COE 344 - Computer Networks
Catalogue Description
This course will be taught using TCP/IP top-down approach. Topics covered include introduction to computer networks. Application layer design issues and protocols are discussed. Then, Transport layer design issues, protocols as well as congestion control mechanisms are presented. Socket programming is explained. An in-depth analysis is presented of the Network layer design issues, and internetworking. MAC layer design issues and protocols are presented. Finally, multimedia network applications are explored.
Course Syllabus [pdf]
- Major Exam-I will be on Tuesday 30 March in clas
- Homework#2 is due on Sunday 28 March in clas
- Solution for Quiz#1 is posted on Blackboard
- Solutions for Quiz#2 and #3 are posted on Blackboar
- Homework#4 is posted on Blackboard. The due date is 18 May
- Major Exam-II will be on Sunday 30 May during class
- Solution for Homework#4 is posted on Blackboard
- Solution for Exam-II is posted on Blackboard
- Quiz#4 will be on Tuesday June 8 in class
Class Presentations
- Chapter 1 [pdf]
- Chapter 2 [pdf]
- Chapter 3 [pdf]
- Chapter 4 [pdf]
- Chapter 5 [pdf] .. more slides about ATM [pdf]
- Chapter 6 [pdf]
Online Resources
- Applets that demonstrate some networking concepts and protocols [source: Textbook's site]
- Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm Applet by Carla Laffra at Pace University
- Java Applet Demos for Dijkstra's Algorithm
- ARP, BOOTP, DHCP and ICMP Protocol Diagrams
RFCs for the Application Layer
- RFC 1034: Domain Name System: Concepts and Facilities
- RFC 2136: Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
- RFC 1939: Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3)
RFCs for the Transport Layer:
- RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
- RFC 793: TCP Specification [Updated by RFC 1122, RFC 1349, RFC 4379, and RFC 3168]
- RFC 1191 [sec.7]: Determination of the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
- RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control
- RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgement Options
- RFC 2998: Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer
- RFC 3390: Increasing TCP's Initial Window
- RFC 1323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
RFCs for the Network Layer:
- RFC 791: Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) Specification
- RFC 2460, RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
- RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
- RFC 4632: Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR)
- RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
- RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- RFC 2663, RFC 3022: IP Network Address Translation
- RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- RFC 3168: Network Assisted Congestion Control
Protocol Alternatives to TCP and UDP:
- RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) [Updated by RFC 5595 and RFC 5596]
- RFC 2960, RFC 3286: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) [Updated by RFC 3309]
- RFC 5348: TCP-Friendly Rate Control (TFRC)