DATA NETWORKS
COMPUTER SCIENCE COMP 5203
Fall 2009

1. BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION:
   Mathematical and practical aspects of design and analysis of communication networks. Topics include: Basic Concepts, Layering, Delay Models, Multiaccess Communication, Queueing Theory, Routing, Fault-tolerance, as well as advanced topics on High-Speed Networks, ATM, Mobile Wireless Networks, and Optical Networks.
2. Instructor: Evangelos Kranakis
   Office hrs
3. CONTENTS OF LECTURES:
   We will cover some basic material derived from several sources. A significant amount of the course will be based on papers published only in journals and/or conference proceedings. You can download lecture notes in PDF:

   Week	Lecture	Tests/Projects	Additional Resources MSDNAA
   Wk 01 Sep 14	History of Networks History of WWW Introduction		Internet: 40 yrs old Internet Pioneers History of WWW Kleinberg Video Kleinberg CACM
   Wk 02 Sep 21	Power Laws I Structure Scale-Free	Project	Faloutsos... Broder... Calvert...
   Wk 03 Sep 28	Topology Generators Power Laws II		Mitzenmacher Barrat... Kleinberg ICM
   Wk 04 Oct 05	Overlays and P2P Small World Routing	Assignment 1 (Due Dec 07)	Stoica... Barriere...
   Wk 05 Oct 19	Hotlink Routing Decentralized Search Web Search	Project abstract (Part A) due: Submit to me by Email	Kranakis... Shende...
   Wk 06 Oct 26	ARQs Delay Models RVs	Assignment 2 (Due Dec 07)
   Wk 07 Nov 02	Queueing Multiaccess Communication Ethernet	Assignment 1: Revised (Due Dec 07)
   Wk 08 Nov 09	IEEE Standards IP TCP	Assignment 2: Revised (Due Dec 07)
   Wk 09 Nov 16	Routing: Principles Issues
   Wk 10 Nov 23		In Class Exam What to Read for Test
   Wk 11 Nov 30	Student Lectures I	On Giving presentations
   Wk 12 Dec 07	Student Lectures II	On Giving presentations Assignments 1 and 2: Due Dec 07 Project Part C: Due Dec 09, 12 noon (Email a zipped archive with your name with all documents)	Giving presentations
   		Final Grades

4. WHAT TO STUDY FOR THE TESTS:
   1. Test: Read everything covered in class. Make sure you understand concepts and methodologies.
5. STUDENTS' REQUIREMENTS SCHEDULE
   
   1. Prior to submitting the final project students must submit to instructor a one-page paper abstract of the proposed project/paper.
   2. The project should follow (guidelines for project/paper abstract preparation).
   3. In-class exam (Duration 120 min). This will contribute 60% of the final grade.
   4. Students must make an in-class presentation (date/time/duration in course outline) and submit to instructor
      1. a one-page paper copy of the final project abstract (see due date in course outline),
      2. the presentation in electronic form (due prior to the presentation),
      3. the final project in paper form (see due date in course outline).
      This will contribute 30% of the final grade (I.e., 25% for the witten project/paper and 5% for the in-class presentation).
   5. Assignment. This will contribute 10 % to the final grade.
6. CONDITIONS FOR THE PROJECT/PAPER
   
   1. The topic of the project/paper may be suggested by the student (subject to approval of instructor), must be relevant to the material covered in the course, (see propsed project)
   2. The written presentation of the project/paper must have the quality of a journal publication. (See guidelines for project/paper preparation).
   3. In addition, students must make an oral presentation of their selected project/paper (this is not the same as written project/paper) in-class (usually in powerpoint).
7. USEFUL TEXTBOOKS:
   L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd ed., 2003, ISBN: 1-55860-832-X (cloth), ISBN: 1-55860-833-8 (paper))
   Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 0-13-066102-6.
   will be very useful for your study.