Computer Science Advanced Computer Networks Quarter: Fall 2001 Course ID : CS218 Class hour : MW 2:0

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Computer Science Advanced Computer Networks
Quarter Fall 2001Course ID CS218Class hour
MW 200 - 400 pmClassroom BH 5440
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Course Admin Details

• Prof Mario Gerla BH 3732 F gerla_at_cs.ucla.edu
• Office Hrs MW 4-5 or by appt
• TA Scott Lee BH 3803 sslee_at_cs.ucla.edu
• Prereq. CS 118 or equivalent
• Course grading
• Class participation 5
• Homework 10
• Midterm 35
• Term project/presentation 50

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Course objectives

• Expose students to active research areas in the
  field of networking
• This year, we target wireless ad hoc networks,
  the Internet protocols (QoS routing,
  multicasting TCP congestion control), and high
  speed LANs (wired and optical)
• Guide student teams to study a specific topic in
  more depth via a term project involving analysis,
  simulation, measurements

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Course Outline

• Wireless Networks
• Ad hoc wireless networks (routing, clustering,
  multicast, Qos support, ad hoc TCP)
• Wireless LANs (802.11, Bluetooth) MAC layer
  protocols
• Cellular systems (GSM, GPRS, UMTS)
• Internet protocols
• Congestion control, TCP
• Routing QoS routing
• Multicast
• Scheduling call acceptance control
• High Speed Networks
• LANs Myrinet
• Optical networks (single hop multi hop
  wavelength rotuing)

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Textbooks

• D. J. Goodman, "Wireless Personal
  Communications," Addison Wesley, 1997.
  (Recommended)
• P. Green, "Fiber Optic Networks," Prentice Hall,
  1992. (Recommended)
• S. Keshav, "An Engineering Approach to Computer
  Networking," Addison Wesley, 1997. (Recommended)
• D.E. Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP," Vol.
  I, Prentice Hall, Third Edition. (Recommended)

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Possible Project Topics

• This is a sample of projects proposed by my own
  PhD students. The PhD student will act as tutor
  to the team
• Implementation of GeoRouting in Qualnet/Glomosim
• JPL Sensor Project
• Implementation of LANMAR in Linux
• Implementation of TCP on Bluetooth
• TCP in Ad Hoc Networks
• Wireless Point-to-Point Links in Ad Hoc Networks

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Possible Project Topics (cont)

• Mobility Management based on Mobile IP in Mobile
  Backbone Networks
• Evaluation of convergence of wireless
  technologies (eg, W-LAN and UMTS)
• Enforcing End-to-end Security in Wireless
  Networks
• PARO implementation in QualNet Power Aware
  Routing
• QoS Provisioning in Intradomain Networks
  Practical System Development

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Possible Project Topics (cont)

• Fault Tolerance for Multicast with Bi-directional
  Tree
• Aggregated Multicast Support in NS2
• TCP Westwood Interaction With Network Layer
  Active Queue Management Schemes (e.g. RED)
• Efficient retransmission scheme in lossy
  environment (based on TCP Westwood)