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CS 742
Computer Communication Networks
Fall 2004

Class Information

Class Time: M,W 3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Lab Time: M,W 4:50-5:20 PM
Class Room: Jabara Hall 127

Contact Information

Instructor: Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: M,W 5:20 - 6:50 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.wichita.edu

Teaching Assistant:Rakesh Garigipati
Office:219 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-5264
Office Hours: T, TH 2 - 3 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: rrgarigi@cs.wichita.edu

Course Description

This course introducs network programming for the Internet environment including the basic concepts of TCP/IP, client-server paradigm, programming of clients and various types of servers, remote procedure calls, concurrency management and interconnection techniques. It emphasizes the design principles that underlie implementation of practical applications.

Prerequisites: CS 300 - Data Structures and Algorithms I

Textbook

Computer Networks, Fourth Edition
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Prentice Hall PTR; 4th edition (August 9, 2002), ISBN:0130661023

Syllabus

A copy of the syllabus may be found here (HTML format) (PDF format)

Fall 2003, Fall 2002

Lecture Notes

Introduction (08/23, 08/25, 08/30, 09/01, 09/08, 09/13, 09/15)
Physical Layer (09/20, 09/22, 09/27, 09/30)
Data Link Layer (3.1 - 3.4, 3.6) (10/04, 10/11, 10/20)
Medium Access SubLayer (4.1 - 4.6, 4.7.5 - 4.7.6) (10/25, 10/27, 11/01)
Network Layer (5.1-5.3.2, 5.4.1 5.5-5.6) (11/03, 11/08, 11/10, 11/15)
Transport Layer (11/20, 11/25, 11/27)
Application Layer (12/01)
Network Security (12/06, 12/08)

Labs Contents

A Brief Introduction to Java, The Java Tutorial (08/23, 08/25, 08/30, 09/01, 09/08, 09/13, 09/15, 09/20)
Basis of Socket Programming (09/22, 09/27, 09/30, 10/04, 10/06, 10/11, 10/20, 10/25)
Socket Programming in C (10/27)
Socket Programming in Java (11/01)
IPC Programming

Blackboard

Tutorials

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Template Programs - Updated 11/03) ( Proxy Server) (Submission ID 1) (Due 11/03/04) (Solution)
Programming Assignment 2 (Template Programs - Updated 11/17) (MySQL Proxy Server, udpmultiserver.c, UDPMultiServer.java) (Solution to the Search function) (Submission ID 2) (Due 11/29/04) (Sign up for the demo at 219 JB from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2)
Programming Assignment 3 (Updated 12/09/04) ( Template Programs - Updated 12/08) (Submission ID 3) (Due 12/17/04)

Exams

Test 1 (Wednesday, 10/13/04 in class, Chap 1, 2, 3.1-3.2) (Study Guide) (2003, 2002) (Solution) (Statistics)
Test 2 (Monday, 11/22/04 in class, Chap 3.3 - 3.4, 3.6, 4.1 - 4.6, 4.7.5 - 4.7.6, 5.1-5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.5.1 - 5.5.5) (Study Guide) (2003, 2002) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Wednesday, 12/15/04, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, Chap 1 - 3.4, 3.6, 4.1 - 4.6, 4.7.5 - 4.7.6, 5.1 - 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.5 - 5.6, 6.1, 6.4 - 6.5.2, 7.1, 7.2.3 - 7.2.5, 7.3.6, 7.4.5, 8.1 - 8.2.2, 8.3 -8.4.3) (Study Guide) (2003, 2002)

Worksheets

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 09/22/04) (Solution)
Homework 2 (Due 10/27/04) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 11/17/04) (Solution)
Homework 4 (Due 12/06/04) (Solution)

Electronic Handin

Students should submit their programs in the electronic form with the handin program.

Download

putty (To connect to the machines in the Computer Science Department, you need to use the SSH (Secure Shell) in this program.)
SSHSecureShellClient from ssh.com, WinSCP

Chin-Chih Chang (chang@cs.wichita.edu)

CS 742 Computer Communication Networks Fall 2004