Course Syllabus

Sections 1 and 2

Instructor

Prof. Badri Nath
Room 320 CoRE building
Phone: 848 445 8320
Email: badri@cs.rutgers.edu
Home Page: http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~badri

Course Objectives

This course will provide students with a thorough understanding of the basic principles of computer networks, the design philosophy of the Internet, and the details of Internet protocols. Students who complete this course will be able to describe in detail the operations of Internet protocols and develop their own Internet applications.

Outline

Internet architecture, protocols and services. Web 1.0, web 2.0, web 3.0 and beyond. Protocol hierarchy. Internet application protocols: SMTP, HTTP, DNS, SNMP.Naming protocols and service discovery. Network layer and routing algorithms. Transport layer. Flow, error and congestion control. TCP/IP protocols
Data link layer. Multiple access protocols. WIFI and  Bluetooth  link layer . Network security. Public Key Systems. Emerging network technologies.  Cloud  services

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for CS 352 is Computer Architecture (CS 211). System Programming  (CS 214), while not a prerequisite, is strongly recommended.

Expected Work

Students are expected to attend all lectures and perform all reading assignments prior to lecture. Students are also expected to attend all recitation section meetings. Students will be evaluated according to their performance on several course activities: quizzes, programming assignments, mid-term examinations, and the final examination.

Short quizzes are not announced ahead of time and may be held at any time during the lecture period. The total number of quizzes has not been determined, but there will be at least four quizzes over the course of the semester. You will be allowed to drop your lowest quiz score from your final grade.

Programming assignments will be assigned, and students are required to complete them by the scheduled deadlines.

Two mid-term examinations are scheduled this semester, and both are held during regular lecture hours. The final examination is held at the end of the semester and is scheduled according to the Rutgers undergraduate schedule of classes.

Course information on the web

Course home page: http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~badri/352.html
Recitation section page:
 

Grading

Written  Homework +  socket programming

  10% of grade

Midterm examination #1:

15% of grade

Midterm examination #2:

15% of grade

Programming assignment #1,#2,#3:  

30% of grade

Final examination:

30% of grade

Important Dates

3/11/20

Midterm examination 1  Wednesday March 11  in -class

4/13/20

Midterm examination 2   Monday  April 13 in-class

12/17/18

Final examination  Wednesday  May 13 12 to 3 PM  in-class

Policy on Missed Examinations and Quizzes

You must have a pressing reason (such as a conflicting exam in another course) to miss a scheduled mid-term or final examination. Make-up examinations may be taken if you have notified the professor at least two weeks prior to the original examination that you will not be able to attend. If you miss an examination due to an unforeseen emergency, you may take a make-up examination only after providing written documentation of an excuse that is acceptable to the professor.

There will be absolutely no make-up quizzes. If you are late for a quiz or miss a quiz for any reason, you will receive zero credit for it. Keep in mind that you will be allowed to drop your lowest quiz score from your final grade.

Required Textbooks

James Kurose and Keith Ross
Computer Networking seventh  Edition
Addison Wesley

ISBN: 978-0-13-359414-0:

 

Optional Textbooks

Richard Stevens
TCP/IP Illustrated, vol. 1
Addison-Wesley, 1994

Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
Morgan Kaufmann, 2000