Cliff Zou
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Central Florida
Fall 2014
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Office: HEC 243
Tel: 407-823-5015 czou@cs.ucf.edu
Office hour:Monday/Wednesday 10:15pm – 11:45pm
Course webpage: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~czou/CNT4704-14
UCF Tegrity for online lecture video streaming
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Webcourse has a Tegrity link and Syllabus
Each lecture will be posted several hours after a class
Use Webcourse@UCF for homework assignment and grading
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Keeping grade private
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Easy homework submission
Having a simple BBS channel
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What is this course about?
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Basic “ analysis ” (don’t be scared by the course’s official name)
Introductory course in “computer networking”
Focus on Internet architecture/protocols
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TCP/IP, 3 networking programming projects
Several lab assignments (fun, real)
Email (spam), Web. Ethernet, hub, wireless LAN
One chapter on Internet security introduction
Goals:
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Learn a lot (facts, principles and practice)
Have fun (Use/apply/understand real world network immediately)
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Prerequisites:
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Basic knowledge on Algorithms and Operating Systems
C or C++ programming skills
Basic usage of Linux
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Eustics account for networking programming
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Course materials:
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Text: Computer Networking: A Top Down
Approach Featuring the Internet, J.
Kurose & K. Ross, Addison Wesley, 6th ed.,
2013
Previous editions (4th,5th) would also be fine
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Textbook online resource (see first page)
Class notes
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Course information (more)
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Workload:
Coursework written homework programming (C,C++) lab assignments (Ethereal) midterm exam final exam approx amount approx %
3 24%
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36%
14%
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13%
13%
The final grade will use +/- policy, i.e., you may get A, A-, B+,
B, B- … grade.
Because this class has online session, the two exams are open book and similar to all regular homework assignments, except that they have a 24-hour submission constraint.
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Course information (even more)
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In-class style: interaction, questions
Real network programming (fun)
Hands on experience: packet trace, email spam
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Flexible:
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Teaching difficulty/speed/contents based on your feedback
So please tell me freely your thinking and interests!
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Academic honesty
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A top-down approach:
We’ll cover networking top-down
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End-system applications, end-end transport
Network core: routing, hooking nets together
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Link-level protocols, e.g.,
Ethernet
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Other interesting stuff:
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Security wireless local ISP regional ISP company network
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Course Overview:
Part 1: Introduction (text: Chapter 1)
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What is the Internet?
Application
Transport
Network
Data Link
Web, Email, VOIP
TCP, UDP
Application
Transport
IP
Ethernet, cellular
Network
Data Link
Physical link
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Course Overview:
Part 2: Application Layer (text: Ch. 2)
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Principles of application-layer protocols
World Wide Web: HTTP
File transfer: FTP
Electronic mail: Email
The Internet's directory service: DNS
VOIP (Voice Over IP)
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Socket programming
PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT 1
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Course Overview:
Part 3: Transport Layer (text Ch. 3)
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Transport-layer services and principles
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Multiplexing and demultiplexing applications
Connectionless transport: UDP
Principles of reliable of data transfer
TCP case study
PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT 2 on realizing TCP reliable data transmission based on a simulator
Principles of congestion control
TCP congestion control
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Course Overview:
Part 4: Network Layer (text: Ch. 4)
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 introduction and network service model what’s inside a router?
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 routing principles (algorithms) hierarchical routing
IP : the Internet Protocol
Internet routing: RIP, OSPF, BGP
PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT 3 on routing protocol realization based on a simulator
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Course Overview:
Part 5: Link Layer, Local Area Networks (text:
Ch. 5)
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 introduction, services error detection, correction
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 multiple access protocols, LANs
LAN addresses, ARP
Ethernet
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Course Overview:
Part 6: Wireless and Mobile Networks (Ch 6)
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 wireless link characteristics the wireless link:
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802.11
cellular Internet access
Mobility principles mobility in practice:
 mobile IP
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 mobility in cellular networks
Introduce principle about CDMA
Sensor network, vehicular network introduction
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Course Overview:
Part 7: Network Security (text: Ch. 8)
 what is network security?
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Introduction of cryptography
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 authentication: Who are you? integrity key distribution, certification
Internet security hot topics:
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Malware attacks, denial-of-service attacks, countermeasures
Secure email, firewall, honeypot, botnet
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Introductory, practical
Know basic networking programming
All (almost) you need to know about
Internet, and applications
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Many acronyms, don’t be frustrated
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If you don’t know an acronym, just google it
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Wikipedia is a great resource to learn!
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