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Course Information

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Three 50 minutes lectures, One 180 minutes lab per week(3-3-4)

Designation:

Required Course

Course Level:

Undergraduate

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s) by Topic:

Algorithms and Problem-Solving
Recursion
Fundamental Computing Algorithms
Multithreading Programming
Abstraction Mechanisms
Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm
Using APIs

Note: This course cannot be taken for credit with COE 344.

Prerequisite Courses:

ICS 201: Introduction to Computing II

Catalog Description:

This course provides a comprehensive and current introduction to computer networks with focus on the functions performed at each layer of the network architecture and common layer protocol standards.

Note: This course cannot be taken for credit with COE 344.

Textbook(s):

Data Communications and Networking, 4/e. Behrouz A. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill Higher Education 2007, ISBN-13: 978-007-125442-7.

Lab Manual. Available through WebCT.

Reference(s) and Other Material:

Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 4/e, J. Kurose & Keith Ross, Addison Wesley, 2008.
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 3/e, Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.

Course Outcomes:

After completion of this course, the student shall be able to:

Identify various network services, characteristics, elements, standards and technologies.
Describe the layered architecture of computer networks and the operation of main protocols in the TCP/IP model.
Identify, compare and contrast different techniques and design issues of core functions such as addressing, routing, internetworking, switching, multiplexing, error and flow control, medium access and coding.
Implement simple client-server applications using socket programming.
Effectively use commonly used network-related commands, monitoring tools, traffic analyzers and network simulators.
Demonstrate the ability to setup a small network and properly configure network components including switches, routers and services (such as RAS, FTP, DNS, Web, DHCP, POP3).
Explain potential threats to network resources and various security mechanisms.

Topics Covered:

Introduction to computer networks and layered architectures, connectivity, topology, circuit and packet switching
TCP/IP and ISO models
Application layer: C/S model, DNS, SMTP, FTP, WWW,
Socket programming and network security;
Transport layer: TCP and UDP, congestion control;
Network layer: internetworking, addressing and routing algorithms and protocols
Data link layer: framing, flow and error control protocols, PPP, MAC and LANs;
Physical layer: principles of data communications, circuit switching, coding, multiplexing and transmission media.

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