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| − | * '''Class times and location''': Tuesday & Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm in | + | * '''Class times and location''': Tuesday & Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm in Lopata 101. |
** First class is on Tuesday August26, 2014, and last class is on Thursday December 4, 2014. | ** First class is on Tuesday August26, 2014, and last class is on Thursday December 4, 2014. | ||
* '''Class grading''': Review questions 10%; Quizzes 20%; Labs 25%; Midterm 20%; Final 30% | * '''Class grading''': Review questions 10%; Quizzes 20%; Labs 25%; Midterm 20%; Final 30% | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 8 August 2014
CSE 473 wiki
Announcements
- Piazza course page: Please use it for all Q&A related to the class.
- Blackboard Site: Used only for posting grades.
Overview
This course provides a broad introduction to computer networking. It addresses all four major architectural layers of modern computer networks (application layer, transport layer, network layer and link layer), as well as selected topics from multimedia networking, wireless networking and network security. Application layer topics include basic network programming and application layer protocols, including the protocols that underlie the world-wide web, electronic mail, the domain name system and peer-to-peer applications. Transport layer topics include the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), principles of reliable data transfer and the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Network layer topics include several key protocols from the Internet protocol suite (IPv4, ICMP, DHCP, NAT and IPv6), plus router data plane functions, general network routing algorithms and the specific internet routing procols, RIP, OSPF and BGP. Link layer topics include multi-access protocols, Collision-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD), Ethernet, link layer switching, and Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN). Wireless topics include WiFi, cellular wireless networks and mobile IP. Prerequisite: CSE 241. Credit: 3 units.
Textbook
Kurose & Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 6/e (2013), 0132856204, ISBN-13: 9780132856201
Logistics
- Class times and location: Tuesday & Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm in Lopata 101.
- First class is on Tuesday August26, 2014, and last class is on Thursday December 4, 2014.
- Class grading: Review questions 10%; Quizzes 20%; Labs 25%; Midterm 20%; Final 30%
- Instructor: Roch Guerin, Bryan 509D, email: guerin@wustl.edu
- Office hours: Monday 4:00-5:30pm & Wednesday 4:00-5:30pm
- TAs and TAs office hours
- Adam Drescher (adrescher@wustl.edu), office hours: TBA
- Junjie Liu (junjie.liu@wustl.edu), office hours: TBA
- Jeremy Tang (jntang@go.wustl.edu), office hours: TBA
- Midterm exam*: Tuesday November 4, 2014 (in class).
- Final exam*: December 17, 2014, 3:30-5:30pm in TBA.
- Academic Integrity: Please make sure you are familiar with Washington University Academic Integrity Policy, as it will be strictly applied.
* NOTE: EXCEPT FOR PROPERLY DOCUMENTED MEDICAL OR FAMILY EMERGENCY REASONS, THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP TIMES FOR EXAMS. YOU NEED TO ARRANGE OTHER ACTIVITIES SO AS TO AVOID CONFLICTS.
