CENG/BILM 362 Computer Networks

05/09/08

BİLM 362 Bilgisayar Ağları

Fatih University, Computer Engineering Department
Spring Semester 2008
CENG 362: Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 E-210, Wednesday 08:00 - 10:00 E-210
BİLM 362: Tuesday 08:00 - 10:00 E-217, Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 E-217

Instructor: Halûk Gümüşkaya

Teaching and Lab Assistants:
CENG 362:
BILM 362:

Mostly Static Information:

Mostly Dynamic Information:

Course Description

Lecture Announcements

Prerequisites

Course Materials

Lecture Schedule

Computer Networks Lab

Textbooks

References

Tools

Grades-CENG362 Notlar-BILM362

Grading

Regulations

Course Description

Catalog Description: OSI reference model, Internet and TCP/IP. Application layer protocols: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and DNS. Socket programming, transport layer services, flow and congestion control, network layer and IP protocol, addressing, routing, data link layer protocols, local area networks.

Details

The Internet (TCP/IP) Protocol Hourglass

This course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in the design and implementation of computer communication networks, their protocols, and applications. Topics to be covered include: Introduction to computer networks and the Internet, principles of application layer protocols, TCP/UDP socket programming, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SMTP/POP3, transport layer services, congestion control, network layer and IP protocol, addressing, routing, data link layer protocols, local area networks. Examples will be drawn primarily from the Internet protocol suite (e.g. HTTP, SMTP, TCP, UDP, IP) using Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer program and the Java programming language.

The following lab experiments will be conducted in our Computer Networks Lab: Single Segment IP Networks, Static Routing, Dynamic Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF and BGP), LAN Switching, Transport Protocols (UDP and TCP), NAT and DHCP, The Domain Name System.

CENG/BİLM 362 is a one-semester introduction to computer networking theory, applications, and programming with a focus on the Internet and its applications. It covers networking topics beginning from the application-layer then going down the protocol stack (a top-down approach), allowing computer engineering students to quickly write networking applications while learning the theory and practice of computer networking. Programming in Java is an important component of the course. Some educational multimedia materials, network programs and simulators will be also used to teach the networking fundamentals.

This is an advanced undergraduate course for mainly computer engineering students. It is an introductory computer networks course and serves as a pre-requisite for more advanced computer networking topics. It may also be taken by interested non-CENG students who have taken the pre-requisite courses (and its pre-requisites).

Prerequisites

	A basic understanding of algorithms (CENG 201/202 Data Structures and Algorithms) and operating systems (CENG 341 Operating Systems) is required.
	A previous course in computer organization (e.g. CENG 252) is required.
	You must be able to program in a structured high-level programming language, especially Java.

Lecture Schedule

This is the tentative schedule. Please check it once before the lecture

Textbooks

Main Textbooks

	Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 4th Edition (new edition), J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross, Addison Wesley, 2007.
	Bilgisayar Ağları, Birinci Baskı, J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross, ALFA, 2007. (The main textbook's Turkish translation for BİLM 362 students, but they can also use the original book, it is much better to read the original book.)
	Mastering Networks: An Internet Lab Manual, J. Liebeherr, M. E. Zarki, Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN: 0-201-78134-4. (Lab book)
	Java Ağ Programcılığı, Haluk Gümüşkaya, Ömer Boyacı, 720 sayfa, 1. Baskı: Haziran 2003, ALFA. (TCP/UDP Socket programming examples, and other chapters on Java I/O Streams and Mutithreading from this book are very useful to understand network programming concepts in Java.)

Recommended

	Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (4th Edition), L. Peterson and B. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
	Computer Networks (4th Edition), Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 2003.
	Data and Computer Communication (8th Edition), William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2007.
	Computer Networking with Internet Protocols, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2004.

Tools and Development Environments

	Hardware and software tools in the Computer Networks Lab
	Wireshark The popular network protocol analyzer having support for hundreds of network protocols
	Packet Tracer 4.1 by Cisco Systems

Grading (Tentative)
   Course Grading:
        30 % : Lab Experiments and Lab Exam
        15 % : Midterm Exam 1
        20 % : Midterm Exam 2
        35 % : Final Exam (a comprehensive exam at the end of the course)

   Lab Grading:
        Final Lab Grade = 50 % Lab Grades Average + 50 % Lab Exam

	Lectures: Theoretical foundations and background.
	Lab Experiments: The lab is very important for a course of this kind.
	Midterm Exam: There will be one midterm exam.
	Final Exam: There will be one final exam covering all the materials learned in this course. It will be given during final exams period of the semester.
	Attendance, Discussion and Contribution (ADC): Look at my Attendance Algorithm on the Regulations page. Additional Attendance Policy for Labs: if your lab attendance < %80, you fail the lab (%25 of the course grade becomes "0")

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