Instructor: Michael Devetsikiotis, Room 4486 ME, 520-5730, mike@sce.carleton.ca, http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/devetsikiotis.html

Teaching Assistants:

• Matthias Falkner, falkner@sce.carleton.ca,  Wed. 1300 - 1500, 4290 ME
• Nausheen Naz, nausheen@sce.carleton.ca, Mon. 0900 - 1100, 4038 MC
• Marios Parperis, parperis@sce.carleton.ca, Tue. 1500 - 1700, 4290 MC
• Ramy Guirguis, ramy@sce.carleton.ca,  Thu. 1300 - 1500, 4038 MC

Lectures: Three times a week, Tue. 14:30, Wed 16:30, Fri. 15:30, 329 PA.

Office Hours:

• Tuesday 1100 - 1200
• Wednesday 1300 - 1400
• Friday 1200 - 1300

Textbook:
Computer Networks, A. S. Tanenbaum, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996, and
Computer Networks and Internets, D. E. Comer, Prentice-Hall, 1997, chapters 11, 12 and 13,
Prentice-Hall Value Added Pack ISBN 999 990 7326.

Library reserves:
Computer Networks and Internets, D. E. Comer, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
 Data and Computer Communications , W. Stallings, 5th edition, Prentice-Hall, 1997.

Additional References:
High-Speed Networks: TCP/IP and ATM Design Pronciples, W. Stallings, Prentice-Hall, 1998.
Communication Networks: A First Course, J. Walrand, Irwin, 1991.
Data Networks, D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1992, TK5105.B478 1992.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode, M. de Prycker, 2nd edition, Ellis Horwood, 1993, TK5103.5.P79 1993.
Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, A. Leon-Garcia, Addison Wesley, 1989, TK153.L425 1989  (or any other text on random processes and queuing theory).
Queueing Systems, L. Kleinrock, vol. 1, John Wiley, 1975.

Marking:
 Assignments (5) and Laboratory: 30%
 Mid-term: 30%
 Final: 40%
 Bonus (optional) assignments: 10%

A passing mark in both the Laboratory and the final exam is required to pass this course.

Prerequisites:
Fourth-year registration in Electrical or Computer Systems Engineering.
Undergraduate preparation in probability theory, including functions of a random variable.

Exams:
The mid-term exam will be held in class (date to be announced).
The final exam (3 hours) will be held as scheduled by the school, room and date to be announced.

You will be allowed to bring to each exam one sheet of notes 8.5 x 11, written on both sides. A calculator (or two, for reliability) is essential.

Assignments:

• There will be a maximum of six (6) assignments/simulation laboratories.
•  Due date will be shown on each assignment. Late assignments will NOT be accepted.
•  Handouts, assignments etc. will usually be distributed in class on one occasion only. After that, extra copies will be available on my office door. It is your responsibility to check whether anything has been issued if you miss a class.
• The purpose of assignments is to help you learn the material and prepare for examinations. It is essential that you fully understand all the assignments. If you perform badly  on some questions, ensure that you find out afterwards what you should have done.
• Solutions to the assignment problems are given to the IEEE office and the Library Reserves.

Simulation Laboratories (due Friday, 4 December 1998, no late reports accepted):

Introduction to COMNET III
Laboratory 1
Laboratory 2
Laboratory 3 (bonus 5%)
COMNET Lab Executable Modules
 

Week by week outline:

1. Course arrangements and introductory material. Open systems interconnection. Layered protocol architectures. Introduction to communication networks.
2. Data Link protocols.
3. Medium Access. Aloha and slotted Aloha.
4. Introduction to LANs. CSMA/CD (IEEE 802.3).
5. Token Ring (802.5). Token Bus (802.4). Bridges.
6. Switched and high-speed LANs. FDDI (ISO 9314).
7. Network layer. Routing. Congestion and flow control.
8. Introduction to Wide Area Networks and Packet Switched Data Networks. X.25 PSDNs.
9. Inter networking. Internet protocol (IP).
10. Transport layer. TCP and UDP.
11. B-ISDN. Frame Relay. ATM protocol architecture.
12. ATM adaptation layers. IP over ATM.
13. Preparation for final exam. No lectures will be scheduled unless catch-up is necessary. Term marks will be posted – please check them. Requests for correction of errors must be received before final exam.

Students with a disability who require academic accommodations, please feel free to come and discuss this with me. Students must also contact the Paul Menton Centre to complete the required forms at least two weeks prior to the first in-class or itv test, and no later than November 6 for December exams and March 12 for April exams.