Data Communication

Fall 2011, NTNU-CSIE

General Information

Time: Tuesday 2:10pm~5:00pm Place: S203 Instructor: Ling-Jyh Chen

Phone: 02-27883799 ext. 1702 Email: cclljj@iis.sinica.edu.tw

TA: walker1202@gmail.com Course Website:

http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/~cclljj/teaching/

Google Groups: NTNU-2011-data-communication

Whats this course about?

for junior, senior, and grad mainly focus on the data link layer

We will study the emerging wireless standards We will study basic queueing theory

basic math background is required

Course Outline

Fundamental aspects of network design and analysis

Architecture

Algorithms

Layering Topology design

Error recovery Routing Flow control

Protocols

Pt.-to-Pt. Multiple access End-to-end

Analysis tools

Probabilistic modeling Queueing theory

Textbook

Required:

Data Networks, 2nd edition, Dimitri

Bertsekas and Robert Gallager, Prentice Hall, 1992. ()

Recommended:

An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking,

S. Keshav, Addision-Wesley. Computer Networks, 4th ed., Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice-Hall.

Schedule

Grading

In-Class Participation: 5% Homework: 30% Midterm (closed book): 30% Final (open book): 35%

Misc

Participation is expected You may want to take notes, especially for week 3-5 Course materials (slides, HW, solutions, etc) will be posted on the course website Hand in your homework in next week class NO delayed homework Do homework by yourself! Let me know if you have any questions!

Chap 1: Introduction

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What are the pros and cons of network layering? Is network layering really needed?