1. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) CS 283Computer Networks Spring 2011 Instructor: Yuan Xue

2. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Course Information When and Where M/W/F 10:10am-11:00am 129 Featheringill HallFeatheringill Hall Instructor: Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Office: 383 Jacobs Hall, Phone: 615-322-2926 Office hours: M/W 3:30pm-4:30pm or by appointment. TA: Fan Qiu (fan.qiu@vanderbilt.edu)fan.qiu@vanderbilt.edu Office: 375 Jacobs Hall, Phone: 615-975-7285 Office hour: TBD Web: http://vanets.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=teaching:cs283 -spring2011 http://vanets.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=teaching:cs283 -spring2011 OAK: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oakhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/oak

3. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Books Textbook [JK] Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (5th Edition) by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross [LP] Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (4th Edition) by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie

4. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Course Scope All about “Network” Network itself: Local Area Network  Internet Networking Applications/Services Network Services Applications Network

5. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Course Focus Basic: first basic class in computer networks Wireless network Mobile system/application Multimedia network/service/application Network security Principle + Practice (half and half) Principle – how the network is built and why it is built this way Practice – lots of hands-on experience – what I can do on a network?

6. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Different Perspectives of a Network Network Services End users Network admin You Demand/need  driving force Service provider

7. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Different Perspectives of a Network Builder (developer) or Analyst Network Services End users Network admin You Service provider

8. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) What you will learn from this course Network design/implementation/deployment How a network (e.g. the one at Internet Scale) is built  Architecture (Layer); protocol; Algorithm Why it is built this way? Is it good/the best to build it this way? What if I build it? Network Analysis How can I understand the behavior of Internet?! Network Application Development How to use it?  Service (programming interface)/performance

9. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Course Topics Overview Application Layer HTTP/DNS Transport Layer UDP/TCP Congestion Control Network Layer Algorithm + Protocol Multicast Link Layer Wireless Network

10. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Course Component Lecture Slides + white board Take note Online digest/slides Participation Discussion Presentation Homework 4 assignments Lab/Programming assignment 5 assignments Midterm Project Grading Policy  Participation: 10%  Homework: 20%  Lab/Programming: 25%  Midterm: 25%  Project: 20%

11. @Yuan Xue (yuan.xue@vanderbilt.edu) Questions?

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