CS4480: Computer Networks - Spring 2016
Instructor: Prof. Kobus Van der Merwe
M, W 1:25 PM - 2:45 PM, 1230 WEB

Overview
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of computer communication networks including the design and implementation of the Internet, its protocols and applications. Topics to be covered include: layered network architectures, applications (including p2p), network programming interfaces (i.e., sockets), transport, congestion control, routing and data link protocols, local area networks, network security and selected topics in mobile and wireless networking.

Text Book:
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th Edition) by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Addison-Wesley.

Prerequisites:
Full Major status in Computer Science or Computer Engineering and "C-" or better in CS 3500.

Additional requirements:
I expect students to be comfortable working in the Unix/Linux operating system environment, and be able to program in a structured high-level programming language, such as Python, C, C++ or JAVA.

More Details:
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syllabus.