Professor: Chi Zhang
Email: czhang
AT
cs
dot
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Phone: 305-348-3751
Office: ECS 361
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 14:00 - 17:00, or by appointment.
Description
Study Computer network models and protocol layers. Topics include error
handling, frames, broadcast networks, channel allocation; network routing
algorithms, internetworking, TCP/IP, and congestion control.
Prerequisite
CDA 4101 Structured Computer Organization or equivalent.
Coarse Web Site
http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~czhang/teaching/cen4500/cen4500.html
Textbook
Computer Networks: A System
Approach by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Third Edition, Morgan
Kaufmann 2003 (ISBN: 1-55860-832-X).
Topics
Introduction
Link Layer Protocols
Bridges and Switches
IP and Routing
TCP/UDP and Congestion Control
Naming
Grading
Midterm: 30%
Final: 30%
Project:
Assignments and Quizzes: 40%
Deadline to drop a course with a DR grade: March. 13.
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