COMP2330 Data Communications and Networking

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COMP2330Data Communications andNetworking

• Dr. Xiaowen Chu
• Dr. Hai Liu
• http//www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/comp2330

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General Information

• Lecture Time and Venue
• Wed 1130-1320 LT3
• Thu 1730-1820 LT3
• Lab Time and Venue
• Section 1 Tuesday 0930-1020 FSC801D
• Section 2 Friday 1230-1320 FSC801D
• Section 3 Tuesday 1330-1420 FSC801D
• Lecturer
• Dr. Chu Xiaowen (First half)
• Dr. Hai Liu (Second half)
• Teaching Assistant
• Mr. ZHAO Kaiyong
• Mr. LI You

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Assessment

• Assessment
• Written assignments 10
• Laboratories 5
• Programming project 10
• Quizzes during lectures 5
• Final Examination 70
• Passing requirement
• at lest 30 marks in the final exam, AND at least
  35 marks in overall
• Attendance requirement
• A student who has been absent without approval
  for more than 15 of the lectures shall receive
  an F grade.

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Remarks

• Hard Deadlines
• Late submission is not accepted
• No deadline extension
• Programming Project will be assessed by
  individual demo and QA
• Plagiarism is forbidden
• The student who copied program/assignments from
  others or who provided his/her program/assignments
  to others, will get an F grade in this subject.
• Plagiarism will also be reported to our
  department for further action.
• Lab discipline
• You are not allowed to do anything unrelated to
  COMP2330. E.g., you cannot browse unrelated
  websites such as stock price, football match,
  etc.
• Penalty deducting 1 mark per time of violation
• At most 5 marks of penalty

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References

• References
• William Stallings, Data and Computer
  Communications, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall,
  2007.
• http//williamstallings.com/DCC/DCC8e.html
• Our main reference
• D. E. Comer and D. L. Stevens, Internetworking
  with TCP/IP, vol. III Client-Server Programming
  and Applications, Windows Sockets Version,
  Prentice Hall, 1997.
• A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th
  Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
• J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer
  Networking A Top-Down Approach Featuring the
  Internet, 4th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2007.
• Network Programming References
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
• Sockets A Programmer's Introduction, by William
  Stallings

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Your Future Career

• Job titles
• Network Programmer
• Network Engineer
• Network Administrator
• Network Manager/Director
• Network Security Engineer/Manager
• Etc.
• Industry Certificates
• Cisco CCNA ? CCNP ? CCIE (http//www.cisco.com/we
  b/learning/le3/learning_career_certifications_and_
  learning_paths_home.html)
• Microsoft MCSA and MCSE (http//www.microsoft.com
  /learning/mcp/certifications.mspx)
• Recent job market in US
• http//images.globalknowledge.com/wwwimages/pdfs/2
  007_SalaryReport.pdf
• http//www.careercast.com/jobs/content/JobsRated_T
  op200Jobs
• Recent job market in Hong Kong
• http//www.jobsdb.com/HK/EN/V6HTML/JobSeeker/Resou
  rces/salaryreport2006/IT.htm

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Source JobsDB http//www.jobsdb.com/HK/EN/V6HTML/
JobSeeker/Resources/CBsurvey2008/s2.htmInformati
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Subject Content (Tentative)

• General concepts (Ch.1, Ch.2)
• Network programming (Appendix C)
• Introduction to Internetworking and TCP/IP
• Socket programming basics
• Client-server design
• Principles of computer communications
• Physical layer (Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Ch. 5, Ch. 8)
• Data link layer (Ch. 6, Ch. 7)
• Network layer (Ch. 10, Ch. 12, Ch. 13)
• Standardized networks
• Ethernet (Ch. 15, Ch. 16)
• Wireless LAN (WiFi) (Ch. 17)

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Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge
• Describe the network protocol architectures and
  reference models
• Explain the fundamental principles of data
  transmission, including transmission media,
  signal encoding and modulation, error detection
  and correction, multiplexing
• Explain the fundamental techniques in data link
  layer, including framing, flow control, error
  control, multiple access control
• Explain and distinguish circuit switching and
  packet switching
• Explain the principles of routing in packet
  switching networks
• Describe the Local Area Networks including
  Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and
  IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
• Explain the principles of network programming
• Skill
• Design and develop client-server network
  applications using socket programming