'&$%CS 536 Data Communication and Computer Networks Fall 2002• Instructor : Prof. Kihong Park• Class : TTh 1:30–2:45pm (POTR 262)• E-mail : [email protected]• Tel. : (765) 494–7821 (CS 220)• Office Hours : TTh 3–4pm and by appointment• Course Homepage :http://www.cs.purdue.edu/∼park/cs536.html'&$%• Teaching Assistant : Tiberiu Stef• E-mail : [email protected]• Tel. : (765) 494–7840 (CS 266)• Office Hours : W 3:30-4:30pm, F 2:30-4:30pm'&$%• Course Content : Graduate-level introductory course tocomputer networks and data communication– Theory (40%)– Practice (60%)• Prerequisites :– Operating systems– Solid background in C and UNIX (experience with projectsand low-level programming)– Sound undergraduate-level mathematical preparation(calculus, probability and statistics, differential equations)'&$%• Text Book :– Required: Computer Networks: A Systems Approach.Peterson & Davie. Morgan Kaufmann Publ., latest edition.– Papers and other reference material will be provided by webor hardcopy.'&$%• Grading Policy :– Homework assignments (40 %); bi-weekly– Midterm (30 %)– Final (30 %)– http://www.cs.purdue.edu/∼park/cs536.html• Academic Honesty :– Initial discussion on homework assignments is fine– Collaboration is not allowed– Academic dishonesty is a serious matter and dealt with inaccordance with University policy'&$%• Computing Requirements :– Internet access: ssh and WWW– Purdue computer account: Xinu Lab– xinu1.cs.purdue.edu, xinu2.cs.purdue.edu, ...– xinuserver.cs.purdue.edu– Candace Walters ([email protected], 494–9206)'&$%• Computing Platform :– x86-based PCs, UNIX (Solaris)– 100Mbps Ethernet– TCP/IP network programming (e.g., client/server, routers)– ATM network (∼2.4Gps switch, 155Mbps interfaces)– IP-over-SONET backbone (Internet2/Abilene)'&$%Outline• Introduction (3 lectures)• Fundamentals of information transmission and coding (3lectures)• Direct link communication I: wired media (3 lectures)• Direct link communication II: wireless media (2 lectures)• End-to-end communication: packet switching and circuitswitching (1 lecture)'&$%• Internetworking with TCP/IP: structure (1 lecture)• Socket programming and network communication (2 lectures)• —–Midterm—–• Internetworking with TCP/IP: functionality (2 lectures)• Congestion control (3 lectures)• Routing (2 lectures)'&$%• Network traffic: data and multimedia payloads (1 lecture)• Multimedia communication and QoS (2 lectures)• Transparent network services: DNS, HTTP, web server design,caching and CDNs (2 lectures)• Network security: confidentiality, authentication,denial-of-service attack (1 lecture)• —–Final—–'&$%Questions?• Tel.: (765) 494–7821• E-mail: [email protected]• Web: