| Instructor: | David G. Green | ||||||||
| Class Time: | Selected Thursday/Friday/Saturdays | ||||||||
| Room: | BEC158 | ||||||||
| Text: | Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 3rd Edition. | ||||||||
| WebCT: | Home Area | ||||||||
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EE632 Introduction to Computer Networking. Communication protocols, Internet, Intranet, WWW, TCP/IP, Network Architectures, LAN, WAN, Video and Data Conferencing. 3 hours.
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the area of Computer Networking. Upon completion, the student should be familiar with the principles, standards, trends, and present practices in computer networks. The student should understand the purpose of protocols, the tradeoffs between protocols, and the purpose of open systems. The student will have explored a multi-layer protocol model, TCP/IP protocol suite, Internet, and communication issues such compression and data encryption. The student will also be familiar with how local area networks are implemented on PCs.
The group project will present some facet of networking and its application (such as Internet radio, iso-synchronous networking, directory services, NetWare, wireless LANs, MAP, Internet 2, etc.) to the class. Each group's project will be different. The group should strive to deliver high quality packaged information to the class using effective delivery techniques. Handouts as well as an oral presentation are expected. Group shall be agreed to/assigned on the second session (October).
| Test 1 | Saturday, 4 November 2000. Class Time. |
| Test 2 | Must submit by 17 December 2000 |
| Class | Topic | Text Reading | Homework |
| 1. Aug 3A | Introduction | ||
| 2. Aug. 3B | Overview of the Internet, Intranet, DNS | Chap 1, 7.2 | 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.13, 1.20 (modernize), 1.23, 7.19 |
| 3. Aug. 4A | Physical Layer, Data Link Layer | Chap 2, 3 | 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 2.15, 2.26, 2.31 |
| 4. Aug. 4B | HTML | 7.6 | 7.37, 7.39, SP1 |
| 5. Oct. 13A | Data Link Protocols | Chap 3 | 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.9, 3.12 |
| 6. Oct. 13B | Media Access Sublayer | Chap 4 | 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.22, 4.24, 4.28 |
| 7. Oct. 14A | Network Layer | Chap 5 | 5.1, 5.9, 5.22, 5.26, 5.28, 5.36, 5.38 |
| 8. Oct. 14B | Thin Clients, Forms | 7.48 (modernize), SP2 | |
| 9. Oct. 14C | Database, Three Tier, Scaling | ||
| 10. Oct 14D | Demos | ||
| 12. Nov. 3A | Transport Layer | Chap. 6 | 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.18, 6.19, 6.23, Group Topic Due |
| 13. Nov. 3B | JAVA | SP3 | |
| 11. Nov. 4A | Test 1 | ||
| 14. Nov. 4B | Network Security | Chap 7.1 | tbd |
| 15. Dec. 1A | Network Security, SNMP | Chap 7.3 | tbd |
| 16. Dec. 1B | Electronic Mail, News, Conferencing | Chap 7.4, 7.5, 7.7, tbd | 7.26, 7.27 |
| 17. Dec. 2A | SMB Networking | Handout | |
| 18. Dec. 2B | Group Meetings, equipment checks | Group Status Report Due | |
| 19. Dec. 2C | Demos | ||
| 20. Dec. 2D | Review / Test 2 available December 4 - 17 (2 hours) |
Homework will NOT be taken up but should serve as points to be familiar with for quizzes and tests.
Presentations will be given on 1/12/00 from 1-5 pm.
Web Page:
http://www-ece.eng.uab.edu/ee632o2/
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Copyright (c) 1998, 2000 David G. Green, All Rights Reserved.
Contact: dgreen@uab.edu
Last modified: Mon Jan 29 17:06:19 CST 2001