CS 487Fall 2000

Ed Angel, Professor of CS and EECE
Office: FEC 301F
Phone: 277-6560
email: angel@cs.unm.edu
Office Hours: to be arranged

Purposes:

• Introduce students to all aspects of computer networks: hardware, software, applications
• Understand the basic concepts underlying data communication

Text and References:

• J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, High Performance Computer Networks (Second Edition), Morgan-Kauffman, 2000.
• A. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks (Third Edition) , Prentice Hall, 1996.
• A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, Communication Networks, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
• L. Peterson and B. Davie, Computer Networks, Morgan Kauffman, 2000.
• J. Walrand Communication Networks, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Prerequisites:

• CS 481
• Probability: Math 345 or equivalent

Grading:

• Homework: 30% (if grader)
• 2 Quizes: 30%
• Final or Project 40%

Course Outline:

• Introduction: History of computer networks and data communication, reference models. Chapter 1. (1 week).
• Network Services and Layered Architectures, Chapter 2. (2 weeks).
• Packet Switched Networks Chapter 3 (4 weeks).
• TCP/IP and the Internet Chapter 4 (3 weeks).
• Circuit Switching
• ATM Chapter 6 (1 week).
• Control and Analysis of Networks Chapters 8 and 9 (2 week).