CSI 4118: Computer Networks and Protocols (3,0,0)

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Welcome!

• CSI 4118 Computer Networks and Protocols (3,0,0)
• Professor Dr. Robert L. Probert
• Office SITE 5098
• Phone [phone] x6709
• E-mail bob_at_site.uottawa.ca
• Office hours TBA
• Contact me via e-mail to set up meetings or to
  get a 1-day response to questions (2 days on
  weekends)
• TA To be announced
• Lectures
• 1600 1730 Tuesday, STE C0136
• 1430 1600 Thursday, STE C0136

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Calendar Description

• Communication services, protocols and software.
  Details of layered protocol hierarchies. The
  transport, session, presentation and application
  layers. Fundamental concepts of computer network
  design. Computer network and communication
  protocol architectures.

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Course Description

• Part 1 General Network Concepts
• Review of layers 1, 2, 3 covered in
  CSI-3103/3503 Physical layer, Data link layer,
  Networking and protocols, Internetworking and IP.
• Part 2 Transport Layer
• Transport layer UDP, TCP
• Mechanism of reliable transport service provided
  by TCP
• Part 3 Network Applications
• Client/server programming and Sockets
• Naming with Domain Name System
• Internet applications TELNET, EMAIL, File
  Transfer
• Web Pages, Browsing, Web Technologies
• Network security
• e-Commerce, VoIP, Middleware, Network Management
  as time allows

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Course Objectives and Goals

• At the end of this course, you should
• be familiar with the terminology of
  communications networks
• be able to write a small client/server
  application using Java sockets
• have experience in documenting the design of a
  protocol entity
• be able to identify strengths, weaknesses, and
  trade-offs in the design of network services
• know the relevant standards bodies, and be aware
  of the major standards that apply to the Internet
• have an understanding of some current
  developments and issues in computer networks and
  web applications

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Course Information

• Required Text
• Douglas Comer, Computer Networks and Internets,
  4th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2004, ISBN
  013-143351-2.
• Optional Texts
• Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security
  Principles and Practices, 3rd Edition,
  Prentice-Hall, 2003, ISBN 0-13-091429-0
• Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th edition,
  Prentice-Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-349945-6.

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Course information

• Evaluation
• Final Exam 50
• Midterm 20
• Assignments (3) 30
• Note
• Minimum of 35 from midterm and final exam
• Late submissions will be marked as -10 per day
• Client/server programming assignment in Java
  (sockets)
• Message-board programming assignment in PHP and
  HTML

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Summary Of Topics

• Brief review of CSI 3103/3503
• Networking and Protocols
• Internetworking and IP
• The Transport Layer
• The transport service
• The internet transport protocol (TCP)
• Network performance issues
• Network Applications
• Client/Server model, sockets, internet
  applications
• Selected topics from
• telnet, ftp, electronic mail, NFS, WWW, Security,
  Voice over IP, IPv6, CORBA, simple network
  management (SNMP)