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Results of the Final Examination

Instructors

Prof. Dr. Dieter Hogrefe, hogrefe@informatik.uni-goettingen.de
Dr. Xiaoming Fu, fu@informatik.uni-goettingen.de

Course Description

Principles and basic understaning of computer networking. Topics include: the structure and components of computer networks, protocols and formal specification methods, packet switching, layered architectures, TCP/IP, error control, window flow control, local area networks, network layer, flow control and congestion control, Quality of Service, voice over IP, and security, and other current research topics.

 

After this course students should have good understanding of networking principles. 

Prerequisites

Computer Science I, II; basic familiarity with queueing theory and socket programming.

General Schedule

Lecture time: Monday, 11:00am-13:00pm
First lecture: October 27, 2003
Room: MN 68, Lotzestr. 16-18
Final examination: March 1, 2004

• Introduction (basic concepts, layering, packet switching, protocols and formal specification, OSI/RM) (PDF slides)
• Data link layer: framing, error detection, ARQ (PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• Data link layer: packet multiple access and local area networks(PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• Routing (PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• Transport Layer (PDF slides, 4-in-1), sockets introduction (PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• TCP/IP and ATM (PDF slides, 4-in-1), quiz and important notice on December 15, 2003 (PDF file, 4-in-1)
• Quality of Service (PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• Network security (PDF slides, 4-in-1) and selected topics in network security; NOTICES
• Multimedia Networking and Voice over IP (PDF slides, 4-in-1)
• Other recent advances and course review (PDF slides, 4-in-1)

Please, register at Munopag for the final exam before the last lecture on February 2, 2004. By that deadline you will have to decide whether to participate in the final exam this semester.

Textbook

• A. S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
• Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2002.
• J. Ellsberger, D. Hogrefe, A. Sarma: SDL - Formal Object-Oriented Language for Communicating Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997.

Additional References

• W. Richard Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols", Addison-Wesley, 1994.
• W. Richard Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1: Networking APIs", 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1997.

Last update: Feb 14, 2004
fu@informatik.uni-goettingen.de