PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
Computer Science COMP 3203
Fall 2017

1. CONTACTS:
   
   • Instructor: Evangelos Kranakis
     • Room: 5360 HP
     • Office hrs
   • TAs: TA-Room, HP 4125
     Name (Email) [Office Hours]
     • Steven Porretta (steven.porretta@gmail.com) [Tue & Thu 5:30 to 6:30 pm]
     • Nilofar Mansourzadeh (nilofarmansourzadeh@cmail.carleton.ca) [Fri 11:30 am to 1:30 pm]
     • Zahra Hassanzadeh (zahrahassanzadeh@cmail.carleton.ca) [Wed 9 to 11 am]
   • IMPORTANT: Carleton University Equity Statement
     Explanations for Lectures: NC = Not Covered, (*-*) = page range covered in class
   CONTENTS OF LECTURES: (Links are activated when needed)

   Week/Dates	Lecture	Announcements	Weekly Problem
   Week 01 Sep 07	Speed Design
   Week 02 Sep 12 Sep 14	Historical Introduction Outline Layering	Assignment A Posted Sep 08	WP1
   Week 03 Sep 19 Sep 21	Performance Transmission		WP2
   Week 04 Sep 26 Sep 28	Data Link Layer ErrorDetection		WP3
   Week 05 Oct 03 Oct 05	ErrorCorrection Connectivity	Assignment A: Due Oct 02	WP4
   Week 06 Oct 10 Oct 12	ARQs Multiaccess Test 1: Oct 12 60 min (in class) No books, notes, calculators during test!	Answers Studying for Test Old Test 1 Assignment B Posted Oct
   Week 07 Oct 17 Oct 19	Ethernet LANs		WP6
   Oct 23-27 Fall Break
   Week 08 Oct 31 Nov 02	Wireless Location Awareness
   Week 09 Nov 07 Nov 09	GPS Locality	Old Test 2 Assignment B: Due Assignment C Posted
   Week 10 Nov 14 Nov 16	Token Ring MANs WANs
   Week 11 Nov 21 Nov 23	Routing
   Week 12 Nov 28 Nov 30	IP	Kelly: Math of Traffic in Networks	WP7
   Week 13 Dec 05 Dec 07	TCP: Models TCP: Flows	Assignment C: Due Studying for Test

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course in Network Computing. Topics include: Protocol Architectures and Internetworking, Types of Networks, Communication Protocols, End-System and Network Traffic Management, Structure of Routing and Congestion Control.
   Precludes additional credit for SYSC 4602.
   Prerequisites:
3. TESTS:
   
   • TEST 1 (60 min in class): For test 1: you should study everything that we covered in class up to and including the last lecture prior to test 1.
   • TEST 2 (90 min: to be scheduled not in class) For test 2: you should study everything that we covered in class from test 1 up to and including the last lecture prior to test 2.
   • No Books/Notes/Computing Devices of any kind allowed during the tests/quizes!
4. STUDENTS' REQUIREMENTS:
   1. All assignments are compulsory and must be uploaded to the course web site in CU Learn on the due date no later than 12 noon. Submit only in pdf format (DO NOT SUBMIT zip, wordperfect, etc.)
      It is preferable for the assignments to be typed and 20% of the grade of each assignment will be allocated to it.
      Late assignments will not be accepted. The assignments-mark will be averaged over the remaining assignments if there is a serious reason (like, health problem) in which case a written certificate from the appropriate authority is required. Missing assignments are worth 0 %.
   2. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. You must always write up the solutions to assignment problems on your own and acknowledge your sources in case you used library material. On the first occasion, plagiarizing an assignment will result in assigning a 0 to all the students involved and continuation of this practice may have severe repercussions for the student(s) involved.
   3. Make-up tests are not possible. In case of absence from a test and in order to average your mark over the remaining exams a written certificate from the appropriate authority is required, else you will receive 0 %. If certificate is approved then an oral test will be given.
   4. Remarking of individual questions in a test is not possible; the whole test will be remarked, in which case your grade for this test may either increase or decrease.
5. GRADING AND COURSE WORK

   TYPE OF TEST	#	% EACH	% OF TOTAL	TYPE
   Assignments	3	10%	30%	Homework
   Test (60 min in class)	1	30%	30 %	In-class
   Test (90 min final)	1	40%	40%	Final

6. USEFUL TEXTS (Not Required):
   • M. Barbeau and E. Kranakis, Principles of Ad Hoc Networking, Wiley, xx + 254 pages, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-470-03290-0, Hardcover, 2007.
     Table of Contents and Companion Web Site
   • L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach 5E, Morgan Kaufmann, Computer networks, ISBN:0123740134
   Your study should be based on the lecture notes provided. Although I will not follow the books above you can use them as a guide for supplementary material and further study. The first is specialized on recent issues on Ad Hoc Networking, and the second on general networking techniques. You can purchase the books either from the University or any commercial bookstore.
   Here you can find additional references.