SCSC 512  Computer Networks II

Spring 2012  Hodge Center 266

 

Instructor       :  Frank Li, PhD                                                          Office              :  Hodge Center 222

Instructor       :  Section 001 M/W   12:00 – 13:15,  

                              Section 101 T/Th 18:00 – 19:15                                   Office Hours      :  T/Th 13:30 – 15:00 or by appointment

Text                : Jim Kurose and Keith Ross. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Addison Wesley, 2008. Fifth edition

Course Description:  Advanced topics in telecommunications, location positioning systems and computer networking, including wireless and mobile computing, integration of wireless and wired networks, design issues, packet transmission, datagram encapsulation and fragmentation, media access control, data transmission and retransmission, routing, bridging, switching, addressing, error handling, flow control, data security, and local and wide-area networks.

 Course Grading:      5 Attendances             5%

                                    3 Quizzes                    15%

                                    3 homework                15%

3  Labs                        15%

Midterm                       25%

Final                            25%

Grading Scale:         A  90‑100 %;    B+  85-89 %;   B  80‑84 %;    C+  75-79 %;   C  70‑74 %; 

D+  65-69 %;    D    60‑64 %;   F  less than 60 %.

Slides:

Slides 1

Slides 2

Slides 3

Slides 4

Slides 5

Slides 6

Slides 7

Slides 8

Slides 9

Slides 10

 

Term Project

Homework:

homework 1

Homework 2

Homework 3

hw1 key

hw2 key

hw3 key

 

SCHEDULE OF TOPICS*

Date

Topic

Week 1

1

Network Layer  (Chapter 4)

2

Network Layer

Week 2

1

Network Layer

2

Network Layer

Week 3

1

Network Layer

2

Network Layer

Week 4

1

Network Layer

2

Lab 1

Week 5

1

Data Link Layer (Chapter 5)

2

Data Link Layer

Week 6

1

Data Link Layer

2

Data Link Layer

Week 7

1

Lab 2

2

Data Link Layer

Week 8

1

Data Link Layer

2

Midterm   (section 001 is on 2/29, section 101 is on 2/28)         section 101 has No class on  3/1

Week 9

1

Spring Break

2

Spring Break

Week 10

1

Data Link Layer

2

Data Link Layer

Week 11

1

Data Link Layer

2

Wireless and Mobile Networks (Chapter 6)

Week 12

1

Wireless and Mobile Networks

2

Wireless and Mobile Networks

Week 13

1

Lab 3

2

Wireless and Mobile Networks

Week 14

1

Wireless and Mobile Networks

2

Wireless and Mobile Networks

Week 15

1

Wireless and Mobile Networks

2

Review

Week 16

4/24

Final  6:30 pm – 8:30pm   (both sections)

* This is a tentative outline and the instructor reserves the right to change the content, order, or dates of the Schedule of Topics in order to fulfill the goals of the course.

 

Course Policies:

1) Students are expected to attend class and arrive for class on time.

2) Students are expected to take exams and complete all labs. There are no makeup labs during the session.

3) Makeup tests are not automatically given in this class. In order to qualify for a makeup test, you must notify the

instructor before a scheduled exam that you will be absent. If your excuse is acceptable, a makeup of the test will be

scheduled at the instructor’s convenience.

4) No cell phones or electronic devices are allowed in the classroom or can be used in the classroom.

 

Cheating and Plagiarism:

·         Your grade on everything in the course is to be based on your own work. Cheating in any form is a violation of the honor code (available in the student handbook), and will be reported to the Dean of Students. A first offense will result in a zero for the assignment / test. If the offense is not the first, the consequence will likely be the failure for the course.

·         For the term project, do not copy and paste from literature or the Web. The term project should be based on your analysis. If you do use words from the literature or the Web, be appropriately cited. Plagiarism (using others’ work, including paraphrasing—from the web or anyplace else—without proper attribution) will result in a zero. Plagiarism is a violation of the student honor code and will be reported to the Dean of Students.

Disability Accommodations:

“In keeping with University policy, any student with a disability who requests academic accommodations should contact Disability Services at 503-5195 to arrange a confidential appointment with the Disability Services Coordinator.  Students are encouraged to seek an appointment as early in the semester as possible, as accommodations are not provided retroactively.  Letters of accommodation must be signed and printed on letterhead from the Disability Services office.  It is the student’s responsibility to provide these letters to professors in a timely manner so that accommodations may be put in place.”