CS 1652 - Data Communication and Computer Networks

Summer 2018

Contact Information

Instructor Office Hours	Sherif Khattab, 6307 SENSQ (412) 624-8438 skhattab@cs.pitt.edu TuTh: 10am-2pm and 4:45-6:15pm M-Th: By appointment Please book at: https://khattab.youcanbook.me/
Grader	Ajesh Koyatan Chathoth 6804 Sennott Square ajk158@pitt.edu Monday and Tuesday 10am-1pm.
Lectures	MW 9:30-11:15 @ 5313 Sennott Square
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Course Description

The course emphasizes basic principles and topics of computer communications. The first part of the course provides an overview of interfaces that interconnect hardware and software components, describes the procedures and rules involved in the communication process and most importantly the software which controls computers communication. The second part of the course discusses network architectures and design principles, and describes the basic protocol suites. The third part of the course introduces the concept of internetworking, a powerful abstraction that deals with the complexity of multiple underlying communication technologies.

Prerequisites

CS/COE 0447 and CS/COE 0449.

Textbooks

James Kurose and Keith Ross

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

7^th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2017
ISBN-10: 0133594149

Richard Stevens

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume I: The Protocols

Addison Wesley, 1994

ISBN-10: 0201633469

Other Books:

Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie

Computer Networks - A Systems Approach

Morgan Kaufmann, 2003

Richard Stevens

Unix Network Programming - Volume 1 (2003) and Volume 2 (1999)

Prentice Hall

Richard Stevens

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment

Addison-Wesley, 1992

Bjarne Stroustrup

The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition

Addison-Wesley, 2000

Grading Policy

Midterm and Final exams (45%): 30% on higher grade and 15% on lower.

Make-up exams can be scheduled well in advance.

Programming Projects (30%): Code is to be written in C/C++ and Python Java. Late submissions are allowed for up to two days with a 10% reduction for each late day.

Homework Problems (15%)

Lecture participation (10%): in-class questions using CourseWeb.

Important Dates

Midterm Exam	Wednesday 6/20
Final Exam	Wednesday 8/1 in class

Weekly Schedule

Project #	Out on	Due on @11:59pm
1	F 5/25	F 6/15
2	F 6/15	F 7/13
3	F 7/13	F 7/27

Week	Topic	Reading	Announcements
Wk 1 (5/14)	Class Overview and Introduction	Chapter 1
Wk 2 (5/21)	Application-layer protocols	Chapter 2	Summer 12-WEEK session add/drop period ends on May 21^st Project 1 out on 5/25
Wk 3 (5/28)	No class on May 28 (Memorial Day) Lab Session
Wk 4 (6/4)	Transport-layer protocols	Chapter 3
Wk 5 (6/11)	Transport-layer protocols	Chapter 3	Project 1 due on 6/15 @ 11:59pm Project 2 out on 6/15
Wk 6 (6/18)	Midterm Review	Prepare for the midterm	Midterm exam on Wednesday 6/20
Wk 7 (6/25)	Network-layer protocols	Chapter 4
Wk 8 (7/2)	Network-layer protocols No Class on July 4 (Independence Day)	Chapter 4
Wk 9 (7/9)	Network-layer protocols	Chapter 5	Project 2 due on 7/13 @ 11:59pm Project 3 out on 7/13
Wk 10 (7/16)	Link-layer protocols	Chapter 6
Wk 11 (7/23)	Wireless and mobile networks	Chapter 7	Project 3 due on 7/27 @ 11:59pm
Wk 12 (7/30)	Multimedia Networking	Chapter 9	Final exam on Wednesday 8/1 @ normal room and time

Students with Disabilities

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services (DRS), 140 William Pitt Union, (412) 648-7890, drsrecep@pitt.edu, (412) 228-5347 for P3 ASL users, as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.

Academic Integrity

Students have the responsibility to be honest and to conduct themselves in an ethical manner while pursuing academic studies. Students have the right to be treated by faculty in a fair and conscientious manner in accordance with the ethical standards generally recognized within the academic community (as well as those recognized within the profession). Should a student be accused of a breach of academic integrity or have questions regarding faculty responsibilities, procedural safeguards including provisions of due process have been designed to protect student rights. These may be found in Guidelines on Academic Integrity: Student and Faculty Obligations and Hearing Procedures.