CSE 534 (Fall 2008)

Fundamentals of Computer Networks

Instructor: Samir R. Das (contact info in personal web page)

Lectures: Tu, Th 8:20-9:40 AM, CS 2311 (note that some classes will run longer).

Instructor Office Hours:  Tu, Th 10:00-11:30 AM

Teaching Assistant:  Pralhad Deshpande (pralhad@cs.sunysb.edu) (for ns2 related help) and Fatima Zarinni (fzarinni@cs.sunysb.edu) (homework grading)

TA Office hours:  Pralhad Deshpande (Tu, Th 2:30-4:00pm in 2314/2315 WINGS Lab)

Pre-requisite:

An undergraduate course in networking or data communication. Programming in C/C++ on Unix-based systems.  

Textbook:

Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, "Computer Networking, a top down approach featuring the Internet (4th Edition)"  published by Addison-Wesley Longman.  The textbook will be used as a base reference only.  A set of papers are included in the readings. 

Reading List: 

This reading list contains pointers to textbook materials or other materials that you should read. 

NS2 Simulator:

Pointers to the ns2 simulator that you will use for the class for homeworks and project.

Homeworks: 

Homework 1

Homework 2

Homework 3

Project:

Project 1

Project 2

Grading:

Homeworks (to be done individually): 30%, Projects (to be done in groups of two) 25%, Exams (midterm 20% and final 25%) 45%.