| Instructor(s) | Dr. Truman Yang [Coordinator] Office: ENG435 Phone: (416) 979-5000 x 554175 Email: cungang@torontomu.ca Office Hours: By Appointment | Calendar Description | This is an introductory course in computer networks. In particular, it concentrates on the Internet technology. It first introduces the OSI and TCP/IP network architecture models. It then studies the implementation principles and design issues at each layer of these models. Lecture topics include: OSI and TCP/IP models, data transmission basics, data-link protocols, local area networks, wide-area networks, Internet structures, TCP/IP protocol suite, and application Layer protocols. Laboratory work focuses on the implementation of stop-and-wait protocol based on the BSD socket. In addition, students will gain practical experience by building and studying a physical network using network devices such as switches and routers. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites | (COE 538 or ELE 538) and ELE 532 | ||||||||||||||
| Antirequisites | None | ||||||||||||||
| Corerequisites | None | ||||||||||||||
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| Learning Objectives (Indicators) | At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
NOTE:Numbers in parentheses refer to the graduate attributes required by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). | ||||||||||||||
| Course Organization | 3.0 hours of lecture per week for 13 weeks | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Assistants | TBA | ||||||||||||||
| Course Evaluation |
Note: In order for a student to pass a course, a minimum overall course mark of 50% must be obtained. In addition, for courses that have both "Theory and Laboratory" components, the student must pass the Laboratory and Theory portions separately by achieving a minimum of 50% in the combined Laboratory components and 50% in the combined Theory components. Please refer to the "Course Evaluation" section above for details on the Theory and Laboratory components (if applicable). | ||||||||||||||
| Examinations | Midterm exam, week 7, 120 minutes. Final exam, during exam period, three hours. | ||||||||||||||
| Other Evaluation Information | Project demonstration and report Lab demonstration All 4 Lab assignments have to be done individually. The project is a group project. Source codes of each lab assignment should be submitted to D2L 24 hours before the beginning of next lab. Late source code submission or late demonstrations will not be accepted and will receive a mark of 0. | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Three hours lecture Two hours lab | ||||||||||||||
| Other Information | None | ||||||||||||||
Week | Hours | Chapters / | Topic, description |
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1-2 | 6 | Chapter 1, 6.1, 6.2 | OSI and TCP/IP layer architecture models. |
3 | 3 | Section 3.1 | Overview of link layer and framing |
4 | 3 | Section 3.2.2, 3.3 | Error detection coding and framing |
5 | 3 | Section 4.3 | Local Area Networks (LANs): CSMA/CD, Ethernet |
6 | 3 | Sections 4.4 | Wireless LAN, VLAN. |
7 | 2 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | 3 | Section 4.8 | LAN Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol |
9 | 3 | Section 3.4 | Sliding Window Protocols: Go-back-N protocol, Selective Repeat Protocol |
10 | 3 | Section 5.1, 5.5.1,5.5.2, 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 | IP: IP diagram format and IP addressing |
11 | 3 | Section 5.6.2 | Subnetting and supernetting |
12 | 3 | Section 5.6.3, 5.6.4, 7.1 | IP related protocols: ARP, DNS, IPv6 |
13 | 3 | Section 6.4.1, 6.5.1-6.5.9 | UDP and TCP protocols (optional) |
Week | L/T/A | Description |
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2-3 | Lab | Lab 1: Study of the concepts of Layer Architecture |
4 | Lab | Lab 2: Study of the characteristics of server running on TCP |
5 | Lab | Lab 3: File download application based on TCP |
6-7 | Lab | Lab 4: UDP server implementation |
8 | Lab | Project: Peer-to-Peer application |
9-12 | Lab | Continuation of the project |
13 | Lab | Demonstration of the project. Submit source code of project to D2L before your |
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