Lecture information Time (2018 Winter): 13:00-13:50hr, MTR Classroom: EN-1052 Instructor: Dr. Yuanzhu Chen Scope Fundamentals of data communication networks Socket networkign API End-to-end data transportation Internet addressing and naming Local area networks Reliable link layer data transfer Error-dectecting/-correcting codes Wireless networks P2P systems
Text Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7th edition, 2016. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Pearson. ISBN-13 978-0133594140 References Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1: Principles Protocols, and Architecture, 6th Ed., 2014. Douglas E. Comer. Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-608530-0
Evaluation Assignments: 24% (4% × 6) - Approximately every 2 weeks Mid-term exam: 16% (February, in class) Project: 20% Proposal due: March, in class Presentation and demo: last week of lecture period, in class Report and code due: April 13th, 2018, D2L Final exam: 40% (9-11am, 2018/04/11, EN-1002)

• Chapter 1: Computer networks and the Internet
  — Optional reading:
  • The past and future history of the Internet. Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Lawrence G. Roberts, and Stephen S. Wolff. In Communications of the ACM, 40(2) pp 102-108, Febuary 1997. [pdf]
• Chapter 2: Application layer
  — Optional reading:
  • An Analysis of the Skype Peer-to-Peer Internet Telephony Protocol. S. A. Baset and H. G. Schulzrinne. In IEEE INFOCOM 2006.
  • The Internet and Identifiers. Paul Mockapetris. Speech for SIGCOMM Award 2005. [pdf]
• Chapter 3: Transport layer
  — Optional reading:
  • End-to-end arguments in system design. J. H. Saltzer, D. P. Reed, and D. D. Clark. In ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, 2(4) pp 277-288, November 1984. [pdf]
  • A Report on Some Recent Developments in TCP Congestion Control. Sally Floyd. In IEEE Communications Magazine, 2001. [pdf]
• Chapter 4: Network layer
  — Optional reading:
  • A Fast Switched Backplane for a Gigabit Switched Router. Nick McKeown. In Business Communications Review, December 1997. [pdf]
• Chapter 5: Link layer and local area networks
• Chapter 6: Wireless and mobile networks

Attention

Each assignment has two parts, lab and written. The lab part does not need to be submitted. The written part is to be submitted in class on the specified dates.

Assignments

• Assignment 1 (Due 2018/01/16)

Wireshark labs

1. Introduction
2. HTTP
3. DNS
4. DHCP
5. UDP
6. TCP
7. IP
8. ICMP
9. Ethernet and ARP
10. 802.11

Team

The course project is expected to be done individually.

Deliverables

• Proposal due date: 2018/03/15, on D2L
• Presentation and demo date: 2018/04/03 and 2018/04/05, in class
• Code & report/document due date: 11:59pm, 2018/04/13— electronic copy of report and code on D2L.

No late submission will be accepted.

Demo/presentation schedule

(10 minutes each including quetions and answers)

Date	Name
2018.04.03	Diego Zuluaga
2018.04.03	Aizaz Iqbal
2018.04.03	Maria Aloysius
2018.04.03	Kyungkook Son
2018.04.05	Nathan Fowlow
2018.04.05	Alex Gillis
2018.04.05	Catherine Rendell
2018.04.05	Gregory Berezny

Relevant networking and programming references

• Text Web site
• RFC
• Well Known Port Numbers
• TCP/IP and tcpdump – Pocket reference guide
• Internet History
• Internet Technical Resources
• Wireshark
• PingPlotter, a GUI frontend of traceroute
• Iperf and Jperf
• Wireless Tools for Linux
• JDK 5.0 Documentation
• Lab environment