Fall 2005

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This is a graduate course in networking. I assume you are coming to this class with some previous experience in how networks work and how to write network programs. Instead of covering a large number of topics in little detail like an introductory course, we will focus on a smaller number of topics in much detail.

The class will include textbook readings and supplemental papers. There will be some written homework assignments and two programming assignments. There will be two exams, a midterm and a final.

• Russell J. Clark, PhD
• Main office: Room 304
• Office phone: 0387 20 39 36
• Office hours: TBD
• Russ.Clark@gatech.edu Email is always the most reliable way to reach me.

Assignments

I am planning for 2 or 3 written homework assignments and 2 programming assignments. These will be individual assignments to be done by yourself, not in groups. We will discuss these further during the semester.

Sockets Reference Material From Pocket Sockets Guide
Presentation, Sample Code

1. Programming Assignment 1 - Description - Due Wednesday, 14 September.

2. Written Assignment 1 - Description - Due Wednesday, 5 October in class.

3. Programming Assignment 2 - Description - Due Monday, 28 November.

Exams

• Mid-Term Exam - October 19; in class - closed book and notes
  Sample Exam, Exam
• Final Exam - TBD; Final Exam time will be used for final semester project presentations.

Resources

Communication Networks, Second Edition, Leon-Garcia and Widjaja, Published by McGraw Hill, 2003. The syllabus contains references to reading in the text. The text will be supplemented with handouts and web pointers.

Reference Texts

• The Pocket Guide to Sockets, Michael Donahoo and Ken Calvert, Morgan Kaufmann.
• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, Addison Wesley.

Supplemental Reference Materials

• Internet History - a collection of resources describing the history of the Internet
• IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
• IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
• BGP-4 RFCs 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774
• Cisco article on IPv4 Address Depletion link

Grading and Academic Honesty

Written Homeworks - 20%

Programming Assignments - 20%

Midterm Exam - 25%

Final Exam - 35%

Topic Outline (updated weekly)

• Introduction and Networking Background - Aug 25-29 - Text Sections: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Network Programming - Aug 31-Sep 5 - Section 2.4, Sockets Guides
• Topics in Routing - Sep 12 - Text Section: 8.6
  • Border Gateway Protocol - BGP - Sep 19-25
    Tutorial, Cisco White Paper on BGP4
    Mahajan, Wetherall and Anderson, Understanding BGP Misconfigurations, Proceedings of SIGCOMM 2002.
  • Mobility - Sept 26-28 - Text Section 8.8
    RFC 3220
  • IPv6 - Oct 5-10 - Text Section 8.3
    
  • NAT - Oct 12 - Text Section 8.3
    RFC 1631 NAT Specification
    RFC 3489 STUN NAT Traversal
    
• Topics in Wireless
  • Datalink and Wireless Intro - Nov 2 - Background in Text Section 5.4, 5.6, 5.7 and 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
  • Wi-Fi - 802.11x protocols - Nov 7-16 - Text Section 6.10
    Jordan and Abdallah, Wireless Communications and Networking: An Overview
  • Cellular - Text Section 6.4
    • AMPS - Nov 21
    • GSM - Nov 23
    • GPRS,UMTS,CDMA - Nov 28
• Topics in Internet Applications
  • Realtime applications requirements - Nov 28 - Text Section 10.1
  • VoIP - SIP - Nov 30 - Text Section 10.7, RFC 3261
  • VoIP - RTP - Dec 5 - Text Section 10.6, RFC 3550
  • RSVP - Dec 7 - Text Section 10.2, RFC 2205
  • Video streaming - IPTV
  • Peer-to-Peer