Meeting Time & Place:
T/Th 1:55 - 3:10 PM
Room: 4206N

Instructor:   Prof. Ping Ji
Office:   4230N
Phone:   212-237-8841
e-mail:   pji@jjay.cuny.edu
Office hours:   T/Th, 11:00AM - 12:00, or by appointment!

Text: Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, by James F. Kurose & Keith W. Ross, Addison Wesley, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 0-321-22735-2

Course website: http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~pji/math379.html

Course Description: This course covers concepts in the design and implementation of computer communication networks, their protocols, the applications, and advanced principles of Computer Networks. Topics include layered network architectures, network programming interfaces (e.g., sockets), transport protocols, congestion control, routing algorithms, data link protocols, local area networks, wireless networks and network security. In addition, advanced principles in protocol mechanisms and implementations will be discussed.

Prerequisites: You are required to have completed MATH 272 or equivalent programming experience with C, Java or Perl.

Workload: The course workload and grading scale are specified in the following table.

Syllabus

Part 1: Introduction

The Internet and its layered architecture

Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks

Internet Backbones, NAPs and ISPs

Part 2: The Application Layer

Principles of Application-Layer Protocols

Important application-layer protocols: HTTP, FTP, Electronic-Mails, DNS, etc.

Socket Programming

Part 3: The Transport Layer

Transport-Layer Services and Principles

Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Applications

Principle of Reliable Data Transfer

Principle of Congestion Control

UDP, TCP

Part 4: The Network Layer

Routing Principles and Algorithms

IP: the Internet Protocol

Part 5: The Link Layer and Local Area Networks

Introduction on the Data Link Layer and its services

Error Detection and Correction

Multiple Access Protocols

LAN and ARP

PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol

ATM

Part 6: Wireless Networks

IEEE 802.11

Handling Mobility

Ad-hoc wireless networks

Cellular networks

Part 7: Security in Computer Networks

Principles of Cryptography

Authentication and Authorization

Key Management Protocols

Firewalls

Attacks and countermeasures