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CS 6250 Fall 2008

Computer Networks

"You're caught up in the Internet
You think it's such a great asset
But you're wrong, wrong, wrong.
All that fiber-optic gear
Still cannot take away the fear
Like an Island song."
----- "Holiday" by Jimmy Buffet

Important Links

A link to the course READING MATERIAL
Project Phase 0 -- Due Sept 25 will be available on Sept. 4 at 5pm. GO TO t-square to See Projects.

Instructor

Mostafa Ammar, Klaus 3344, ammar AT cc dot gatech dot edu
Office Hours: T at 11am (after class) or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

Hong Yu, hyu8 AT GATECH dot EDU
Cong Hou, hou-cong AT GATECH DOT EDU
Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3pm and Thursday 3-4pm at CCB Commons area
The TAs are your initial point of contact regarding the project and its grading. Please feel free to talk to the Instructor as well if you still have any questions.

ESSENTIAL Prerequisites

A previous introductory networking course (e.g., CS3251)
Knowledge of Sockets programming

Course Meeting Time

T/R 9:35-10:55, Klaus 1456

Course Information

This is a "second" advanced course in networking. We will cover a broad spectrum of topics in networking building on basic knowledge you already have.

While we will cover some basic "textbook" topics, the course will be primarily based on paper readings.

This course is an advanced graduate course and you will be expected to do a significant amount of readings on your own.

Readings

We will not follow any particular text but these should give you some good background material.

L.L.Petterson and B.S.Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (second edition)
Leon-Garcia, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, McGraw-Hill (second edition)
J.Kurose and K.Ross, Computer Networking, A top down approach featuring the Internet
Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, volume 1", Addison Wesley.
Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP, volumes 1 and 3", Prentice Hall.

A link to the course READING MATERIAL

(This list will always be under construction so check it often for new material)

Class Outline

Assignments, Tests and Projects

There will be

Two HW assignments,
One Test (given at the 3/4 term point),
One individual programming project which will have multiple phases.

All assignments will be submitted electronically using t-square

Schedule of HW, project and Test (subject to adjustment)

Grading

HW: 20%

Test: 35%

Project: 45% (apportioned as discussed in the project description)

Important Notes About Grading

If you miss or do very poorly on any one of these items you can reasonably expect a grade of B. Miss any two and you should expect a grade of C.
I can only give out a grade of I for non-academic reasons.
If you end up doing poorly in the class please don't ask for "extra work" to raise your grade. This would not be fair to other students.
For those registered as P/F. A Pass requires that you earn a"C" or better and that you submit all work items and take the exam.

The HWs and the project are to be done individually . You are strongly urged to familiarize yourselves with the GT Student Honor Code rules. Specifically, the following is not allowed:

Copying, with or without modification, someone else's work when this work is not meant to be publicly accessible (e.g., a classmate's program or solution).
Submission of material that is wholly or substantially identical to that created or published by another person or persons, without adequate credit notations indicating authorship (plagiarism).

You are encouraged to discuss problems and papers with others as long as this does not involve copying of code or solutions. Any public material that you use (open-source software, help from a text, material you find on the web, material from a paper, substantial help from a friend, etc...) should be acknowledged explicitly in anything you submit to us.

If you have any doubt about whether something is legal or not please do check with the class Instructor.