CS305A Computer Networks

Instructors

Zhuozhao Li, 李卓钊

• Office: RM 516, South Tower, CoE Building (工学院南楼516)
• Office hour: Friday 9:00-11:00PM, or email to schedule an appointment.

Wei Wang, 王薇 (Lab)

Course Descriptions

Using the Internet as a vehicle, this course introduces the underlying concepts and principles of modern computer networks, with emphasis on protocols, architectures, and implementation issues. We will teach how to implement network applications (e.g., e-mail, FTP) using the existing network protocols and architectures and how/why these protocols and architectures work by using the layered organization of the Internet in a top-down fashion: application, transport, network, data link, and physical layers. The course will also cover advanced topics such as software-defined networking and wireless and mobile networks.

Course Materials

• Textbook: Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach, J. Kurose & K. Ross, Pearson, 8th Edition, 2020

• All the lecture and lab slides

Course Workloads

There will be three Q&A homework, two programming assignments, one project, one midterm, and one final examination.

Grading Policy (Tentative)

• Homework and programming assignments, 15%

• Attendance and lab practice, 10%

• Project, 15%

• Midterm exam, 30%

• Final exam, 30%

Academic Integrity/Academic Dishonesty

I expect students to be honest and not cheat on their assignments, project, or exams. Please refer to the plagiarism policy (IMPORTANT!!! Please READ carefully!!!) of CSE department for more details. You MUST sign the commitment letter and submit on the Sakai/Blackboard system.

Course Policies

• No late assignment will be accepted.
• Unless some special situations (e.g., medical leave) which will be reviewed by all the instructors.
• The following excuses will NOT be approved for late submissions: computer crashes, disk crashes, accidental file deletions, lab computer unavailability, and the like. There will be no reply for this sort of late assignment submission requests.

Schedule (Tentative)

Please refer to Sakai for the lecture and lab materials.

Acronyms: HW = Homework, PA = Programming Assignment, PROJ = Project