Data Networks, ICS 451

This page is http://www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2001spring.ics451/index.html

Instructor: Edo Biagioni

Office is in POST 303B, telephone (808)956-3891, e-mail esb@hawaii.edu. Office hours are Tuesday from 9 to 10am, Thursday from 12 noon to 1pm, or by appointment.

Goals

In this course, students will:

Organization

This course has Statistics for all the grades are available here. Exams may be taken early, if requested at least two weeks before the scheduled time.

All exams are closed books, closed notes unless otherwise noted.

A cumulative score of 90% will guarantee an A in the course, 80% a B, 60% a C, and 50% a D. Depending on the performance of the class as a whole, I may grade more generously.

The textbook is "Computer Networks and Internets", Second Edition, by Douglas E. Comer (Prentice-Hall, 1999). The textbook is available from the UH bookstore.

The lectures are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30am in Ocean 100 (MSB 100).

Cheating Policy: any cheating will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment or exam the first time it is detected, and a grade of F for the course for any subsequent instance. There is to be no collaboration whatsoever on homeworks or exams (you may study together, but anything you turn in, must be entirely your own intellectual contribution). This applies to the entire group in the case of group projects.

Tentative Schedule

This schedule is subject to change.

Lectures notes are in HTML. I usually post notes no later than the day before the lecture.

  1. Jan 9. Introduction and overview. Chapter 23.
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  2. Jan 11. Chapters 24, 25, and 29. Project 1 assigned, due February 13th (original deadline was February 8th).
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  3. Jan 16. Chapters 1 and 2.
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  4. Jan 18. Chapters 3 and 4.
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  5. Jan 23. Chapter 5.
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  6. Jan 25. Chapter 6.
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  7. Jan 30. Chapter 7.
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  8. Feb 1. Exam 1, on chapters 1-7, 23-25, and 29.
  9. Feb 6. Chapters 8 and 9.
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  10. Feb 8. Chapter 10. Guest Lecturer: Brian Chee (the regular instructor is out of town on this date)
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  11. Feb 13. Chapter 11.
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  12. Feb 15. ATM. Project 2 assigned, due March 12th.
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  13. Feb 20. Chapter 12.
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  14. Feb 22. Chapters 13 and 14.
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  15. Feb 27. Exam 2, covering chapters 8-14 and ATM.
  16. Mar 1. Chapter 15.
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  17. Mar 6. Chapter 16.
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  18. Mar 8. Chapter 17.
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  19. Mar 13. Chapters 18 and 19.
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  20. Mar 15. Chapters 20 and 21. Project 3 assigned, due May 6th.
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  21. Mar 20. Exam 3, covering chapters 15-21.
  22. Mar 22. Chapter 22.
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  23. Apr 3. TCP Connection and Congestion Management. UDP.
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  24. Apr 17. Talked about project 3.
  25. Apr 19. Brian Chee. IP multicast: slides, or powerpoint with animation
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  26. Apr 24. Chapter 26.
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  27. Apr 26. Chapter 27. Also, handing out take-home exam 4, covering chapters 22 and 26-27, TCP connection and congestion management, and UDP. The exam is due on Monday April 30, by 3pm, in the ICS main office -- be sure to hand it personally to Tracy Sonomura. The main office, POST 317, is open 9-12 and 1-4pm, but I will collect the exams from the office at 3pm.
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  28. Apr 29. Chapters 29, 30, and 31.
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  29. May 1. Chapters 32 and 33.
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  30. May 3. Chapters 34 and 35. Course Evaluation Forms (please bring number 2 pencil).
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  31. May 6. The future. Review of the entire course.
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  32. May 10, 9:45am -- 11:45am. Final Examination, covering the entire course but with slightly more emphasis on the material since the last exam.

Strike information

Apr 5th - Apr 17th.

Original (pre-strike) schedule follows

  1. Apr 5. Chapter 26.
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  2. Apr 10. Chapter 27.
  3. Apr 12. Exam 4, covering chapters 22 and 26-27, TCP connection and congestion management, and UDP.
  4. Apr 17. Chapters 29 and 30.
  5. Apr 19. Chapters 31 and 32.
  6. Apr 24. Chapter 33, 34, and 35.
  7. Apr 26. Network performance metrics. Bandwidth-Delay products. The future.
  8. May 1. Review of the entire course.
  9. May 10, 9:45am -- 11:45am. Final Examination, covering the entire course but with slightly more emphasis on the material since the last exam.

Feedback

I appreciate feedback! Please send me mail at esb@hawaii.edu with any comments, or if you notice any mistakes, or if you have problems accessing any of these links.

Miscellaneous

I have taught this class in Spring 2000 and Fall 1998, with different textbooks.