursday 3-4pm
Review sessions for quizzes conducted on Fridays will be held by Debasree during her office hours the day before the quiz.
Name: Kiranmaye Sirigineni (cekiran@cse.ucsc.edu
Office: BE 399C
Office hours: Monday 2–3pm
Review session for the quizzes conducted on Mondays will be held by Kiran during her office hours on the day of the quiz (can be changed to an earlier time if needed).


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