COMS W4119 - Computer Networks

Spring 2006

Course URL: http://wwww.cs.columbia.edu/~danr/4119
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Course meeting time / location: 9:10 am - 10:25 pm on M,W in Mudd 535
Pre-Requisites: COMS 4118, C or Java Programming, Algorithms
Description: Topics: Introduction to computer networks and the technical foundations of the Internet, including applications, protocols, local area networks, algorithms for routing and congestion control, security, elementary performance evaluation. Several programming assignments required.
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Required Texts:
- Required: James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2005, ISBN 0-321-22735-2
- Optional: Dimitri Bertsekas and Robert Gallager Data Networks (2nd ed.), Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN 0-13-200916-1. Significant mathematical treatment (graduate 6000 level - practical stuff a bit out of date).
- Optional: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks } (4th ed.), Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-13-066102-3. A lot like Kurose/Ross
- Optional: Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja, Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-246352X. A bit more mathematical than Kurose-Ross, but less than B&G.
Computing Accounts: You need access to a computer with Berekley Sockets or the Java equivalent.

Item	Handed Out	Due	Comments
HW #1 (Solution)	1/23	1/30
[Socket how-to]	1/23	N/A	[PDF],[PDF 4-per-page],[Another (online) guide]
PA #1 (HW #2)	2/1	2/15	C socket programming examples, Test site
HW #3 (revised) (Solution - updated 3/7/06)	2/13	2/22 (revised)	Revised and extended to account for typo in problem #1 (problem 1 in more detail)
PA #2 (HW #4)	2/22	3/6	Test site
HW #5 , (Solution)	3/20	3/27
PA #3 (HW #6) (revised 3/28)	3/27	4/12	Test site
HW #7 , (Solution)	4/5	4/12
PA #4 (HW #8)	4/12	4/19